Alysia Reiner is an American actress. She is best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast.
Reiner starred in and produced the financial drama Equity, which was bought at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and released nationwide. It was set to be developed into a TV series by Tri-Star and ABC. She also originated the role of DODC Agent Sadie Deever in the Disney+/Marvel series Ms. Marvel and joined the cast of The Diplomat for its second and third seasons. Reiner has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and won an Obie Award for her performance in An Oak Tree. In Sideways, the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film, Reiner played Christine Ergarian, for which she won her first ensemble cast SAG Award. She played District Attorney Wendy Parks in the ABC crime-legal drama TV series How to Get Away with Murder and Sunny in the FX comedy Better Things. In 2016, she also appeared in Season 4 of Masters of Sex on Showtime, as Lilian Izikoff on Rosewood, and Trina in the TBS series Search Party.
Early life Reiner was born in Gainesville, Florida, in 1970. She graduated from Vassar College and studied acting at the British American Drama Academy and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Reiner is Jewish.
Career Theatre She joined Tim Crouch in the Obie Award–winning An Oak Tree at The Barrow Street and Jayson with a Y with The New Group. At The Beckett, she played roles in Anaïs Nin: One of Her Lives and Wasps in Bed. She has been deemed an "Off-Broadway Favorite" by Theatremania and was called "priceless" by The New York Times. In 2025, Reiner starred in the world premiere of Keiko Green's You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World. She also appeared in the New York premiere of David Edgar's Pentecost.
Film and television
Reiner has appeared in several films, including Kissing Jessica Stein, The Vicious Kind, Arranged, Schooled, That Awkward Moment, and 5 Flights Up. In 2004, she played the role of Christine Erganian, Thomas Haden Church's character's fiancée, in the film Sideways, which won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She also had roles in several independent films.
On television, Reiner has appeared on more than 50 shows as series regular, guest star or in recurring roles, including Natalie Figueroa in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. In 2014 she joined the cast of ABC legal drama series,How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes, in a recurring role of D.A. Wendy Parks, a prosecutor who goes up against Viola Davis' character. In 2018 Reiner joined the cast of The Deuce as agent Kiki Rains.
In 2014, Reiner announced that she would be launching Broad Street Pictures to produce films with strong female roles.
As a producer, Reiner produced and starred in the motherhood comedy Egg with Christina Hendricks and Anna Camp, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also starred in Stampede Ventures' feature Going Places and produced and appeared in the film Ramona at Midlife.
Awards and honors In addition to her Screen Actors Guild Award, Reiner received the inaugural Acclaimed Collaboration Award from the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition in 2019 for her work on Egg. She received the MUSE "Made in NY" Award from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYWIFT in 2017. She has also received the Sarah Powell Huntington Leadership Award from the Women's Prison Association.
Personal life
Reiner has been married to actor David Alan Basche since 1997. The couple have a daughter and reside in Harlem, New York City.
Reiner is involved with many nonprofit organizations and charities, including the Cancer Support Community, Actors for Autism, PEN International, SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, Bent on Learning, Safe Kids Worldwide, The Young Women's Leadership Network, Amnesty International, Cool Effect, and Election Defenders. Before the 2022 midterm elections, Reiner posted on Instagram using the #IDCHECK hashtag, asking voters to check their IDs to make sure they meet local requirements and citing VoteRiders as a resource for voter ID information and assistance.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1999Row Your BoatScenes deletedThe Stand-InSoap opera nurse2000Little PiecesCasting director2001Kissing Jessica SteinSchuller Gallery Artist2002Hourly RatesGail 2004SidewaysChristine ErganianNinaShort film2005One Last Thing...Tai Uhlmann 2006A-ListReporterCycle UnknownMarieShort filmRachel 2007ArrangedLeahSchooledMiss Luna Hill2008Laura 2009SamanthaJoanShort filmSpeed GrievingMaliaShort film 2012BackwardsMeghanDelivering the GoodsNew Head Chef2013King Theodore LiveJordynShort film 2014That Awkward MomentAmandaMercedesShort filmKelly & CalTrish Fort TildenCobble Hill MomRevenge of the Green DragonsTV News Reporter5 Flights UpBlue LeggingsPrimrose LaneTheodociaThe Girl in the BookInterviewerNo Letting GoLisa 2015Ava's PossessionsNoelleThe NetworkerBethThe Other SideRivka2016EquityPublic Attorney Samantha RyanAlso producer2017The Female BrainErin 2018EggTina Also producerAn Acceptable LossNational Security Advisor2020School Spirits Canaldi 2021A Mouthful of AirPamSpider-Man: No Way HomeAgent Sadie DeeverUncredited cameo 2022So Cold the RiverAlyssa Bradford-CohenThe Independent Kathy Gibbs 2023 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed Sister 2025 O HorizonDr. Sandra WilliamsRamona at Midlife Gwen Carmine Also producer Marshmallow Mom
Television Year Title Role Notes1999Law & OrderGretchen StewartEpisode: "Sundown"2000Family LawMs. HollandEpisode: "Echoes" 2002SallyEpisode: "What Women Don't Want"Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCindy KerberEpisode: "Juvenile"2003Law & Order: Criminal IntentLeslie HurstEpisode: "Stray"2004Dr. Ainsley SolomonEpisode: "The Boxer" 2006Linda VaughnEpisode: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..."Love MonkeyMeganEpisode: "Coming Out"2008Cindy2 episodes 2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentPaula O'KeefeEpisode: "Lady's Man"White CollarManagerEpisode: "Free Fall"30 RockReal Estate AgentEpisode: "Sun Tea" 2010Law & Order: Criminal IntentMichelle LindenEpisode: "Lost Children of the Blood"Law & OrderAmy FelnerEpisode: "Love Eternal"2011Blue BloodsHannahEpisode: "Model Behavior"2012CindyEpisode: "The Party"2013–2019Orange Is the New BlackNatalie "Fig" Figueroa47 episodesScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series2014Hawaii Five-OSpecial Agent ChapmanEpisode: "Ka No'eau"2014–2015How to Get Away with MurderD.A. Wendy Parks4 episodes2015BonesAmelia MinchinEpisode: "The Lost in the Found" 2016 UnforgettableJoyce Chen Episode: "Breathing Space"The Mysteries of LauraLiz Walters Episode: "The Mystery of the Political Operation"RosewoodLilian Izikoff 2 episodesMasters of SexAnitaEpisode: "Freefall"Search PartyTrina 2 episodes2016–2022Better ThingsSunny15 episodes 2017Odd Mom OutProsecutorEpisode: "Jury Doody"ChoppedHerselfEpisode: "Star Power: Screen Sensations!"YoungerLouiseEpisode: "A Novel Marriage"Broad CityEpisode: "Mushrooms"2018The BlacklistJudge Sonia FisherEpisode: "The Informant (No. 118)"2018–2019The DeuceKiki Rains10 episodes2018–2020Butterbean's CaféMs. Marmalady (voice)18 episodes2019Bubble GuppiesComputer Voice (voice)Episode: "Secret Agent Nonny!"All RiseDeb ThompsonEpisode: "The Joy from Oz"2021HelpstersBowling BabetteEpisode: "Freeze Pop Felix / Bowling Babette" 2022Law & OrderGrace PollardEpisode: "Only the Lonely"Ms. MarvelAgent Sadie Deever4 episodes2022–2023Shining ValeKathryn Dunn7 episodes2023The RookieLieutenant Pine2 episodes2024–2025The DiplomatAgent Ivy Griffin3 episodes2026Stranger Things: Tales from '85Karen Wheeler (voice)Episode: "Chapter One: Welcome to Hawkins, New Kid"
Podcasts Year Title Role Notes2021–2022Around the SunSam (voice)2 episodes; audio drama
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