Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy - drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013 -- present), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress -- Television Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actress -- Television Series Drama. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama Dark Matter. Schilling also starred in the short - lived NBC medical drama Mercy (2009 -- 10). Her other films include Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012), the comedy Take Me (2017) and the science fiction thriller The Titan (2018).
orange is the new black who plays piper
Taylor Schilling