Constance Shulman

Born: 1958-04-04

Constance Ann Shulman (born April 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug and for her recurring role as Yoga Jones in Orange Is the New Black. Shulman originated the role of Annelle in the first production of Steel Magnolias Off-Broadway. Shulman was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, to a Jewish family. In 1980, she graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in both speech and theater. She moved to New York City to study acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and pursue an acting career. In 1989, she made her screen debut in the comedy film Fletch Lives, playing Cindy Mae. She later had supporting parts in the films Lost Angels, Men Don't Leave, and Fried Green Tomatoes. On television, Shulman worked as a voice actress, playing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug from 1991 to 1999. In the early 1990s, Shulman appeared in a series of Kraft mayonnaise commercials. She was also a regular cast member in the short-lived 1996 ABC sitcom, The Faculty, playing the best friend of Meredith Baxter's character. In the late 1990s, Shulman left the screen to raise her two children. In 2013, Shulman was cast in a recurring role as "Yoga Jones" in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black. Along with the rest of the cast, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015.


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Fried Green Tomatoes

as Missy
Released: 1991-12-27

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old...

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Reversal of Fortune

as Pharmacist (uncredited)
Released: 1990-10-19

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says...

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Fletch Lives

as Cindy Mae
Released: 1989-03-17

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown...

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Funny Pages

as Mrs. Ochs
Released: 2022-08-26

A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

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Doug's 1st Movie

as Patti Mayonnaise (voice)
Released: 1999-03-26

Doug and his pal Skeeter set's out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get...

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Men Don't Leave

as Carly
Released: 1990-02-02

A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life,...

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Nasty Baby

as Bishop's Girlfriend
Released: 2015-10-23

A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also...

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McBain

as Dr. Blazier
Released: 1991-09-20

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his...

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He Said, She Said

as Make-Up Girl
Released: 1991-02-22

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun....

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Lost Angels

as Beautician
Released: 1989-05-05

Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to...

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Sweet and Lowdown

as Hazel
Released: 1999-12-03

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in...

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Strawberry Mansion

as Martha
Released: 2021-07-22

In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to...

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Giving Birth to a Butterfly

as Monica
Released: 2023-05-01

After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a...

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Sylvio

as Tina
Released: 2017-03-11

A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter...

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Darla in Space

as Leona Peterson
Released: 2023-04-23

Darla owes the IRS $349,000.22. Her burgeoning business Kitty Kasket will never generate that...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Daycare Manager
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Orange Is the New Black

as Yoga Jones
First aired: 2013-07-11

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...

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The Blacklist

as Fiona
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Bonnie Sayles
First aired: 1987-05-21

Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a...

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Doug

as Patti Mayonnaise (voice)
First aired: 1991-08-18

Doug Funnie experiences common predicaments while attending school in his new hometown of...

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The Curse

as Elizabeth
First aired: 2023-11-12

An alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a...

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Broad City

as Oda
First aired: 2014-01-22

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest...

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Search Party

as Helen
First aired: 2016-11-21

A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous...

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