Constance Shulman
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.
Fried Green Tomatoes
as MissyAmidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old...
Movie pageReversal of Fortune
as Pharmacist (uncredited)Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says...
Movie pageSweet and Lowdown
as HazelIn the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in...
Movie pageHe Said, She Said
as Make-Up GirlWomanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun....
Movie pageFletch Lives
as Cindy MaeFletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown...
Movie pageDoug's 1st Movie
as Patti Mayonnaise (voice)Doug and his pal Skeeter set's out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get...
Movie pageFunny Pages
as Mrs. OchsA teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
Movie pageMcBain
as Dr. BlazierSantos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his...
Movie pageStrawberry Mansion
as MarthaIn the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to...
Movie pageMen Don't Leave
as CarlyA widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life,...
Movie pageNasty Baby
as Bishop's GirlfriendA gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also...
Movie pageLost Angels
as BeauticianRich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to...
Movie pageGiving Birth to a Butterfly
as MonicaAfter having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a...
Movie pageDarla in Space
as Leona PetersonDarla owes the IRS $349,000.22. Her burgeoning business Kitty Kasket will never generate that...
Movie pageSylvio
as TinaA small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter...
Movie pageLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Daycare ManagerIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
TV Show pageThe Blacklist
as FionaRaymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...
TV Show pageBroad City
as OdaBroad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest...
TV Show pageOrange Is the New Black
as Yoga JonesA crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...
TV Show pageSearch Party
as HelenA dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous...
TV Show pageDoug
as Patti Mayonnaise (voice)Doug Funnie experiences common predicaments while attending school in his new hometown of...
TV Show pageThe Curse
as ElizabethAn alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a...
TV Show pageThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Bonnie SaylesMolly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a...
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