Lea DeLaria | Comedian & Actress

Lea DeLaria is an actress and comedian best known for her portrayal of inmate Carrie “Big Boo” Black on Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. She was the first openly gay comic to appear on a late-night talk show, with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show. In the 1980s she was deeply associated with the Valencia Rose, San Francisco’s first gay comedy club, co-founded by Hank Wilson.