Constance Shulman - wikipedia Constance Shulman Constance Shulman ( 1958 - 04 - 04 ) April 4, 1958 ( age 59 ) Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. Occupation Actress and singer Years active 1989 -- present Children 2, including Gus Birney Constance Shulman ( born April 4, 1958 ) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug and for her current 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. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links Life and career Shulman was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, to a Jewish family. She moved to New York City to start her acting career. In 1989, she made her screen debut in the comedy film Fletch Lives, playing Cindy Mae. She later had supporting parts in films Lost Angels, Men Do n'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 ' 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. Personal life She is married to fellow actor Reed Birney, and their daughter Gus Birney is an actress. Her son Ephraim Birney is also an actor. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Fletch Lives Cindy Mae 1989 Lost Angels Beautician 1990 Men Do n't Leave Carly 1990 Reversal of Fortune Pharmacist Uncredited 1991 He Said, She Said Make - Up Girl 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Missy 1991 Lethal Innocence Nell Willis Television film Weekend at Bernie 's II Tour Operator 1999 Doug 's 1st Movie Patti Mayonnaise ( Voice ) 1999 Sweet and Lowdown Hazel 2008 A Jersey Christmas Connie 2015 Stereotypically You Unemployment Worker 2015 The Broken Ones Rowland Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Bonnie Sayles 2 episodes 1991 -- 99 Doug Patti Mayonnaise 18 episodes Heavens to Betsy Lilly Walker Unsold TV pilot The Faculty Shelly Ray 13 episodes 2013 -- present Orange Is the New Black Yoga Jones 47 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2014 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Daycare Manager Episode : `` Wednesday 's Child '' 2017 Broad City Psychic Episode : `` Sliding Doors '' References Jump up ^ Gussow, Mel ( 1987 - 03 - 27 ). `` Stage - ' Steel Magnolias, ' A Louisiana Story ''. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 27. ^ Jump up to : Rizzo, Frank. `` Actress Shulman 's Career Blossoms As Image Of Southern Belle Withers ''. Hartford Courant. Retrieved June 30, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Brillantes, Mariam. `` ' Orange Is the New Black ' Star Constance Shulman Says New Season Looks Golden ''. Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015. Jump up ^ `` ' Orange Is The New Black ' Star Constance Shulman Voiced Patti Mayonnaise On ' Doug ' ( PHOTO ) ''. The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Patti Mayonnaise From ' Doug ' Is on ' Orange Is the New Black ' ''. The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 12, 2015. Jump up ^ McCue, Michelle. `` BIRDMAN, DOWNTON ABBEY Big Winners At 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards ''. We Are Movie Geeks. Retrieved June 12, 2015. Jump up ^ Berman, Nat ( June 26, 2017 ). `` Five Things You Did n't Know About Gus Birney ''. TVOvermind.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Doug ( TV Series 1991 -- 1994 ) ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017. External links Constance Shulman on IMDb Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series ( 2010 -- 2019 ) Modern Family, season 1 / season 2 ( 2010 ) : Bowen ; Burrell ; Ferguson ; Gould ; Hyland ; O'Neill ; Rodriguez ; Stonestreet ; Vergara ; Winter Modern Family, season 2 / season 3 ( 2011 ) : Anderson - Emmons ; Bowen ; Burrell ; Ferguson ; Gould ; Hyland ; O'Neill ; Rodriguez ; Stonestreet ; Vergara ; Winter Modern Family, season 3 / season 4 ( 2012 ) : Anderson - Emmons ; Bowen ; Burrell ; Ferguson ; Gould ; Hyland ; O'Neill ; Rodriguez ; Stonestreet ; Vergara ; Winter Modern Family, season 4 / season 5 ( 2013 ) : Anderson - Emmons ; Bowen ; Burrell ; Ferguson ; Gould ; Hyland ; O'Neill ; Rodriguez ; Stonestreet ; Vergara ; Winter Orange Is the New Black, season 2 ( 2014 ) : Aduba, Biggs, Brooks, Cox, Cruz, Curtin, DeLaria, Fowler, Freeman, Gardner, Glenn, Golden, Guerrero, Harney, Jeudy, Lake, Lapkus, Leyva, Lyonne, Manning, Marsh Garland, McGorry, Moore, Mulgrew, Myles, Pimentel, Polanco, Reiner, Roberts, Rodriguez, Rosenblat, Sandow, Savage, Schilling, Shulman, Soules, Stone, Toussaint, Tucci, Wiley Orange Is the New Black, season 3 ( 2015 ) : Aduba, Birbiglia, Blake, Brooks, Cox, Cruz, Curtin, DeLaria, Fowler, Glenn, Golden, Guerrero, Harney, Jeudy, Leyva, Manning, Marsh Garland, Moore, Mulgrew, Myles, Peters, Petty, Pimentel, Polanco, Prepon, Rodriguez, Rose, Sandow, Savage, Schilling, Shulman, Soules, Stone, Wiley Orange Is the New Black, season 4 ( 2016 ) : Aduba, Aisenberg, Brooks, Brown, Cruz, DeLaria, Dover, Glenn, Golden, Gómez, Guerrero, Harney, Henke, Jeudy, Lake, Leyva, Lyonne, Manning, McMenamin, Moore, Mulgrew, Myles, Peters, Petty, Pimentel, Polanco, Prepon, Purdy, Rodriguez, Sandow, Savage, Schilling, Shulman, Soules, Stone, Tucci, Wiley Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- 2019 ) VIAF : 2592147907504679210008 LCCN : no2016146793 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constance_Shulman&oldid=801980037 '' Categories : 1958 births Living people American television actresses American film actresses American voice actresses Actresses from Tennessee People from Johnson City, Tennessee 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Jewish American actresses Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2017, at 05 : 39. 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Question: who plays yoga jones on orange is the new black
Answer: Constance Shulman