Yael Stone

Yael Stone: Biography in Details

Who is Yael Stone?

Yael Stone is an Australian actress and TV personality. Moreover, she has won two Sydney Theatre Awards. Outside the Australian theatre, she is best known for her portrayal of Lorna Morello in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.

Who are the parents of Yael Stone?

Yael Stone was born on March 6, 1985, in Sydney, Australia. Her ethnicity is mixed(Ashkenazi Jewish and English) and her nationality is Australian.

She grew up there. Yael’s mother, Judy Stone, was a nurse and her father Harry Stone was an architect. Harry Stone is from a Jewish family and was born in Czechoslovakia, to Holocaust survivor parents. Judy Stone converted to Judaism after she got married.

Yael is the youngest of three children. She has a brother and he is the former lead singer of the band named Bluejuice. Meanwhile, her sister Elana Stone also works in music the music industry.

Yael in Hebrew means ‘God’s strength’.

Education History

Stone attended the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Yael Stone: Professional Life, Career

Yael is active as an actress in movie production. She began her career in 1999 as Stacy Dickson in the movie Me Myself I. In the movie released in the year 2007 named West, she played Stacey.  Stone played the role of Lucy in the short film Jailbirds released in the year 2011. In the year 2017, her role was the character, Clementine, in the movie The Wilde Wedding.

She has done remarkable work in television series as well. In 2001, her role was Young Sam Cooper in the miniseries The Farm. From 2007 to 2008, she appeared in 14 episodes of All Saints as Ann- Marie Preston. She starred as Linda, a supporting role, in 13 episodes of Spirited which aired on television in the years 2010 and 2011.

In December of 2011, she moved to New York and co-founded an experimental theatre company. After 4 months she was cast as Lorna Morello in the series Orange is the new black which first aired in the year 2013. Her role as Lorna Morello was a “breakout turn” for her. Her accent, a mixture of Brooklyn and Boston was called the “the most amazing accent on television” by The New Republic.

In the miniseries, Childhood’s End which aired in the year 2015, she played Peretta Jones. She played in a few episodes of the series, High Maintenance as Beth airing in the year 2015 to 2016. She starred as Tori Lustigman in the miniseries Deep Water released in the year 2016. In 2017, she voiced a single episode in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as General Bigham.

Lifetime Achievement and Awards

At the 2008 Syndey Theatre Awards, she won two Sydney Theatre Awards – Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Kid and Frankenstein.

From 2010 to 2011, she played in The Diary of a Madman, a role for which she was the nominee for “Best Supporting Actress” at the Sydney Theatre Awards. In 2011, she had lead roles in A Golem Story, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and As You Like It in Sydney.

What is Yael Stone’s net worth in 2024?

Yael’s salary is unknown. But her hard work and determination have made her one of the TV’s best-paid actors.

As of 2017, Stone’s estimated Net Worth is 1.5 million dollars making her top 20 richest actresses.

Rumors and Controversy

Stone has not been a part of any drastic controversies or rumors.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Yael’s height is 5 feet (60 inches).  She has a slim body structure with beautiful dark brown hair and bright brown eyes. Her bra size is 32B and her shoe size is 8(US).

Accordingly, her body measurement is 34- 25- 35 inches. Furthermore, her weight is currently unknown.

Social Media Profile

Yael Stone is actively connected with her fans through different social media. She has around 160.4k followers on Twitter and 954k followers on Instagram.

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