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Read a behind-the-curtain story as to how Annie Golden became one of my biggest supporters in my soon-to-be-released book, Behind The Curtain: The Mistakes, Lessons Learned & Triumphs of Interviewing Celebrities.
June 2017 Interview:
Live from The Algonquin Hotel, Call Me Adam's Adam Rothenberg, sits down for a NEW EXCLUSIVE interview with Annie Golden, known for playing mute Norma Romano on Orange is the New Black.
In this NEW interview, Annie once again answered my call, but this time she reveals:
- What made Annie want to be part of Orange is the New Black
- What she thinks Norma's first speaking words would be
- What it is like to act with her senses
- So much more
Connect with Annie: Facebook, Instagram
Orange is the New Black Season 5 drops June 9, 2017 on Netflix!
More Annie Golden Interviews:
2013 (Read Here): Marry Harry at NYMF
2015 (Watch Here): Underland at 59E59 Theaters
2017 (Watch Here): Ripcord at Huntington Theatre Company
2017 (Read Here): Catching Up with Orange Is The New Black's Norma Romano
2021 (Listen Here): Podcast - Season 2, Episode 2 - Legacy Talk with Annie Golden
2021 (Listen Here): Podcast - Season 2, Episode 10 - Lessons Learned with Annie Golden
Annie Golden as Norma Romano
Netflix's Orange is the New Black
More on Annie Golden:
Annie Golden began her career as the lead singer of The Shirts (which headlined CBGB's in the late 70s). During the early 1990s she performed as part of the duo Golden Carillo with Frank Carillo. They released three albums; Fire in Newtown, Toxic Emotion, and Back for More. Since then she has performed solo and with a band. She performs a revue of songs from her stage career along with originals called Annie Golden's Velvet Prison. In 1984, her song "Hang Up the Phone" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Sixteen Candles.
While with The Shirts she was discovered by Miloš Forman who gave her a part in Hair. She had featured roles on Cheers and Miami Vice. On Broadway, she has appeared in the 1977 revival of Hair, Leader of the Pack, Ah, Wilderness!, On the Town and The Full Monty. She had the title role in the workshop of the short-lived adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie. She also played the role of "Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme" in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins Off-Broadway in 1990-1991. In 2003 she joined other original Off-Broadway cast members in a Reprise! (Los Angeles) concert production of Assassins. In 2007, she was stand-by for the two comic villain roles in the musical Xanadu on Broadway.
Annie has the distinct honor of having appeared in three separate versions of Hair; a Broadway revival in 1977, the motion picture in 1979 and a special benefit performance concert in 2004. Annie was the voice of "Marina" in the Don Bluth film The Pebble and the Penguin. In recent years, she has been seen in commercials for Coinstar, in which she portrays The Tooth Fairy. She appeared in the musical film Temptation with actors Adam Pascal, Tony Award Winners Alice Ripley and Anika Noni Rose, and film actress Zoe Saldana and in 2009 had a small role in I Love You Phillip Morris, with actors Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey, playing a simple woman requiring legal assistance.
In 2011, Annie starred with Peter Scolari in the world premiere of The Nutcracker and I. Comically playing the "Sugar Rush Fairy" (and three other roles) in this musical comedy featuring the music of Tchaikovsky and lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini, she and Scolari were compared in one review to the team of Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar. In 2014 Annie returned to Broadway in the Tony nominated revival of Violet, starring alongside Tony Winner Sutton Foster.
Annie continues to play solo gigs and with her own band. For the past five seasons, Annie has been starring as "Norma Romano" in Netflix's Emmy award winning show Orange is the New Black. Additionally, Orange is the New Black has won, three years in a row, The Screen Actors Guild Award for "Best Ensemble." Annie can also be seen in Season 3 premiere episode of Hulu's Difficult People, playing "Flipper."
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