--- name: "Lea DeLaria" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lea-delaria" fi1m_id: "lea-delaria" imdb_id: "nm0216466" tmdb_id: 40063 wikidata_id: "Q3228613" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 May 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T20:16:14.666819+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lea DeLaria ## Identity Lea DeLaria - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lea-delaria - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lea-delaria - **IMDb ID:** nm0216466 - **TMDB ID:** 40063 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3228613 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_DeLaria, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3228613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40063 Actor. Born 23 May 1958 in Belleville, Illinois, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 May 1958, Belleville, Illinois, USA - **Active:** 2013–2017 - **Also known as:** Lea De Laria - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_DeLaria, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3228613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40063 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Cars 3*](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress and jazz singer. She was born on 23 May 1958 in Belleville, Illinois. DeLaria is known for playing Carrie "Big Boo" Black in the series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019). She voiced Miss Fritter in the film *Cars 3* (2017). Her other credits include appearances in *Friends* (1994), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *The Blacklist* (2013), *Shameless* (2011), *Californication* (2007), *The First Wives Club* (1996), *Will & Grace* (1998) and *Awkward.* (2011). She has worked in theatre, including Broadway productions of *On the Town* (1998) and *The Rocky Horror Show* (2000), and appeared as Psychic Madame Delphina in *One Life to Live* (1999–2011). DeLaria was the first openly gay comic to appear on a late-night talk show with her 1993 appearance on *The Arsenio Hall Show*. *Sources: imdb.com, disney.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Cars 3* (2017), Fi1m 58, as Miss Fritter (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md) - *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, as Big Boo — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) ## Complete filmography (53) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Tow* (2026), as Jocelyn - *Woodstockers* (2026), as Mary - *Outerlands* (2025), as Denise - *Old Dykes* (2025), Actor - *Glitter & Doom* (2024), as Boston - *POSSUM* (2024), Executive Producer - *The Lesbian Bar Project* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *East New York* (2022), series, as Fire Marshal Nicky Greenville - *Potato Dreams of America* (2021), as Tamara - *The Lesbian Bar Project* (2021), as Narrator · Executive Producer - *Girls5eva* (2021), series, as Bev - *The Renegades* (2020), Actor - *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020), series, as Alfur the Elf - *Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts* (2020), series, as Molly Yarnchopper (voice) - *Reprisal* (2019), series, as Queenie - *Support the Girls* (2018), as Bobo - *Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool* (2017), as Miss Fritter (voice) - *Cars 3* (2017), as Miss Fritter (voice) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md) - *Clarence’s Stormy Sleepover* (2017), as EJ (voice) - *Bear with Us* (2016), as Chief Ranger Stewart (voice) - *The Same Difference* (2015), Actor - *Clarence* (2014), series, as EJ / Gale / Betty (voice), EJ (voice), EJ / Incidental Lady (voice), EJ / TV Girl (voice), EJ / Nurse (voice) - *Broad City* (2014), series, as Deb — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/broad-city.md) - *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Nurse Binstock — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) - *Dear Dumb Diary* (2013), as Ms. Bruntford - *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Big Boo — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) - *Ass Backwards* (2013), as Deb - *Awkward.* (2011), series, as Tattooist - *Shameless* (2011), series, as Barb — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) - *Californication* (2007), series, as Debbie - *Fat Rose and Squeaky* (2006), as Fat Rose - *Further Tales of the City* (2001), series, as Willie Omiak - *The Oblongs* (2001), series, as Helga Phugly (voice) - *The Job* (2001), series, Actor - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Frankie - *Edge of Seventeen* (1999), as Angie - *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Nurse Carver - *Homo Heights* (1998), as Clementine - *We're Funny That Way* (1998), Actor - *Plump Fiction* (1997), as Mr. Purple - *The First Wives Club* (1996), as Elise's Fan - *Rescuing Desire* (1996), as Sadie - *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, as Jewel - *Friends* (1994), series, as Woman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md) - *Camp Christmas* (1993), Actor - *Saved by the Bell: The New Class* (1993), series, as Miss Hearst - *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Lorelei - *Matlock* (1986), series, as Det. Pat Poletti, Det. Pat Jordan - *One Life to Live* (1968), series, Actor - *Stephanie, Bride to Be*, Actor - *Bollywood and Vine: The Original B-Movie Musical*, as Delilah Leigh - *There She Goes*, Actor - *C-Side*, as Bonnie ## Gallery - ![DSC_4604 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-d50942a32aa6.jpg) DSC_4604 (2017) — nathanmac87, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Lea_DeLaria_%28cropped_more%29.jpg/1280px-Lea_DeLaria_%28cropped_more%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lea DeLaria during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-d5e07f543a5e.jpg) Lea DeLaria during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Lea_DeLaria_Tow-070_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Lea_DeLaria_Tow-070_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lea DeLaria during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-2cf4331887c2.jpg) Lea DeLaria during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lea_DeLaria_Tow-065.jpg/1280px-Lea_DeLaria_Tow-065.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lea DeLaria](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-3c9474bc6780.jpg) Lea DeLaria — Behind The Velvet Rope TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Lea_DeLaria_at_the_International_Emmy_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lea DeLaria](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-9473d1b60c9b.jpg) Lea DeLaria — Image via TMDB - ![Lea DeLaria](https://film.one/media/person/488590/gallery-8be101e9a976.jpg) Lea DeLaria — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Theatre World Award 1998: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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