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Lori Petty

Acting

Born October 14, 1963 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Also known as لوری پتی

Biography

Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1990 comedy film Cadillac Man and later starred in films Point Break (1991), A League of Their Own (1992), Free Willy (1993), The Glass Shield (1994) and played the title role in Tank Girl (1995). She created and starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Lush Life in 1996 and acted in number of independent and smaller-scale movies in later career. In 2008, Petty wrote and directed independent drama film The Poker House based on her early life during the 1970s. In 2014 she joined the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black as Lolly Whitehill as a guest star in the second season, and a recurring character in the third, fourth and seventh seasons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Petty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography49 titles

House

2004as Janice Burke

The Parkers

1999

Immoral Compass

2021as Detective Williams

Star Trek: Voyager

1995as Noss

ER

1994as Shane

Summer Camp Island

2018as Ms. Pinch (voice)

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Jenny Kitson

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Livewire (voice)

NCIS: Origins

2024as Dr. Lenora Friedman

Gotham

2014as Jeri

Orange Is the New Black

2013as Lolly Whitehill

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009as Daddy

Miami Vice

1984as Carol

CSI: NY

2004as Maddy

A League of Their Own

1992as Kit Keller (P)

Point Break

1991as Tyler Endicott

Freddy's Nightmares

1988as Chris Ketchum

Stingray

1986

Station Eleven

2021as Sarah / The Conductor

Masters of Horror

2005as Judith

Obliterated

2023as Crazy Susan

I Am Patrick Swayze

2019as Self

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

2014as Nightra (voice)

Profiler

1996as Marjorie Brand / Robin Poole

Alien Nation

1989as Sal

How to Rob a Bank

2024as Tyler (archive footage)

Poetic Justice

1993as Penelope

Countdown

1996as Sara Daniels

Head of the Class

1986

Chasing 3000

2010as Deputy Fryman

The Poker House

2008Director, Writer

Free Willy

1993as Rae Lindley

The Hunger

1997as Lisette

Danger & Eggs

as Ruelle / Madame Aubergine (voice)

The Fair Haired Child

2006as Judith

Cadillac Man

1990as Lila

Tank Girl

1995as Rebecca / Tank Girl

Booker

1989as Suzanne Dunne

Dead Awake

2016as Dr. Sykes

Route 666

2001as Steph

In the Army Now

1994as Christine Jones

The Glass Shield

1994as Dep. Deborah Fields

Prey for Rock & Roll

2003as Faith

The Survivalist

2021as Radio Operator (voice)

The Arrangement

1999as Candy

Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia

2017as Francis

You're All Gonna Die

2023as Donatella

A Deadly Legend

2020as Wanda Pearson

Tonic

2025as Elise Poe