Season six of Orange Is the New Black [1] reveals that Frieda Berlin's bunker-building, self-protecting streak is not only a result of her childhood, but that it's been honed during her time in behind bars.
The new episodes include a deep dive into a dramatic turf war that has lasted decades, as our veteran prison dweller is seen with one of her first partners in a prison library in the '80s [2]. (If "partner" is the right word for someone she tolerates, resents, and then rats out.) That partner in crime, Carol, turns out to be the sister of a rival drug dealer (and rival kickball captain), Barb.
Young Barb is played by actress Lauren Kelston [3]. Though you might not recognise her, the New Jersey native has done a fair amount of comedy and improv [4]. In fact, she's a regular performer at The Peoples Improv Theatre [5] (aka The PIT) in New York. Along with her part in Orange is the New Black [6], she's also flexed her dramatic chops with parts in Last Night in Brooklyn and in the award-winning 2012 film Four Corners Road.
And here's a credit (I assume) not many of her costars have: she's also a certified yoga instructor [7], and she practices and teaches yoga in the Bergen County area. You can even stop by and say hello!