Stephanie Allynne is an American actress,

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, and

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. She is best known for her roles in '' In a World...'' (2013), ''

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'' (2016), '' One Mississippi'' (2016–17), and '' The L Word: Generation Q'' (2019–present).

Biography

Allynne moved from southern California to

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, for some of her youth. She headed to

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at the age of 18 and joined the

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. She performs regularly with ASSSSCAT, Wild Horses, and Last Day of School: The Text Message show. Allynne started making numerous appearances on television including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Happy Endings'', '' 2 Broke Girls'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Allynne wrote and co-starred in '' One Mississippi'' with her wife

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. The show was a loose autobiography about their lives. Allynne is developing an hour drama for HBO and is co-writing and producing the feature ''First Ladies'' for Netflix, starring

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and Notaro.

Personal life

Allynne married comedian

on October 24, 2015. According to Allynne, before her relationship with Notaro she had never dated women, saying, "I was so into Tig and I was falling in love with her and I didn't know how to identify it because I thought I was straight." In June 2016, their twin sons were born via surrogate.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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