An American actress. She is known for portraying Piper Chapman on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–present), for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. She made her film debut in the drama Dark Matter (2007), alongside Meryl Streep. Schilling also starred as Veronica Flanagan Callahan 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) and the political thriller Argo (2012)

Filmography

• 2026Imagine — Circuit Fish
• 2025Queen of Bones — Ida May
• Accused — April Harris
• Dear Edward — Lacey
• Poker Face — Agent Annie Milligan
• Pam & Tommy — Erica Boyer
• Pantheon — Renee Keyes (voice)
• The Bite — Lily
• Monsterland — Kate Feldman
• 2019Phil — Sam
• 2019The Prodigy — Sarah Blume
• 2019The Public — Angela
• 2018Family — Kate
• 2018The Titan — Dr. Abi Janssen
• 2017Take Me — Anna St. Blair
• 2015The Overnight — Emily
• Orange Is the New Black — Piper Chapman
• 2013Stay — Abby
• 2012Argo — Christine Mendez
• 2012The Lucky One — Beth Clayton
• American Horror Story — Golden Globes Presenter (uncredited)
• 2011Atlas Shrugged: Part I — Dagny Taggart
• Mercy — Veronica Callahan
• 2008Dark Matter — Jackie
• After The Funeral

Appearances as themselves (6)

• Chelsea — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Presenter