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Meet Kiley May, a two-spirit transgender actor and multidisciplinary artist from Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Ontario. Kiley’s acting CV includes a recurring role in the CBC show Coroner and well as her big-screen debut in the blockbuster horror It: Chapter Two. But Kiley’s love for film and television doesn’t stop at […]

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If you’re a fan of Orange Is The New Black—the extremely popular Netflix series loosely based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name—there’s a good chance you have a favourite character. There’s also a good chance that favourite character is Flaca. With her signature winged liner and broadcast-from-behind-bars beauty podcast, it’s no wonder she […]

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Warning: Spoilers ahead. Season 4 of Orange is the New Black finished on a dark and foreboding note last June: There was the accidental death of inmate Poussey Washington (played by Samira Wiley) at the hands of a prison guard, which resulted in a riot at Litchfield Penitentiary, and a major cliffhanger ending, with Daya […]

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Netflix is everyone’s go-to date for a night in. If you’re running low on shows to watch, you’re now in luck. The streaming service just announced premiere dates and teasers for a ton of their 2017 originals. Recognizing that people have a plethora of interests, Netflix is offering over 1,000 hours of new series, films, documentaries and […]

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From the moment the show began, one message was spoken louder than any other: and that was to support refugees and embrace the diversity that makes America strong. On the red carpet, The Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg carried a sign that said “Refugees Welcome” while his wife, Jocelyn Towne, had the message “Let them […]

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This week, our dreams took flight we learned that Empire was getting a nail polish line. Available next month at Sephora and Nordstrom, Deborah Lippmann collab will consist of shades called “Hustle Hard” (a shimmery fuchsia), Power of Empire (gold glitter), and War of the Roses (a crimson shimmer), which are all meant to reflect […]

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With the third season premiering today, February 27 officially marks the end of our year-long wait for more House of Cards. This means we’ve had a lot of time to think. (Arguably too much time, but good luck trying not to.) So after the initial shock of season two’s finale wore off, we finally began […]

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8 wild TV to real life actor transformations »

As many nationwide binge watchers can attest to, the new season of Orange is the New Black hit the web this weekend with more crazy than ever. Our favourite inmates are back and looking real busted. So busted in fact, that it was hard to believe any of them could be anything else in real life, a fact that was countered pretty shockingly at last week’s red carpet premiere in New York. Actress Uzo Aduba a.k.a. “Crazy Eyes” is shockingly glam for one, as is Taryn Manning, whose Podunk portrayals have been her signature since the early oughts.

With these transformations in mind, we had a look back at the IRL looks of some of our favourite television characters. From the big budget world of Game of Thrones (its recent “Blackwater” episode reportedly cost $8 million) to the ever-changing early 20^th century styles on Downtown Abbey, here are 8 of the most drastic TV to real life actor transformations.

When Piper Kerman confessed to her friends that she—a self-described “nice blonde lady” living in the bourgie side of Brooklyn—was going to jail for laundering money for a drug kingpin, they laughed at her. It took weeks to convince some of her inner circle that her conviction wasn’t a joke.

Nobody was laughing when she was handcuffed and sent to a federal correctional facility in Danbury, Conn., for 15 months in February 2004, more than a decade after she committed the crime—a time she calls her wild, experimental 20s. Kerman’s past almost destroyed her relationships with her unknowing fiancé, friends and family.

“It’s an indelible experience,” Kerman says from her office in New York, where she now works at a communications firm. “It makes such an impression on you that you can’t leave it behind. I think about it all the time.”

While serving her sentence, Kerman was meticulous about taking notes, chronicling her fish-out-of-water-and-into-frying-pan story for what would become her best-selling 2010 memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison. The book’s newfound popularity has inspired a Netflix series by Weeds creator Jenji Kohan.

“The series is an adaptation, so there are some wild departures from the actual events recounted in my book,” admits Kerman, who was brought into the project to consult. “Some of the scenes are just as exciting or funny or horrifying for me to watch as they might be for other viewers.” An episode directed by Jodie Foster had Kerman recalling the sometimes startling, sometimes humorous moments she encountered while navigating the social protocols at her prison’s mess hall.

Actress Taylor Schilling was chosen to play Piper Chapman, a Kerman-esque character, for the series. Rather than imitate the woman she got to know behind the cameras, the 28-year-old Bostonian—best known for roles in Argo and The Lucky One—decided to find common ground between them.

“Being in [jail] is akin to learning the rules of a country club,” Schilling says during the shooting of Orange Is the New Black’s last episode in New York City. “This isn’t a show like Oz. It’s a different beast altogether.” Instead of portraying a violent, stereotypical view of prison life, the scripts emphasize the dramas surrounding class and status issues in prison.