Laryssa Lauret

Laryssa Lauret (married name: Laryssa Lysniak,}}}} ;}}}} August 9, 1939 – July 5, 2015) was an American actress of Ukrainian descent. She worked on Broadway and off Broadway, as well as in television in long-running roles, such as Dr. Karen Werner in ''The Doctors'' and for one season of ''Guiding Light'' as Simone Morey. Her most notable film role was for ''Everything Is Illuminated'' as Lista. In 2013, she took on the role as Pavla in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black.

Lauret died on July 5, 2015, in New York. At the time of her death, she was married to her husband of over fifty years, Wolodymyr Lysniak. With Lysniak, Lauret had two daughters, Ula and Lada. Provided by Wikipedia