Constance Shulman

Constance Ann Shulman born April 4 1958 is an American actress She is best known for voicing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug and for her recurring role as Yoga Jones in Orange Is the New Black Shulman originated the role of Annelle in the first production of Steel Magnolias OffBroadway Shulman was born in Johnson City Tennessee to a Jewish family In 1980 she graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelors degree in both speech and theater She moved to New York City to study acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and pursue an acting career In 1989 she made her screen debut in the comedy film Fletch Lives playing Cindy Mae She later had supporting parts in the films Lost Angels Men Dont Leave and Fried Green Tomatoes On television Shulman worked as a voice actress playing Patti Mayonnaise on Doug from 1991 to 1999 In the early 1990s Shulman appeared in a series of Kraft mayonnaise commercials She was also a regular cast member in the shortlived 1996 ABC sitcom The Faculty playing the best friend of Meredith Baxters character In the late 1990s Shulman left the screen to raise her two children In 2013 Shulman was cast in a recurring role as Yoga Jones in the Netflix comedydrama series Orange Is the New Black Along with the rest of the cast she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015