What is Yael Stone's Net Worth?
Yael Stone is an actress of the screen and stage who has a net worth of $2 million. Yael Stone is best known for her role as Lorna Morello in the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black." She has also appeared in such television series as "High Maintenance," "Deep Water," and the 2018 adaptation of "Picnic at Hanging Rock," and in films including ""Me Myself I" and "Blaze." On stage, Stone has performed extensively in productions in her native Sydney, and has won two Sydney Theatre Awards.
Early Life and Education
Yael Stone was born on March 6, 1985 in Sydney, Australia to Judy, a nurse, and Harry, an architect who was born to Holocaust survivor parents. She has a brother named Jake and a sister named Elana, both of whom are musicians. As a teenager, Stone attended the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. For her higher education, she went to the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Television Career
Stone had her first significant role on television from 2010 to 2011, playing Linda in the Australian supernatural dramedy series "Spirited." She went on to have her breakout role in the Netflix series "Orange is the New Black," which premiered in 2013. On the hit show set in a women's prison, Stone played Italian-American inmate Lorna Morello, known for her unique Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston accent. Throughout the show, her character was in romantic relationships with Nicky Nichols, played by Natasha Lyonne, and Vince Muccio, played by John Magaro. "Orange is the New Black" ultimately ran for seven seasons through 2019. Stone appeared in many other series during that show's run. In 2015, she starred in the miniseries "Childhood's End," based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke, and from 2015 to 2018 appeared in the anthology series "High Maintenance." Meanwhile, in 2016, Stone starred in the crime drama miniseries "Deep Water."
In 2018, Stone played Miss Dora Lumley in the Australian miniseries "Picnic at Hanging Rock," adapted from the novel by Joan Lindsay that was previously made into a film by Peter Weir in 1975. She didn't return to the small screen until 2021, when she starred in the AMC+ series "Firebite" alongside Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan. A couple years after that, Stone played a death doula name Philomena in the Netflix series "Wellmania." The same year, she appeared in the series "Bay of Fires" on Australia's ABC Television. Among Stone's other credits is the Paramount+ series "One Night," costarring Jodie Whittaker and Nicole da Silva.
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Film Career
Stone made her major debut on the big screen in the Australian romcom "Me Myself I," which came out in 2000. She didn't act much on film after that. In 2017, Stone appeared in another romcom, "The Wilde Wedding." She went on to appear in two 2022 films: the action thriller "Blacklight," starring Liam Neeson, and the Australian drama "Blaze," costarring Julia Savage and Simon Baker. For the latter film, Stone earned an AACTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Stage Career
Stone worked mostly in theater in Sydney before becoming a screen actress. In 2008, she won Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her work in "The Kid." Stone later earned another nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The Diary of a Madman," an adaptation of the Gogol short story. In early 2011, she performed in a production of that show in New York City. Returning to Sydney, Stone had leading roles in "A Golem Story," "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll," and "As You Like It." She eventually made a permanent move to New York, where she co-founded an experimental theater company.
Personal Life
In 2012, Stone wed fellow Australian actor Dan Spielman. The pair ended up divorcing in 2016. Stone subsequently started dating Jack Manning Bancroft, the founder of the educational organization Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience. Together, they had their first child, a girl named Pemau, in 2018. The couple had another child in 2022. Stone is an atheist.
