Lea DeLaria
Birthday
1958/05/23 (66 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Belleville, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Lea De Laria
Biography
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. DeLaria is credited with being the first openly gay comic to appear on American television with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show. She is best known for her portrayal of inmate Carrie "Big Boo" Black on Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019). She's known for her work on Broadway including the revival of The Rocky Horror Show in 2000, and POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Sev...Read more
Acting
(2006) Outlaugh!
as Self
(2024) Glitter & Doom
as Boston
(1998) Edge of Seventeen
as Angie
(1996) Jodie: An Icon
as Self - Interviewee
(2013) Ass Backwards
as Deb
(1998) Homo Heights
as Clementine
(2013) Dear Dumb Diary
as Ms. Bruntford
Bollywood and Vine: The Original B-Movie Musical
as Delilah Leigh
(2016) Bear with Us
as Chief Ranger Stewart (voice)
(2015) The Same Difference
as ---
There She Goes
as ---
(2017) Cars 3
as Miss Fritter (voice)
(2018) Support the Girls
as Bobo
(2017) Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
as Miss Fritter (voice)
(1998) We're Funny That Way
as ---
(1996) The First Wives Club
as Elise's Fan
(1996) Rescuing Desire
as Sadie
(1997) Plump Fiction
as Mr. Purple
(2006) Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Fat Rose
(1999) My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
as Self - Performer
(2021) Ahead of the Curve
as Self
(2019) Thanks to Hank
as Self
(2021) Potato Dreams of America
as Tamara
(2021) The Lesbian Bar Project
as Narrator
(2020) The Renegades
as ---
(1993) Camp Christmas
as ---
(2025) Outerlands
as ---
(2001) The Job
as ---
(1995) The Drew Carey Show
as Jewel
(1993) Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Miss Hearst
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Frankie
(2001) The Oblongs
as Helga Phugly (voice)
(1998) Will & Grace
as Nurse Carver
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Big Boo
(1968) One Life to Live
as ---
(2011) Awkward.
as Tattooist
(2001) Further Tales of the City
as Willie Omiak
(2016) Chelsea
as Self
(2020) Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
as Molly Yarnchopper (voice)
(2007) Californication
as Debbie
(2013) The Blacklist
as Nurse Binstock
(2014) Broad City
as Deb
(1994) Friends
as Woman
(1996) Good News Week
as Self
(2014) Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree
(2014) Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Presenter
(2014) Clarence
as EJ / Gale / Betty (voice)
(2014) Clarence
as EJ (voice)
(2014) Clarence
as EJ / Incidental Lady (voice)
(2014) Clarence
as EJ / TV Girl (voice)
(2014) Clarence
as EJ / Nurse (voice)
(2021) Girls5eva
as Bev
(1993) The John Larroquette Show
as Lorelei
(2020) Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
as Alfur the Elf
(2015) Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
(2022) Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
as Self
(2019) Reprisal
as Queenie
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(2020) Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self
(2022) East New York
as Fire Marshal Nicky Greenville
(2011) Shameless
as Barb
(1986) Matlock
as Det. Pat Jordan
(2022) The Lesbian Bar Project
as Self - Host