Norma recalls how she became one of several wives to a hippie Cult leader back in The '70s.Sentenced to 15 months for her crimes, Chapman must trade her life in New York City for a stay in Litchfield Federal Correctional Institution with a motley crew of inmates, each with her own story-a Russian mobster ( Kate Mulgrew), a Hispanic woman (Dascha Polanco) whose first act is to get slapped by her angry mother, a trans woman who committed credit card fraud to finance her operations ( Laverne Cox), and more-not to mention her own personal nemesis, Alex. Alex was Piper's college girlfriend, and Piper became an accomplice when she carried a suitcase full of money, once. But it all collapses when Alex Vause ( Laura Prepon), a member of an international drug ring, is brought to trial. Starting as a 30-something yuppie, Piper Chapman ( Taylor Schilling) has it all: a degree from a prestigious college, a cushy job making artisanal soaps, and a faithful fiancé in Larry Bloom ( Jason Biggs). Loosely based on the memoirs of Piper Kerman, the series follows her incarceration in a women's prison.
Orange Is the New Black is a dramedy from Netflix based on the book of the same name.
