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name: "Laura Prepon"
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roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "7 March 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T02:28:14.660327+00:00"
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# Laura Prepon

Actor and director. Born 7 March 1980 in Watchung, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 7 March 1980, Watchung, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** Λόρα Πρέπον, 勞拉·普萊潘, 劳拉·普莱潘, Laura Helene Prepon, لورا پرپون

## Biography

Laura Prepon is an American actress and director. Born in Watchung, New Jersey, she trained at the Total Theatre Lab in New York City. She first gained recognition for her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom *That '70s Show* (1998–2006).

Prepon is known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019), on which she also directed multiple episodes. Her other credits include guest appearances in *House* (2004), *How I Met Your Mother* (2005) and *Castle* (2009), and film roles in *Lay the Favorite* (2012), *The Girl on the Train* (2016) and *The Hero* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, as Alex Vause — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)

## Also known for

- *The Girl on the Train* (2016), Cathy
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Karen
- *Castle* (2009), Natalie Rhodes
- *That '70s Show* (1998), Donna Pinciotti
- *Medium* (2005), Kira Hudack
- *The Hero* (2017), Charlotte Dylan
- *Lay the Favorite* (2012), Holly
- *That '90s Show* (2023), Donna Pinciotti-Forman, Director

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