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* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Mostly shows just how much prison has changed Piper.
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* MeaningfulName: Her parents thought she [[MotorMouth babbled a lot]].
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-->'''Piper:''' Brook, have you heard of the Gandhi quote, "Speak only if it improves upon the silence"?
-->'''Brook:''' No, I haven't! What was the context? I love Gandhi. That was a man who knew how to revolt. Did you know he was born and died on a Friday? And also, he had really bad handwriting. Also, they say he slept with two naked women in his bed, but not ...
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nun who helps with services in the prison chapel. Jane is in prison for chaining herself in place at a nuclear weapons base during a political protest. In spite of her faith, Jane accepts Sophia as a close friend and strongly dislikes Pennsatucky's religious fundamentalism. She is shown to be rather modernistic and "hip" in her faith and views.

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A nun who helps with services in the prison chapel. Jane is in prison for chaining herself in place at a nuclear weapons base during a political protest. In spite of her faith, Jane accepts Sophia as a close friend and strongly dislikes Pennsatucky's religious fundamentalism. She is shown to be rather modernistic and "hip" in her faith and views.



* DumbBlonde: Considering Pennsatucky is the brains of the operation, that should say something about Leanne's intelligent.

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* DumbBlonde: Considering Pennsatucky is the brains of the operation, that should say something about Leanne's intelligent.intelligence.
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* [[ButNotTooBlack But Not Too Asian]]: Is white enough that Morello is nice to her.
* MotorMouth: She will not shut up. Ever.
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->'''Played By:''' Emma Myles

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An older inmate who was one of the first to befriend Piper. Piper learns that when Demarco first arrived in prison many years earlier, she had a heart attack, and now sleeps with a face mask and machine. DeMarco is a constant roommate of Miss Rosa, and they seem to have a steady stream of newbies who stay in their room until the newbies are assigned permanent bunks.

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An older inmate who was one of the first to befriend Piper. Piper learns that when Demarco first arrived in prison many years earlier, she had a heart attack, and now sleeps with a CPAP machine and face mask and machine.mask. DeMarco is a constant roommate of Miss Rosa, and they seem to have a steady stream of newbies who stay in their room until the newbies are assigned permanent bunks.
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!!Rosa Cisneros
->'''Played By:''' Barbara Rosenblat

An inmate who had been diagnosed with cancer. She undergoes chemotherapy weekly.
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* AscendedExtra: In season 1, Rosa was sparingly seen and didn't have much character outside of being a cancer patient. In season 2, she gets her own flashback episode and story arc.
* {{Badass}}: Oh, without a doubt. She doesn't seem to fear anyone and ultimately she [[spoiler:mercilessly (and awesomely) kills Vee.]]
* BaldWoman: Due to the cancer eating her up inside.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has some very dry lines.
* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Lady]]: Considering she's dying of cancer in prison, it's little wonder she's never in a good mood.
* TheTopicOfCancer: It's the most immediatly noticeable thing about her.
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!!Gina Murphy
->'''Played By:''' Abigail Savage

A member of Red's crew in the prison kitchen, it is implied that she was incarcerated for murder and embezzlement. She is often seen with Norma Romano.
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* NumberTwo: For Red.
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!!Brook Soso
->'''Played By:''' Emma Myles

An inmate of Japanese and Scottish descent who first appeared in the second season, and landed in prison due to political activism.
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* SoapboxSadie: Much to everyone else's annoyance, Soso tends to get on her hobby horse about many things often at inappropriate times.
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!!Rosa Cisneros
->'''Played By:''' Barbara Rosenblat

An inmate who had been diagnosed with cancer. She undergoes chemotherapy weekly.
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* AscendedExtra: In season 1, Rosa was sparingly seen and didn't have much character outside of being a cancer patient. In season 2, she gets her own flashback episode and story arc.
* {{Badass}}: Oh, without a doubt. She doesn't seem to fear anyone and ultimately she [[spoiler:mercilessly (and awesomely) kills Vee.]]
* BaldWoman: Due to the cancer eating her up inside.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has some very dry lines.
* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Lady]]: Considering she's dying of cancer in prison, it's little wonder she's never in a good mood.
* TheTopicOfCancer: It's the most immediatly noticeable thing about her.

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->'''Played By''': Lin Tucci

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Lin TucciTucci

An older inmate who was one of the first to befriend Piper. Piper learns that when Demarco first arrived in prison many years earlier, she had a heart attack, and now sleeps with a face mask and machine. DeMarco is a constant roommate of Miss Rosa, and they seem to have a steady stream of newbies who stay in their room until the newbies are assigned permanent bunks.
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* AscendedExtra: After sparing appearances in season 1, Anita has more appearances in season 2.



* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMentor

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* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMentor
TheMentor: To Piper, briefly.



->'''Played By''': Lea DeLaria

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Lea DeLaria
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* {{Badass}}
* ButchLesbian

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* {{Badass}}
ButchLesbian: She even refers to herself as a 'diesel dyke'.
* ButchLesbianTheCastShowoff : Lea [=DeLaria=] is an accomplished jazz and show singer. We get a taste of this during auditions for the Christmas show.



* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies: Little Boo. Whose arrival marked a softening in Big Boo's attitude.

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* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies: Her dog, Little Boo. Whose Boo, whose arrival marked a softening in Big Boo's attitude.



* [[spoiler: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: A nonfatal example. She sells out Red's contraband pipeline to Vee in season 2, assuming she'll get a piece of the pie. Vee tells her she "doesn't like snitches."]]
* TattooedCrook
* TheCastShowoff : Lea Delaria is an accomplished jazz and show singer. We get a taste of this during auditions for the Christmas show.

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* [[spoiler: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: A [[spoiler:A nonfatal example. She sells out Red's contraband pipeline to Vee in season 2, assuming she'll get a piece of the pie. Vee tells her she "doesn't like snitches."]]
* TattooedCrook
* TheCastShowoff : Lea Delaria is an accomplished jazz and show singer. We get a taste
TattooedCrook: She has plenty of this during auditions for the Christmas show. tattoos.



A Brooklyn-Italian inmate planning her wedding for her release. Morello is the first inmate that Piper talks to, and she helps Piper acclimate in her first few days.

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A Brooklyn-Italian inmate feminine and sometimes racist white inmate, still hopefully planning her for a wedding for whose fruition is mocked by her release. Morello fellow inmate, friend and casual sex partner Nicky Nichols. Lorna's enunciation has a strong accent, an unexplainable mixture of Brooklyn and Boston. Lorna is the first inmate that Piper talks to, since she is in charge of driving the van that transports inmates, and she helps Piper acclimate in her first few days. days.



* [[spoiler:MadBomber: Put a homemade explosive device under her stalkee's fiancee's car]]

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->'''Played By''': Annie Golden

An inmate who's slightly more timid than her peers. Rarely speaks. Part of Red's crew.

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Annie Golden

An inmate who's slightly more timid than her peers. Rarely speaks. Part Norma is a member of Red's crew.
crew who doesn't speak. She works in the prison kitchen, and a flashback reveals that she was the first inmate Red interacted with upon her own arrival. She is often seen with Gina Murphy, as the two of them work in the kitchens together and cater to all of Red's needs.
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->'''Played By''': Madeline Brewer

A prison inmate and drug addict who grew up on the streets. Miller is a drug addict and lesbian who sports a tattoo on her throat. She gets her drugs from guard Mendez, who threatens her after being late with a delivery. [[spoiler:Miller dies of an overdose after being locked in a closet with drugs by Mendez. The prison covers up her death as a suicide.]]

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Madeline Brewer

A prison An inmate and drug addict who grew up on the streets. streets and one of the youngest inmates, Miller is a drug addict and lesbian who sports a tattoo on her throat. throat and trademark blonde cornrows. While outside prison, Tricia showed kleptomaniac tendencies, often taking things that she promised herself she would later pay for. She gets her drugs from guard Mendez, who threatens her after being late kept a list of all the things she ever stole with a delivery. [[spoiler:Miller dies the intention of an overdose after being locked in a closet with drugs by Mendez. The prison covers up settling all her death as a suicide.]]debts when she had the money.



* LipstickLesbian



* SacrificialLamb



An inmate who teaches yoga. [[spoiler:She once was a marijuana farmer who accidentally shot and killed a child, thinking he was a deer eating her crop.]] Jones displays extreme calm in all of her appearances, [[spoiler:until being taunted by Watson for killing a child, causing Jones to slap Watson in the face. Jones later confides in Watson about the child she killed, and they are able to become friends.]]

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An older white inmate who teaches yoga. [[spoiler:She once was a marijuana farmer who accidentally shot and killed a child, thinking he was a deer eating her crop.]] Jones displays extreme calm in all of her appearances, [[spoiler:until being taunted by Watson for killing a child, causing Jones to slap Watson in the face. Jones later confides in Watson about the child she killed, and they are able to become friends.]]yoga.



* BewareTheNiceOnes



* TheHeart
* {{Nice G|uy}}irl



An inmate who was a nun. Initially believed to be a murderer but was arrested for peaceful demonstration. Friends with Sophia.

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An inmate nun who was helps with services in the prison chapel. Jane is in prison for chaining herself in place at a nun. Initially believed nuclear weapons base during a political protest. In spite of her faith, Jane accepts Sophia as a close friend and strongly dislikes Pennsatucky's religious fundamentalism. She is shown to be a murderer but was arrested for peaceful demonstration. Friends with Sophia.rather modernistic and "hip" in her faith and views.



A former meth addict and friend/subordinate of Pennsatucky.

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A former meth addict An inmate who is often seen with "Pennsatucky". She almost fanatically follows everything "Pennsatucky" says and friend/subordinate of Pennsatucky.is her groupie or right-hand woman. She is also addicted to drugs and has been seen exchanging sexual favours with Mendez.


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* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Discussed by her former clique.]]

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->'''Played By''': Constance Shulman

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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[{{Doug}} Patti Mayonnaise]] apparently took a dark turn later in life.



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* ItsAllAboutMe: She was essentially [[spoiler: excommunicated by the Catholic Church]] because a lot of her preachings and demonstrations seemed to be more about showcasing herself to the public and hogging the spotlight out of a desire for attention.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: She was essentially [[spoiler: excommunicated [[spoiler:excommunicated by the Catholic Church]] because a lot of her preachings and demonstrations seemed to be more about showcasing herself to the public and hogging the spotlight out of a desire for attention.

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->'''Played By''': Emma Myles

* DumbBlonde
* TheDragon: For Pennsatucky.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
* VillainousFriendship: With Pennsatucky, who she admires and trails after.

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Emma Myles

A former meth addict and friend/subordinate of Pennsatucky.
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* DumbBlonde
DumbBlonde: Considering Pennsatucky is the brains of the operation, that should say something about Leanne's intelligent.
* TheDragon: For An ineffectual one for Pennsatucky.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
GrewASpine: In season 2. She becomes much more confident in Pennsatucky's absence, realizing how much nicer things are without her around.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Leanne doesn't seem all that bad, and is mostly a subordinate to Pennsatucky.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In season 2, particularly when Pennsatucky comes back.
* VillainousFriendship: With Pennsatucky, who she admires and trails after. It comes to an end in the second season, however.
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* TheCastShowoff : Lea Delaria is an accomplished jazz and show singer. We get a taste of this during auditions for the Christmas show.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Or the closest she can get in prison, believing [[spoiler:her fiance will stick around despite him having only visited her once.]]

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* WideEyedIdealist: Or the closest she can get in prison, believing [[spoiler:her fiance will stick around despite him having only visited her once. However, in reality, she was never engaged at all and is actually a crazy stalker.]]
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* [[spoiler: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Sells out Red's contraband pipeline to Vee in season 2, assuming she'll get a piece of the pie. Vee tells her she "doesn't like snitches."]]

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* [[spoiler: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Sells A nonfatal example. She sells out Red's contraband pipeline to Vee in season 2, assuming she'll get a piece of the pie. Vee tells her she "doesn't like snitches."]]
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first season she mentions that she would never let that "he/she"(Sophia) touch her hair, however in season two she is seen having her hair treated by Sophia without fuss.
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* PrecisionFStrike/OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tells Soso to [[BigShutUp "shut the fuck up"]] in season 2.

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* [[spoiler:MadBomber: Put a homemade explosive device under her "fiancee's" car]]

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* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:Turns out this is the extent of her relationship with Christopher. They went on one date, and she started stalking him and, eventually getting sant to jail for planting a bomb under his actual fiancee's car.]]

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* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:Turns out this is the extent of her relationship with Christopher. They went on one date, and she started stalking him and, eventually getting sant sent to jail for planting a bomb under his actual fiancee's car.]]
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* [[spoiler: Yandere: Is in prison for stalking her "fiancee" and his girlfriend. She placed a car bomb under the girlfriend's car and later broke into their home.]]
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->'''Played By''': Yael Stone

A Brooklyn-Italian inmate planning her wedding for her release. Morello is the first inmate that Piper talks to, and she helps Piper acclimate in her first few days. [[spoiler:She is involved in a lesbian relationship with Nichols at the beginning of the show but breaks it off after feeling that she was cheating on her fiancè.]]

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->'''Played By''': By:''' Yael Stone

A Brooklyn-Italian inmate planning her wedding for her release. Morello is the first inmate that Piper talks to, and she helps Piper acclimate in her first few days. [[spoiler:She is involved in a lesbian relationship with Nichols at
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Morello seems to be
the beginning of the show sweetest inmate, but breaks it off after feeling that she was cheating on her fiancè.]]
[[spoiler:she's in prison for extremely serious crimes and is dangerously delusional.]]



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* YourCheatingHeart: Despite being engaged to a fellow named Christopher, she's having a passionate sexual relationship with Nicky. [[spoiler: Of course, she was never engaged to Christopher in the first place.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Despite being engaged to a fellow named Christopher, she's having a passionate sexual relationship with Nicky. [[spoiler: Of [[spoiler:Of course, she was never engaged to Christopher in the first place.]]

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* [[spoiler: StalkerWithACrush: Turns out this is the extent of her relationship with Christopher. They went on one date, and she started stalking him and, eventually getting sant to jail for planting a bomb under his actual fiancee's car.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: Despite being engaged to a fellow named Christopher, she's having a passionate sexual relationship with Nicky.

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* BiTheWay[=/=]SituationalSexualityBiTheWay[=/=]SituationalSexuality: She's ostensibly straight, and is consumed with fantasies about a fairytale relationship that culminates in a perfect handsome husband with a litter of children around her ankles in a suburban paradise. She's also having sex with Nicky while in prison.



* WhiteCollarCrime: It's heavily implied that the reason Morello is in jail is because she was a scammer.



* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Invoked; Morello's lipstick and hairstyle call to mind the Fifties, but (unfortunately) so do her attitudes towards other races (thanks to WestSideStory).

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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Invoked; Morello's lipstick and hairstyle call to mind the Fifties, but (unfortunately) so do her attitudes towards other races (thanks to WestSideStory). WestSideStory, of which she is enamored).
* WhiteCollarCrime: Morello scammed mail-order companies.



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!!Nicole 'Nicky' Nichols
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's like the Hamptons, only fuckin' horrible."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/NatashaLyonne

A former drug addict, now in Red's group in the prison. Nicky has a loud mouth and is Red's most trusted girl. Red helps Nicky get clean when she lands in prison, and Nicky looks to her as a mother figure. [[spoiler:Her real mother lived in a separate house and Nicky was raised by a nanny. Nicky was involved in a sexual relationship with Morello until Morello broke it off. Nicky has a scar on her chest from having heart surgery as a complication of a bacterial infection in her heart.]]

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!!Nicole 'Nicky' Nichols

[[folder:Anita]]
!!Anita De Marco
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's like the Hamptons, only fuckin' horrible."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/NatashaLyonne

A former drug addict, now in Red's group in the prison. Nicky has a loud mouth and is Red's most trusted girl. Red helps Nicky get clean when she lands in prison, and Nicky looks to her as a mother figure. [[spoiler:Her real mother lived in a separate house and Nicky was raised by a nanny. Nicky was involved in a sexual relationship with Morello until Morello broke it off. Nicky has a scar on her chest from having heart surgery as a complication of a bacterial infection in her heart.]]
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* TheGadfly: Frequently trolls Piper and Alex (mostly Piper, as she is more receptive to being baited) to gain information on their past.
--> '''Nicky:''' She said you were a squirter.
--> '''Piper:''' I don't - that's - once! It happened ''once!'' It took us both by surprise!
--> '''Nicky:''' Wow! I was kidding, but good to know!
* LipstickLesbian
* MessyHair
* MetaCasting: The scar on her chest? It's real. Natasha Lyonne really ''did'' have heart surgery a few years back, and it really ''was'' from a bacterial infection resulting from use of a dirty needle.
* MommyIssues: She hates her mother for choosing to live in a different home as she was growing up because her new husband didn't like kids. Nicky was subsequently raised by a nanny.
* ParentalSubstitute: Red is hers, as she tells Piper when Piper is genuinely confused why Nicky calls Red "Mommy".
* PrincessInRags: Apparently came from a wealthy family and used to travel the world. Alex comments that she would be exactly the kind of person she'd target.

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* TheGadfly: Frequently trolls Piper and Alex (mostly Piper, as she is more receptive to being baited) to gain information on their past.
--> '''Nicky:''' She said you were a squirter.
--> '''Piper:''' I don't - that's - once! It happened ''once!'' It took us both by surprise!
--> '''Nicky:''' Wow! I was kidding, but good to know!
* LipstickLesbian
* MessyHair
* MetaCasting: The scar on her chest? It's real. Natasha Lyonne really ''did'' have heart surgery a few years back, and it really ''was'' from a bacterial infection resulting from use of a dirty needle.
* MommyIssues: She hates her mother for choosing to live in a different home as she was growing up because her new husband didn't like kids. Nicky was subsequently raised by a nanny.
* ParentalSubstitute: Red is hers, as she tells Piper when Piper is genuinely confused why Nicky calls Red "Mommy".
* PrincessInRags: Apparently came from a wealthy family and used to travel the world. Alex comments that she would be exactly the kind of person she'd target.
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!!Anita De Marco
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->'''Played By''': Lin Tucci

* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMentor
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!!Nicole 'Nicky' Nichols
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's like the Hamptons, only fuckin' horrible."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/NatashaLyonne

A former drug addict, now in Red's group in the prison. Nicky has a loud mouth and is Red's most trusted girl. Red helps Nicky get clean when she lands in prison, and Nicky looks to her as a mother figure. [[spoiler:Her real mother lived in a separate house and Nicky was raised by a nanny. Nicky was involved in a sexual relationship with Morello until Morello broke it off. Nicky has a scar on her chest from having heart surgery as a complication of a bacterial infection in her heart.]]

* DeadpanSnarker
* TheGadfly: Frequently trolls Piper and Alex (mostly Piper, as she is more receptive to being baited) to gain information on their past.
--> '''Nicky:''' She said you were a squirter.
--> '''Piper:''' I don't - that's - once! It happened ''once!'' It took us both by surprise!
--> '''Nicky:''' Wow! I was kidding, but good to know!
* LipstickLesbian
* MessyHair
* MetaCasting: The scar on her chest? It's real. Natasha Lyonne really ''did'' have heart surgery a few years back, and it really ''was'' from a bacterial infection resulting from use of a dirty needle.
* MommyIssues: She hates her mother for choosing to live in a different home as she was growing up because her new husband didn't like kids. Nicky was subsequently raised by a nanny.
* ParentalSubstitute: Red is hers, as she tells Piper when Piper is genuinely confused why Nicky calls Red "Mommy".
* PrincessInRags: Apparently came from a wealthy family and used to travel the world. Alex comments that she would be exactly the kind of person she'd target.
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[[folder:Anita]]
!!Anita De Marco
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->'''Played By''': Lin Tucci

* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMentor
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!!Carrie "Big Boo" Black
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->'''Played By''': Lea DeLaria

A lesbian inmate who has had several "wives" during her incarceration. She cares for a service dog named "Little Boo."

* {{Badass}}
* ButchLesbian
* DeadpanSnarker: Of a legendary kind.
* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies: Little Boo. Whose arrival marked a softening in Big Boo's attitude.
* IfICantHaveYou[=/=]MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Subverted.]] After lots of talk about how Boo messed with one of her girlfriends on their last day to keep her in and a significant shot of Boo [[spoiler:holding the missing screwdriver]] with a wicked gleam in her eyes on the day Mercy is released, one of the last shots of the episode is Boo... [[spoiler:''masturbating'' with the screwdriver]].
* ManipulativeBitch
* TattooedCrook
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[[folder:Morello]]
!!Lorna Morello
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We look out for our own."'']]
->'''Played By''': Yael Stone

A Brooklyn-Italian inmate planning her wedding for her release. Morello is the first inmate that Piper talks to, and she helps Piper acclimate in her first few days. [[spoiler:She is involved in a lesbian relationship with Nichols at the beginning of the show but breaks it off after feeling that she was cheating on her fiancè.]]

* BiTheWay[=/=]SituationalSexuality
* TheDitz: There are in fact only two Boras in the locale Bora Bora, but Morello is not the sharpest screwdriver on the wall.
* WhiteCollarCrime: It's heavily implied that the reason Morello is in jail is because she was a scammer.
* LargeHam: During the Nativity Play, as Mary.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being one of the most genuinely sweet people in the prison, she is pretty casually racist and only seems to interact with other white inmates.
* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Invoked; Morello's lipstick and hairstyle call to mind the Fifties, but (unfortunately) so do her attitudes towards other races (thanks to WestSideStory).
* WideEyedIdealist: Or the closest she can get in prison, believing [[spoiler:her fiance will stick around despite him having only visited her once.]]
* YourCheatingHeart
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[[folder:Norma]]
!!Norma Romano
->'''Played By''': Annie Golden

An inmate who's slightly more timid than her peers. Rarely speaks. Part of Red's crew.

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Uses her voice for the first time in the season 1 finale, displaying a beautiful singing voice and surprising everyone during the Christmas pageant.]]
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks, or uses sign language, or even tries to use body gestures. She only communicates through writing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tricia]]
!!Tricia Miller
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->'''Played By''': Madeline Brewer

A prison inmate and drug addict who grew up on the streets. Miller is a drug addict and lesbian who sports a tattoo on her throat. She gets her drugs from guard Mendez, who threatens her after being late with a delivery. [[spoiler:Miller dies of an overdose after being locked in a closet with drugs by Mendez. The prison covers up her death as a suicide.]]

* AbusiveParents: She makes reference to her ''rapist stepdad''.
* ButtMonkey: She's had a terrible life. [[spoiler:And it ends in a terrible way.]]
* DumbBlonde: Tricia is a sweet girl, but is cursed by her lack of education as much as an innate lack of intelligence.
* NiceGirl: One of the most sincere and genuinely nice inmates of the cast. Even girls who didn't regularly interact with her comment on her "good vibe."
* LipstickLesbian
* ListOfTransgressions: Keeps a notebook with a list of everything she's ever stolen, so she can eventually make amends.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Discussed by her former clique.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yoga Jones]]
!!"Yoga" Jones
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->'''Played By''': Constance Shulman

An inmate who teaches yoga. [[spoiler:She once was a marijuana farmer who accidentally shot and killed a child, thinking he was a deer eating her crop.]] Jones displays extreme calm in all of her appearances, [[spoiler:until being taunted by Watson for killing a child, causing Jones to slap Watson in the face. Jones later confides in Watson about the child she killed, and they are able to become friends.]]

* TheAtoner: For her crime.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* DarkSecret: The reason for her imprisonment, more so than anyone else's. [[spoiler:She accidentally shot an eight-year-old, thinking he was one of the deer that had been eating her marijuana supply]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Twice over. Given the context for her backstory, she's almost certainly in jail for possession with intent to distribute, rather than [[spoiler:the involuntary manslaughter of an eight year old boy she tortures herself over.]] This means she's serving harder time due to the War on Drugs than she otherwise would, but doesn't care because she feels she deserves it.
* TheHeart
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[{{Doug}} Patti Mayonnaise]] apparently took a dark turn later in life.
* {{Nice G|uy}}irl
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sister Ingalls]]
!!Sister Ingalls
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->'''Played By''': Beth Fowler

An inmate who was a nun. Initially believed to be a murderer but was arrested for peaceful demonstration. Friends with Sophia.

* CoolOldLady: Very good at offering helpful insight to Sophia and can deadpan deflect Pennsatucky's attempts at claiming 'Third Amendment rights' by quoting the actual Third Amendment from memory.
* GoodShepherd: Even not compared to Pennsatucky, she's possibly the kindest and most level-headed character (let alone Christian) on the show.
* NunTooHoly: Frequently invoked by others, but subverted: people try to demonize her for various reasons by claiming she murdered someone.
* OddFriendship: Though Sophia initially saddled up to her to try and get her post-menopausal estrogen supplements, the two became legitimate friends.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leanne]]
!!Leanne Taylor
->'''Played By''': Emma Myles

* DumbBlonde
* TheDragon: For Pennsatucky.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
* VillainousFriendship: With Pennsatucky, who she admires and trails after.
[[/folder]]

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