Yael Stone

Birthday: 6 March 1985, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Height: 152 cm

In 2013, Australian New York City resident Yael Stone portrayed inmate 'Lorna Morello' in Orange Is the New Black. Yael graduated from NIDA. From a young age, Yael has been lucky enough to work with Australia's premiere storytellers, luminaries of performance and visionaries behind the scenes in film, television and theatre.Yael enjoys a rich career in Australia. A continuing collaboration with Australia's much-lauded director Neil Armfield culminated in the internationally-renowned production Diary of a Madman, in which she starred opposite Academy- Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush. Yael found her new home in New York City when the production played to critical acclaim at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).Yael is co-founder of The Cannery. Working from a studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the company supports new writing and innovative, creative exploits. Show less «

Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that...Show more »

Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners? Show less «

I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it ...Show more »

I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips. Show less «

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.

It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of t...Show more »

It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory. Show less «

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

In Australia, kids play in American accents.

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to se...Show more »

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people. Show less «

I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it mak...Show more »

I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh. Show less «

Yael Stone

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