Lea DeLaria

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Belleville, Illinois, USA

Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black and Psychic Madame Delphina on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live from 1999 to 2011.

Known for

• Tow — Jocelyn2026
• Woodstockers — Mary2026
• Outerlands — Denise2025
• Old Dykes2025
• Glitter & Doom — Boston2024
• Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror — Self2022
• East New York — Fire Marshal Nicky Greenville2022
• The Lesbian Bar Project — Self - Host2022
• Ahead of the Curve — Self2021
• Potato Dreams of America — Tamara2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1958-05-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

18,215

Total plays

105,448

Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville, Illinois) is a US comedian, actor, and jazz musician. An extremely prominent figure in the world of lesbian stand-up comedy, she is noted for her raunchy persona and inflammatory, irreverent political commentary, which have proven controversial inside and outside the gay and lesbian community. Some of her comedy releases include Bulldyke in a China Shop and Box Lunch. She has also written a humorous book entitled Lea's Book of Rules for the World. <

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Lea

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Belleville

Occupation

stand-up comedian

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Award

Theatre World Award

Genre

jazz

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.leadelaria.com

Image

Lea DeLaria at the International Emmy Awards.jpg

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