From Set to Home: Actress Lauren Lapkus Finds Humor in the Balance of Caregiving and a Career on Screen

Postpartum Production

Lauren Lapkus is an American actress and comedian known for portraying Susan Fisher in the Netflix comedy drama series Orange is the New Black. She played Jess in the HBO comedy drama series Crashing, she's appeared in the television series Are You There, Chelsea?, Hot in Cleveland, Clipped, The Big Bang Theory, and Good Girls, the films Jurassic World, The Unicorn, The Wrong Missy, and she played the voice of Lada in the animated comedy series, Harvey Girls Forever! She also plays Joanna in the film Another Happy Day, a “postpartum depression comedy” directed by Nora Fiffer, a guest of the Postpartum Production Podcast back in Season 1. You can listen to that conversation here.

Lauren is also a prolific podcaster: she has appeared on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, Improv4Humans, and her own podcast With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, LAPTIME with Lauren Lapkus, Threedom, Raised by TV, and Newcomers.

In today’s laughter-filled conversation, Kaitlin and Lauren discuss:

1. The physical challenges of pregnancy and postpartum as an active comedian and actor
2. How experiencing motherhood firsthand influenced her acting, particularly her portrayal of Joanna in Another Happy Day
3. How film sets and the industry at large have (and have not) shifted to provide healthier working conditions and schedules, particularly for parents

Discover more of Lauren’s work here:

• @laurenlapkus
• http://www.laurenlapkus.com/

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