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Piper Elizabeth Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) is the protagonist of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. The character is based on Piper Kerman, author of the non-fiction book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, upon which the series is based. [1]
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At the outset of the series, Piper is portrayed as a relatively innocent woman who aims to remain on her best behavior and avoid conflict with the other inmates while quietly serving her time. However, as the series progresses and she spends more time in prison, Piper's true personality begins to surface. She is revealed to be cruel, selfish, spoil...
Piper is a young Caucasian woman with blue eyes and blonde hair that reaches a little under her shoulder, although she kept her hair waist-length and mane-like during her early-mid twenties. She is 5'8 and has a slim build, with three tattoos on her body and a prominent brand on her left arm (although it is shown on her right arm in Season Six). He...
Childhood
Piper was born on June 7, 1981, at 11:42 am in Connecticut. She is the middle child, with an older and younger brother. Her older brother, Danny, has been referred to as "the perfect son" but has not appeared in the series. Her younger brother, Cal, was generally regarded as the "black sheep" of the family before her incarceration. Piper was a 'daddy's girl' and didn't break rules her dad would say, for example, not jumping out the back of the bus. Piper's parents were obsessed with appearanc...
Life with Alex
Looking for a job after graduating from college, Piper met edgy Alex Vauseat a bar. Though she had never dated a woman before, they quickly began a relationship. In love and thirsting for adventure, Piper was not bothered by the fact that her girlfriend was an international drug smuggler. They traveled the world together in high style, and on one occasion Piper agreed to traffic a suitcase full of $50,000 in drug money to Belgium, immediately regretting it. Despite her discomfort in committin...
Life with Larry
Years later, Piper met Larry Bloom, a mutual friend of Polly and Polly's eventual husband, Pete. After chastising a homeless person for not taking care of his dog to her satisfaction, Piper was bitten by the beast. Using her extra key, she stumbles into Polly and Pete's apartment to find Larry house-sitting. Larry was instantly attracted to her and helped her get cleaned up, and they unexpectedly bonded. They jokingly wondered why Polly and Pete never thought to set them up before, but it qui...
Romantic
1. Alex Vause - 1.1. Girlfriend prior to Season 1. 1.2. Lover/presumed girlfriend as of Season 1, Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 13. 1.3. Girlfriend as of Season 3, Episode 4 - Season 3, Episode 12. 1.4. Girlfriend as of Season 4, Episode 11 - Season 5, Episode 12. 1.5. Engaged as of Season 5, Episode 12. 1.6. Prison married as of Season 6, Episode 13. 2. Larry Bloom- Ex-fiancé 3. Suzanne Warren- crush in season 1 4. Stella Carlin- Brief partner/romantic interest in Season 3 5. Zelda 6. Unknow...
Family
1. Carol Chapman(Mother) 2. Bill Chapman(Father) 3. Danny Chapman(Older brother) 4. Cal Chapman(Younger brother) 5. Celeste Chapman(Grandmother; deceased) 6. Neri Feldman(Sister-In-Law) 7. Alex Vause(wife)
Friends
1. Nicky Nichols- Nicky takes an instant liking to Piper and is one of Piper's closest allies in Litchfield. She has no problem talking about things that make Piper uncomfortable, such as her relationship with Alex. In fact, Nicky is one of the only people who Piper is vulnerable and honest with, especially when it comes to her problems. She's also not afraid to risk getting shots to help Piper and is the only one seen helping her when she was forced to stand on the table for an indefinite ti...
In an interviewwith a YouTube channel known as 'HeyUGuys,' Schilling explains that the show is not trying to 'impersonate' the author. Piper Chapman is an individual character who does not solidly resemble Kerman and her experience in prison; however, as the series was inspired by her book, some of the events in the series are similar to those that...
As of season 7, Piper has appeared in 90 out of 91 episodes, the most of any character. The only episode she is absent from is "Looks Blue, Tastes Red".Piper had an online blog.Piper was born on June 7, 1981.She is a Gemini and was born at 11:42 A.M. in Connecticut, as she revealed in "Thirsty Bird".A television adaptation of the same name created by Jenji Kohan, the Emmy award-winning creator of Weeds, premiered on July 11, 2013, on Netflix and aired for seven seasons. Kerman's character in the series ("Piper Chapman") is played by Taylor Schilling.
Jul 30, 2019 · Piper Chapman spends the last season as a conflicted free woman, after being released early from prison in the sixth-season finale. Piper is torn about leaving her new wife Alex (they wed in...
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Jun 9, 2016 · In 2010, a wealthy Boston woman, Piper Kerman, penned a book by the same name about her experiences behind bars after serving 13 months of a 15-month prison sentence for drug trafficking and...
Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as "Piper Chapman" on the Netflix original comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013) (2013-present), for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Golden Globe ...
Feb 12, 2024 · Based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black follows Piper Champman (Taylor Schilling) after she turns herself in for a 15-month sentence in a minimum-security women's prison for aiding in a drug-smuggling operation run by her ex-girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon).
