Michelle Hurst

ABOUT MICHELLE HURST

Actress best known for the character Miss Claudette in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black . She left the role after being seriously injured in a 2013 car accident. She was placed in a 16-day coma and underwent spinal surgeries. She was also in series like The Good Wife , Blue Bloods , Third Watch , Broad City , Last Tango in Halifax, and Chicago Med .

She studied at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

She was in films like Born on the Fourth of July , I Don't Know How She Does It , Frances Ha , Airheads, Stepmom, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 . She has been in Law & Order , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .

She is from the United States.

She starred alongside Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon in Orange is the New Black.