Lori Petty

Lori Petty is the actress who played Noss in the fifth season episode .
== Career ==
=== Film work ===
Petty's career breakthrough came with her role in (1992, featuring Jack Kehler and Christopher Pettiet). However, she is perhaps best known for her role as Kit Keller in (1992, with Ann Cusack, Mark Holton, David L. Lander and Anne Elizabeth Ramsay). She is also known for playing the title role in (1995, co-starring actor Malcolm McDowell, with Voyager guest star Jeff Kober, Ann Magnuson, Doug Jones, Iggy Pop, Reg E. Cathey, Clayton Landey, Charles Lucia, Frank Welker, and Ann Cusack).
Petty has also gained recognition for her performances in other films such as Free Willy (1993, with Richard Riehle) and In the Army Now (1994, with Andy Dick and Glenn Morshower). Her other film credits have included (1990), Poetic Justice (1993, with John Cothran, Jr. and Clifton Collins, Jr.), (1994, with Erich Anderson, Bernie Casey, Natalia Nogulich, Jim Fitzpatrick, Victoria Dillard, and Biff Yeager), (1998, with Paul Winfield and Seymour Cassel), The Arrangement (1999, with Richard Riehle), Clubland (1999, with Lee Arenberg), MacArthur Park (2001), Route 666 (2001, with Dick Miller), and (2003).
Petty was set to co-star in (1993, featured Bill Cobbs and Bob Gunton), but she left the project following a few days of filming, as she and didn't get along well with each other, and was replaced by .
Petty also starred in an independent film called The Last Guy on Earth, written and directed by guest actor and Glass Shield co-star Jim Fitzpatrick. Whoopi Goldberg was also a part of the film's cast. Petty later made her feature directorial debut with (2008), which she co-wrote with .
=== Television work ===
One of Petty's earliest television appearances was (1987, co-starring Robert Picardo and Gregg Henry). She also guest-starred on such series as Stingray (with Gregg Henry), Miami Vice (with Iman), and (starring Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, and Michele Scarabelli and directed by Rob Bowman). In 1990, she had a recurring role on the 21 Jump Street spin-off TV series Booker (guest starring Ed Lauter).
Petty created, produced, wrote, and starred in , which ran for four episodes on the Fox Network in September 1996. Fellow Voyager guest star Concetta Tomei was also a regular on the show, playing the mother of Petty's character's best friend and roommate. After Lush Life was canceled, Petty appeared in a two-part episode of the NBC drama Profiler, working with director James Whitmore, Jr. and actor Dennis Christopher.
Petty also voiced the villainous "Livewire" on the Superman and Batman animated series in 1997 and 1998. She was also a regular on (1998-99), along with guest star John Glover. She has since guest-starred on such series as (with Michelle C. Bonilla and Julianna McCarthy), (starring Gordon Clapp), and . 
Petty had a recurring role as Huntington's disease patient Janice on , on which Jennifer Morrison was a regular. One of Petty's episodes also featured Enterprise regular Anthony Montgomery. Petty was seen in the two-hour series finale of Fox' , along with Robert Knepper and Leon Russom. Petty played the recurring character of Lolly Whitehill on Netflix's Orange is the New Black (2014-2019) alongside regular Kate Mulgrew and recurring actors Michael Harney, Lauren Lapkus, and Phumzile Sitole. Both Petty and Mulgrew received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in 2015 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. 
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