Lori Petty

Lori Petty is one of those actors who absolutely should have been a bigger star, and I genuinely mean that as a compliment — she's too weird, too electric, too herself to ever be smoothed into a mainstream package. I first got hooked watching her hold her own against Keanu Reeves in Point Break, then she turned around and stole scenes from Tom Hanks and Geena Davis in A League of Their Own as the scrappy, lovable Kit. But Tank Girl is where she really let it rip — fully committed to a bizarre, punk-as-hell role that most actresses would have run from. Her Netflix run on Orange Is the New Black later in her career reminded everyone she never lost a step. She's always been ahead of her audience, and that's kind of her whole deal.

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Name (English)

Lori Petty

Name (Japanese)

ロリ・ペティ

Reading

ろり・ぺてぃ

Born

October 14, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lori_petty/
• Xhttps://x.com/loripetty
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori%20Petty
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q261639

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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