Alysia Reiner

Award Winning Actress Alysia Reiner is currently filming on seasons 2&3 of THE DIPLOMAT , and just originated the role of #DODC Agent Sadie Deever in the much anticipated and critically acclaimed 2023 Emmy & Critics Choice Award Disney+/Marvel TV series, Ms. Marvel. She is best known as "FIG" on all 7 seasons of Orange Is the New Black, for which she won a SAG AWARD. Additionally in the last few years she completed 5 seasons as Sunny on Peabody Award winning “Better Things” (FX/HULU), 2 seasons as Kiki on “The Deuce” (HBO), and 2 seasons as Kathryn in “Shining Vale” with Courtney Cox & Greg Kinnear on STARZ. Films currently making the circuit: “The Feeling That The Time for Doing Something Has Passed” (Cannes,TIFF, NYFF 2023), Stampede Ventures' feature film, “Going Places” (Cinequest), & “Ramona At Midlife” (BFF, Woodstock, Berlin Women, etc). A few other filmed adventures include getting married in the Oscar winning film Sideways, getting naked in an Emmy Award winning episode of Broad City, and going head to head against Viola Davis on How To Get Away with Murder, and she just starred in O HORIZON with David Strathairn and Maria Bakalova. As a voice actress, Alysia just finished her second season as the voice of Ms. Marmalady on Butterbean's Cafe on Nickelodeon, has voiced many other animated series, as well as books on tape, video games, scripted podcasts for audible, as well as many national commercial campaigns, including over 34 spots for the award winning brand change for Campbell's Soup. A classically trained theatre actor, Alysia has appeared on stages around the world; from the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in Utah to The Royal Court Theatre in London; from the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem NYC to The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She starred in the NY premiere of "Pentecost" by Tony-winning playwright David Edgar, and the provocative two character play "An Oak Tree" with Tim Crouch, which won a Special Obie Award. Her portrayal of June Miller in "Anais Nin: One Of Her Lives" was critically acclaimed, as was her turn in "Wasps in Bed" of which The New York Times wrote "Alysia Reiner is priceless.” As a producer, Alysia produced and stars in the motherhood dark comedy EGG with Christina Hendricks and Anna Camp. It premiered at Tribeca film festival, is 100% FRESH on Rotten tomatoes and available on iTunes, Amazon & VOD Now. Additionally, Alysia conceived of, developed, produced and starred in the feature film EQUITY, bought/distributed by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance 2016. Equity was Alysia's first feature as both actress and producer, but she has acted in countless critically acclaimed and award winning films and shows, working with film masters like "Sideways" director Alexander Payne, Jodie Foster, Richard Loncraine, Matt Weiner, and of course Jenji Kohan and Pamela Adlon. You may also know her from feature films like Sideways, 5 Flights up, Kelly and Cal, Shine, Fort Tilden, Kissing Jessica Stein, or countless other indie films and TV shows (and yes you have seen her on all of the Law & Orders multiple times). She loves working as a change maker for women and an advocate for women's rights & climate change initiatives. Along with being an active volunteer fire fighter ( YES REALLY) and singing in the Revival Resistance Chorus , she is on the board and an ambassador for Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, on the advisory board of EARTH DAY INITIATIVE, SERIESFEST, and AIR PROTEIN, she is an ambassador for Fossil Fuel Treaty, The Dandelion Project, and Plastic Pollution Coalition. Alysia is the face and zero waste eco-emissary for IZZY BEAUTY and started eco-fashion zero waste initiative, Livari. As a champion of all things eco-friendly, she and her husband used their home as a way to share information about building green. Their brownstone eco-renovation in Harlem was featured on television's "World's Greenest Homes'' and "Renovation Nation"; in various magazines like Dwell, Gotham, Origin and The Nest; and they allowed the environmentally friendly construction process to be chronicled on websites such as Dwell.com and Kohler.com. Alysia has been invited to speak and keynote at The White House, The United Nations, Google, Cannes Lion, Women's Media Summit, Collision, and countless film festivals and events about breaking barriers for women in all fields, specifically the entertainment industry.