Can You Guess This Emmy-Nominated Actress From Her Very First Acting Gig?
Aww! Look at that face! You know that face, right?
This actress stars on one of the hottest shows of the year — both hot in terms of ratings and critical love and hot in terms of lots of sex. Looots of sex — and earned an Emmy nomination this year for her work on said show.
But 28 years ago she booked her first acting gig on Pee-wee’s Playhouse.
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Natasha Lyonne, who plays Nicky on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and was nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy category (she ultimately lost to “Crazy Eyes” aka Uzo Aduba). And now she’s (maybe) datingFred Armisen too.
But back in 1986, Natasha played Opal in six episodes of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Today, Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series is released as an 8-disc box set with all 45 episodes and Pee-wee’s Christmas Special, and ETonline can exclusively debut these throwback photos of the cast.
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Which got us wondering how they’ve changed over the years. Because Natasha basically looks THE SAME. Here is Pee-wee Herman back then:
And here is Paul Reubens in 2014:
Has he even aged a day? He looks THE SAME!
Here is Little Richard guest starring then:
And here is Little Richard in 2011 (it was the newest picture we could find):
He looks, uh, a little different.
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And the Playhouse itself and its many inhabitants then:
We have no idea how they look today. Hopefully they’re safely tucked away in a prop house somewhere. But looking at that last picture sure does jog the memory. Any favorite Pee-wee memories?
Meanwhile, here’s another blast from the past: Little Giants turns 20!