Star of huge Netflix hit show now unrecognisable

One of the stars of the massive Netflix hit Orange is the New Black has been spotted this week looking virtually unrecognisable.

An actress who starred alongside Britney Spears in the 2002 hit film Crossroads looked unrecognisable as she stepped out in Palm Springs.

The 46-year-old headed to a Christmas party on Thursday night with a unique style that was hard to miss.

For Taryn Manning, also known for starring in Orange Is The New Black, it seems blonde is the new brunette.

With a mopped dusty blonde wig under a cowboy hat, and large glasses covering her face, Taryn donned a white puffer jacket with a fur hood with long grey shorts and mustard yellow suede boots.

An unrecognisable Taryn Manning in Palm Springs this week. Picture: Rick Mendoza / BACKGRID

The star strolled down the street clutching a green drink in her hand.

Her night out comes the same day it was announced Taryn is set to join the all-star cast of new drama, Out Come The Wolves, portraying a mother who is resentful for having her child.

The film is partly inspired by Rancid’s 1995 punk rock album of the same name, and will also star Better Call Saul’s Giancarlo Esposito, Lost’s Harold Perrineau and Sons of Anarchy’s Ryan Hurst.

Taryn has starred in a string of cult favourites, starting her career in TV series Get Real alongside Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg in 1999.

Manning on a 2018 red carpet … Picture: AFP

… and in her scene-stealing role in Orange is the New Black.

After that, she appeared in the beloved road trip movie Crossroads with Britney Spears and Zoe Saldana in 2002, and Eminem’s movie 8 Mile in the same year.

She remained an avid supporter of Britney throughout the icon’s fight to end her suffocating conservatorship, calling her former co-star a “wonderful woman” who should get “the dignity she deserves and earned”.

Most prominently, she became a breakout star of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black, which ran from 2013 to 2019.

She played the troubled Pennsatucky, real name Tiffany Doggett, who tries to turn her life around after shooting a woman who disrespected her at an abortion clinic.

Manning appeared to be wearing blonde wig in this new sighting. Picture: Rick Mendoza / BACKGRID

She was also in the early noughties pop duo BoomKat.

The character is seen struggling with drug abuse and violent temper, initially using her Christian faith to act righteous among the other inmates.

Earlier this year, she appeared in Light Beneath Her Feet, playing a mother with bipolar disorder whose daughter is preparing to head off to college.

On top of being an actress, Taryn also led electronica band, Boomkat, with her brother Kellin, releasing two albums.

But more recently, she’s become more known for her erratic behaviour online, including a video last year where she graphically detailed an affair she had with a married man.

Manning (at right) with Britney Spears in the movie Crossroads.

She later apologised for the video and took it down, saying in a statement: “I pride myself on being an ethical and kind person.

“I know what I did was wrong, but the heart makes you do crazy things sometimes”.

She added: “I am sorry for exposing my situation; I am not sorry for how I love. I hope to find somebody who cherishes me the way I adore them. A healthy type of love.

“A love that isn’t so blind that it forces me to be somebody I’m not. This was a huge learning lesson for me.”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and is republished here with permission.

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