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Susan Orlean

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born October 31, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Susan Orlean (born October 31, 1955) is an American journalist. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, and has contributed articles to Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside.

Susan Orlean is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief, a profile of Florida orchid grower, breeder, and collector John Laroche. The book formed the basis of Charlie Kaufman's script for the Spike Jonze film Adaptation. Orlean (portrayed by Meryl Streep in an Oscar-nominated role) was, in effect, made into a fictional character; the movie portrayed her as becoming Laroche's lover and partner in a drug production operation, in which orchids were processed into a fictional psychoactive substance.

She also wrote the Women's Outside article, "Life's Swell" (published 1998). The article, a feature on a group of young surfer girls in Maui, was the basis of the film Blue Crush.

In 1999, she co-wrote "The Skinny: What Every Skinny Woman Knows About Dieting (And Won't Tell You!)" under her married name, Susan Sistrom. Her previously published magazine stories have been compiled in two collections, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People and My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere. She also served as editor for Best American Essays 2005 and Best American Travel Writing 2007. She contributed the Ohio chapter in "State By State" (2008). She is currently working on a biographical history about the dog actor Rin Tin Tin, for which she recently submitted a completed manuscript to her publisher.

Orlean was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Michigan. She was then a staff writer at the Portland, Oregon, weekly Willamette Week, and soon began publishing stories in Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vogue, Outside, and Spy. In 1982 she moved to Boston and became a staff writer for the Boston Phoenix and later a regular contributor to the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. Her first book, Saturday Night, was published in 1990, shortly after she moved to New York and began writing for The New Yorker magazine. She became a New Yorker staff writer in 1992. Orlean was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2003.

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Animal Talking with Gary Whitta Poster

Animal Talking with Gary Whitta TV Series2020

The Booksellers Poster

The Booksellers Documentary2019

Quan arribin els marcians Poster

Quan arribin els marcians TV Series2017

After Adderall Poster

After Adderall Feature Film2016

Retro Report Poster

Retro Report TV Series2013

Literary Death Match Video2012

Overheard Poster

Overheard TV Series2010

State by State Poster

State by State Video2008

Página 2 Poster

Página 2 TV Series2007

The Colbert Report Poster

The Colbert Report TV Series2005

Texas Monthly Talks Poster

Texas Monthly Talks TV Series2003

Adaptation. Poster

Adaptation. Feature Film2002

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Writer

4

Type

Year

Little Wing Poster

Little Wing Feature Film2024

How to with John Wilson Poster

How to with John Wilson TV Series2020

Adaptation. Poster

Adaptation. Feature Film2002

Blue Crush Poster

Blue Crush Feature Film2002

Producer

1

Little Wing Poster

Little Wing Feature Film2024

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