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  • BIRTH 04/04/1958
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 11

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.

Constance Shulman

Shows (5)

Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black
Yoga Jones
The Blacklist
The Blacklist
Fiona
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Daycare Manager
The Curse
The Curse
Elizabeth
Doug
Doug
Patti Mayonnaise (voice)

Movies (11)

Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Missy
Strawberry Mansion
Strawberry Mansion
Martha
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
Hazel
Funny Pages
Funny Pages
Mrs. Ochs
Fletch Lives
Fletch Lives
Cindy Mae
Doug's 1st Movie
Doug's 1st Movie
Patti Mayonnaise (voice)
McBain
McBain
Dr. Blazier
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said
Make-Up Girl
Men Don't Leave
Men Don't Leave
Carly
Men Don't Leave
Men Don't Leave
Carly
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Monica