Alex Vause

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Alex Vause is a fictional character featured in the Netflix series, Orange is the New Black. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. Before her arrest, Vause worked for an international drug cartel and was in a relationship with protagonist Piper Chapman, who once transported drug money for her during their travels. Vause is portrayed as the catalyst for Chapman's indictment. She is reunited with her ex-lover in federal prison, nearly a decade after the events that led to their breakup. Her relationship with Chapman is reignited, as they have a tumultuous love affair in prison. Vause is noted for her pragmatism, forthrightness, wit, and veiled vulnerability.

Alex Vause is a main character in the first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons, and a recurring character in the second and sixth seasons. She is portrayed by Laura Prepon.

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Alex Vause is a fictional character featured in the Netflix series, Orange is the New Black. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. Before her arrest, Vause worked for an international drug cartel and was in a relationship with protagonist Piper Chapman, who once transported drug money for her during their travels. Vause is portrayed as the catalyst for Chapman's indictment. She is reunited with her ex-lover in federal prison, nearly a decade after the events that led to their breakup. Her relationship with Chapman is reignited, as they have a tumultuous love affair in prison. Vause is noted for her pragmatism, forthrightness, wit, and veiled vulnerability.

Alex Vause is a main character in the first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons, and a recurring character in the second and sixth seasons. She is portrayed by Laura Prepon.

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Subject ID: 65483