Michelle Hurst

Birth Name:

Michelle Hurst

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession

Actress

In addition to her film and TV credits, she is also a member of Gad's Hill Theater Company and Restless Theater Company
On a yearly basis, she provides narration for the Lighthouse for the Blind Music School Concert at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Attended Junior Academy and Midwood High School in New York City
Receieved her BA in Theatre Arts from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass
Quote: "(On "Orange is the New Black") "I liked doing it and I've never done series, so for me it was a great experience and I learned a lot! One of the most memorable experiences in my career!""
Has provided narration for audiobooks, including Marita Golden's novel "Don't Play in the Sun․"
In 2009, she helped the organization 651 Arts celebrate its 20-year anniversary by performing the one-woman play "In This Place․․․" at Brooklyn's Irondale Center
Most commonly recognized for her roles on different iterations of the "Law & Order" series franchise, as she has played eight different characters on series such as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit․"
Has stated that her favorite film role thus far has been in the 1995 independent comedy "Smoke․"

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