Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Piper Chapman on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (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 Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. She made her film debut in the drama Dark Matter (2007), alongside Meryl Streep. Schilling also starred as Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy (2009-10). Her other films include the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012) and the political thriller Argo (2012).