Initially optimistic, her appeal is denied, and in a fit of anger she nearly strangles a prison guard in grief, and is immediately transferred to a maximum-security prison with an extended sentence. Red eventually becomes Piper's new roommate and befriends her, while at the same time she attempts to come to terms with her loss of friends and status, in the process befriending the "Golden Girls" the older women in the prison. During the second season, Nicky stages a sex-based point scoring competition with Big Boo, during which Nicky even makes advances on Officer Fischer. After the beating, she appears to have gotten over her vendetta, presumably because Piper's beating allowed her to get a new set of porcelain teeth at the expense of the prison. Vicci Martinez, who plays the role of Daddy this season, is actually an established singer-songwriter with 10 albums, two EPs, and four chart-hitting singles under her belt. However, Taystee familiarises herself with dyslexia learning techniques and soon has Tiffany back on track. Sam Healy (played by Michael J. Harney) Healy is an experienced corrections officer and supervisor at Litchfield Penitentiary who has a masters degree in social work and acts as prison counselor to many of the inmates. She later discovers while talking to Vinny on the phone that he lives with his parents, but is not perturbed. She later witnesses Piper framing Stella as revenge for stealing the money from the used panty business and cannot help but be impressed by her ruthless action. When she tells Vinny about it during a visit he reveals that he reported the accounts as fraudulent and he then tells Lorna he wants a divorce due to her inability to accept Sterling's death. Laura is the youngest of five children--she has a brother named Brad and three sisters: Danielle, Jocelyn, and Stephanie. Prior to surrendering, she called Delia and revealed that her daughter is alive. What the fuck. She is put on probation to the ire of Leanne and Angie, and the two of them bully her to force her to violate her probation. Before Aleida is released from prison, she tells Gloria to be a mother figure to Daya and to keep her out of trouble. This was a result of Piper secretly asking Polly to tip off Alex's probation officer so she could be returned to prison. Following the events of the riot, she becomes the warden of the prison in the sixth season, to the ire of Caputo. The two also meet regularly in a closet for business and intimate moments. Piper later discovered that Blanca is actually of sound mind, and had actually been speaking to her boyfriend, "Diablo", with a cell phone that she had hidden behind a tile in the stall while feigning madness so nobody would suspect anything. After several attempts, she successfully gets in touch with Judy and talks to her about doing a loan program for inmates being released from prison to help them get back on their feet. Orange Is the New Black fans are outraged by what happens to Daddy (Vicci Martinez) and Daya (Dascha Polanco) in season 7. Nicky has a scar on her chest from having heart surgery as a complication of a bacterial infection in her heart, which came from using a dirty needle. Christopher suspects her for the break-in and later visits the prison to confront and threaten her, finally shattering her obsessive delusions. As soon as Orange Is the New Black season 6 aired, Daddy became a fan favourite on the Netflix show. It is soon pointed out to her that she actually knows almost nothing about her new husband, and she realizes that it may well be true when Alex asks her what his favorite color is and she cannot answer. At the beginning of the fifth season, Daya, while trying to decide what to do with Humphrey and McCullough, gets annoyed at Humphrey and shoots him in the leg while he is trying to appeal to her in Spanish, pointing out that she does not understand him. Orange Is the New Black - Hispanic Inmates / Characters - TV Tropes Follow Characters / Orange Is the New Black - Hispanic Inmates Characters Create New Beware of spoilers. As a result, when Maria Ruiz tries to persuade Piper to recruit some of her new Dominican friends into her business, Piper is rude to her. Judy later offers Poussey a job once she gets out of prison, ensuring she will have something to look forward to. When their boss discovers where they live and asks to take Amber, Daddy is hesitant but agrees. Once it happens after she gets Badison to fight with Taystee, Hellman wants Alex to sell drugs for him while Badison is in the SHU, she has no choice but to do it, the CO threatening her with severe consequences if she doesn't. He appoints Desi Piscatella, one of the reinforcements that came from max during the strike, as the new captain of the guards after the crisis is over. During the final season, she lands back in jail after finding her other daughter Eva with her older boyfriend as he's snorting cocaine, then brutally assaulting him and smashing the window of what she thought was his car. . When the day of the kickball match arrives, Daddy is eager to dispense violence upon the C-Block inmates. She actively uses her resources to help some of the inmates overcome drug addictions, although they have only "two strikes" before she abandons them because "Russians don't play baseball." At one point Suzanne wrote a letter detailing the true circumstances of Piscatella's death at the hands of the CERT officers but she throws away the letter. However, the role Daddy plays in OITNB is messy to say the least. Alex is then made to join the kickball team, where a knife fight is planned. Barbara ( Mackenzie Phillips) An old enemy of Freida, the long-time inmate was sentenced to Max decades ago for murdering her younger sister Debbie with the help of her other sister Carol. Sign up for our Celebrity & Entertainment newsletter. During the fourth season, Taystee finds herself being assigned as Caputo's secretary. She is best known as rocker Molly Phillips in the 90s Disney show So Weird. Figueroa manages to avoid being fired or charged, resigning with a commendation for her services by the warden because he didn't want a scandal from the embezzlement and didn't want to make a political enemy of her husband. They are confident, flirty and not afraid to admit who they find attractive. After getting advice from Larry she decides to decline Zelda's request and instead continue her relationship with Alex. Frustrated that the video did not get the views she wanted, she handed Caputo to the Spanish inmates. She is often seen with Flaca, with whom she has a rivalry and close friendship; she is generally portrayed as somewhat more intelligent than her friend. After finally reaching out to, and getting a visit from the rest of her family, Red is elated, but on the way to the visitation room, she sees Frieda, and violently attacks her, being sent to SHU, where she believes that Carol is more interested in defeating Barb than killing Frieda, and vows revenge against her herself. In contrast to her rougher, more hardened cellmates, Maritza is quite demure and has a playful, sassy personality. However, when she did not return the feelings, Caputo became upset and fired her during an argument. She also becomes friendly with McCullough, the CO who supervises her. 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During the third season, she is devastated when Yadriel decides not to bring Pepa to the prison anymore, with him saying that he does not want her to think that is normal for her mother to be in prison as she got older. He is initially presented as someone who, though rigid, genuinely wants to help the inmates under his care. In the present, it is implied that she is in love with Taystee, who does not return her feelings on account of being straight but does make an effort to be gentle with her about this. Lorna also gets caught in the middle of Pornstache and Red's drug-smuggling operations. In the sixth season, Blanca is held in Max alongside the other ten inmates who were in the bunker. In addition, he is unafraid to challenge people who are being unreasonable, routinely lashing out at Figueroa for her austere methods, and Healy for his lesbian witch hunt. Around this time, Caputo begins an affair with Figueroa in order to relieve his self-hate at all the compromises he is being forced to make. Rodriguez is promoted to the main cast in the seventh episode of season four. However, when her kick goes high, one of the opposing team's members puts her knife away to catch Suzanne out. While in the waiting room, Maureen approaches, seeking a reconciliation, but Suzanne goes and sits elsewhere. However, it later emerges that the officer that had discovered her had, in fact, knocked her unconscious, and she was later taken to the hospital to get treatment for her arm. Humphrey overhears her talking with Flaca about whether she would rather eat ten dead houseflies or one live baby mouse, so, during a later shift change, he takes her in his house, holds her at gunpoint, and forces her to partake in a real-life version of that choice. Following this, she negotiates with the white supremacist inmates for possession of Judy King, who she plans to use to release a statement about their treatment in the prison to the press to the protest of Janae. That wasn't necessary #OITNB, #OITNBThe way jail has changed Daya is devastating me pic.twitter.com/cnRNNiKdEG, Daddy from Orange Is the New Black is dating McCullough IRL, High School Music: The Musical: The Series. In flashbacks, Suzanne lives with Grace and Grace's boyfriend, Brad. The Idol Star Insists Season 2 Is Still in Play, Hints at a Shocking Finale Twist. Netflix premiered the beloved series' sixth season on Friday and many fans have already binge-watched it all back to front. However, if she is successful or not is not shown on-screen. By the beginning of the seventh season, Fig and Caputo have moved in together. When Barbara and Carol don't show up, she convinces the rest of D Block that the fighting is pointless, and the kickball game continues with nobody harmed. In the sixth season, Red now with a huge bald spot, which she covers with a rag is held in Max, and forced to share a cell with Madison Murphy. They also seemingly use the drugs to gain power as many of their "babes" are addicted to oxycontin. Polanco was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and moved to the . Alex becomes suspicious when Lolly Whitehall, a new inmate originally seen in Chicago, comes to the prison and she assumes that Kubra sent Lolly to kill her. Realizing that Brook will be taken to psych if the truth is known, she takes the foils and gets Taystee and Suzanne instead of the CO's. Unfortunately, she becomes addicted to opioids when Daddy gives them to her to help with her physical pain. When Suzanne becomes unhinged and almost beats Maureen to death, Maria finally has enough and, with Ouija's help, manages to pull Suzanne off Maureen and comforts her. At the beginning of the seventh season, she continues her relationship with Daddy, but she becomes upset when she walks in on her having sex with another inmate and then claiming that it was just business. During the third season, against Gloria's orders, she attempts the test which will get her into the new work detail and is forced to put up with Flaca's constant pestering and fidgeting. He also attempts to start a group counseling program with Tiffany, but cancels it due to poor attendance, further adding to his emotional exhaustion. Andrew McCarthy grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, until he was 15, when his family moved to Bernardsville. Frieda does the same, in order to be sent to the safer B Block. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Daddy becomes Barb's second-in-command within Litchfield's maximum security prison and does their share of underhanded drug running and sneaking by prison rules. She works in the prison library. She is shown to be particularly uncaring, brought on by the stress of keeping the embezzlement under wraps, and her marriage is generally loveless and lacking physical affection. For this reason, Nicky has disowned her mother, and now looks up to Red as a mother figure, to the point where she openly calls her "mom" in the presence of other inmates, and Red in turn openly treats her as if she were her daughter. While Maritza does not appear in the sixth season, Flaca mentions on her prison radio show with Cindy that she was sent to a prison 1500 miles away while responding to Cindy's anonymous letter. Samira Wiley (Poussey Washington) and series writer Lauren Morelli started dating in 2014 in Litchfield territory and later tied the knot in March 2017. During a surprise inspection, drugs are discovered under Luschek's desk and he blames her for it, causing her to get sent to max. They initially laugh in shock, before Flaca breaks down in tears, and Maritza consoles her, looking visibly shaken herself. Despondent, she goes into the laundry where Daya and her gang are taking fentanyl. Back in prison, when Maria starts a rival panty-smuggling business to Piper's, she uses Maritza to smuggle the panties out of the prison by hiding them in the wheel arches of the van and transferring them to Maria's cousin when she drops the COs off at their house. She also convinces Caputo to give her a wristwatch, which none of the other inmates have, and it is later broken by one of the guards. After perjuring herself at the recommendation of Alex, Piper is returned to Litchfield to serve the remainder of her sentence while Alex is released on early parole for her testimony. She considered several other methods to try and kill herself until she was transferred to B-Block, the neutral and peaceful block of the prison known as "Florida." In the seventh season, Tiffany tries out a number of the prison's new educational programs, out of little more than boredom, but is underwhelmed by them all. Season six of Orange is the New Black which hit Netflix on July 27 introduced fans to a myriad of new characters, including pint-sized Daddy, played by The Voice alum Vicci. Gloria is clearly concerned when Daya begins spending time with Maria's crew. However, when she is speaking to a reverend that openly disparages homosexuals she is unable to continue her ruse and angrily insults him in retaliation. She attempts to confess to Piscatella, but is prevented from doing so after Healy turns Lolly in for Aydin's death. Following this, he goes to the operations center outside of the prison, where he learns that the CERT officers are preparing to storm the prison due to Maria releasing the majority of the guards in an attempt to cash in on Gloria's deal with Pearson. During Judy's statement, Taystee interrupts her and speaks about how they are treated herself, as well as revealing Judy's special treatment, before releasing Judy and going back into the prison. An African-American, she was raised by an adoptive middle class white couple who later had another daughter named Grace during Suzanne's childhood. In the fourth season, Suzanne becomes put off when Maureen turns out to be quite strange, and abandons her in the woods. Not only did viewers thirst over her but they loved her relationship with Daya and her detailed backstory. Ward, who was promoted to the warden, gave her back her old job as the secretary for the warden. Immediately after Daddy's death, she takes over Daddy's gang and becomes even more ruthless in her methods. We stan. She is also somewhat aggressive, getting into a brawl with Taystee over an ice-cream cone. Flashbacks from the 80s revealed that prior to her stay in minimum security, she was in max. She finally takes 12 pregnancy tests to confirm that she is pregnant, but has to be convinced by Nicky that the tests are all actually positive and not just another delusion. In the fourth season, it is revealed that her father was a drug dealer who cared for her enormously in the early years of her life. However, she looks through Linda's phone and sees pictures of her with Caputo. In the present, Maria began to organize a new gang amongst the other Dominican inmates, in order to fight back against the overt racism of the guards. After being rescued, and whilst hiding in Frieda's bunker, Piper proposes to Alex, and she accepts. As time goes by, she frequently becomes frustrated with the policies put in place by ICE, and she becomes especially upset upon witnessing some underage immigrants inside of an on-site immigration court without parental representation. It is shown through flashbacks in the third season that Caputo's desire to do the right thing has always been met with ingratitude and bad results for him. The actor became a star as a . After Poussey's death, she and Maritza overheard Kasey and her gang discuss plans to fight Poussey's old friends and she then started practicing how to react when the media comes to the prison. In the sixth season, Piper is being held in Max and has not seen Alex for days. The two later reconcile after a physical fight in the library and work together to turn the other black inmates against Vee. Annalisa (Christina Toth) is selling a supply of her own drugs. A short time after being caught Poussey's father received orders to leave Germany, with it being implied that Jrgen had a hand in getting her father reassigned. Tiffany dislikes Piper after she is placed on the WAC committee despite Piper not having run for the position, and also has a long-running hostile relationship with Alex, with the two of them clashing frequently. At one point, in a conversation with Tiffany, she expresses the view that one should not allow one's beliefs to destroy relationships, as she herself holds deep regret and guilt for having never made peace with, or even attempting to say goodbye to her mother before she died. Blanca Flores (played by Laura Gmez) A Dominican inmate. Upon learning that Gloria had made a deal with MCC to get furlough in return for releasing the hostages, Maria betrays her confidence and releases them herself in hopes that she would get time taken off of her sentence. Confronting Lolly in the bathroom, the two fight, and while choking Lolly, Alex discovers that she is just a paranoid prisoner that thinks the NSA is watching her. Nevertheless, Nicky continues to make numerous attempts to get back together with Lorna throughout the series, suggesting that her feelings for her may be romantic. Gloria and Nicky notice this and try to help cover them up, but when Red cuts herself with a knife Nicky admits to the doctor Red's recent memory problems. Vicci Martinez is best known as the vocal powerhouse who appeared on NBC's The Voice in 2011. While in the bathroom washing her face, she discovers Maureen inside of a stall with her injuries infected, and Suzanne takes her back to medical, where she discovers Humphrey is not breathing. At the beginning of the fifth season, after the inmates take control of the prison, Taystee punches Caputo in the face and holds him and Josh from MCC hostage. To cope, as well as to get extra commissary money, she decides to start writing to multiple men. However, because Piper chose to tell Hopper in advance what Madison was doing, he destroyed the report, and instead had Piper put forward for early release, fearing she would expose the drug smuggling operation he was assisting with. After Poussey's death, he sends Piscatella home and attempts to convince MCC to call the police. Maureen agrees, but deliberately leaves Suzanne unsatisfied in retaliation for abandoning her in the woods. Daddy is Martinez's first major acting role in a TV series. 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As the last flashback closes, Daddy seems trapped in a cycle that they weren't too thrilled with but can't escape, and it can be assumed that this lifestyle is what eventually lands them in jail ("State of the Uterus"). Get the daily inside scoop right in your inbox. Follow us on instagram at instagram.com/popbuzz . [ Who Is Young Dolly . As a singer, songwriter, and now actress, she's quite the triple threat. It's probably not her acting chops in a prison jumpsuit that caught your memory but likely her voice. In the sixth season, with Humphrey now dead, Daya has accepted a plea deal to plead guilty to his murder in return for life imprisonment, thereby avoiding the death penalty. Later on, he begins writing a newspaper article titled "One Sentence, Two Prisoners" about the experience of having a fiance in prison. Although remorseful, Daya ultimately uses this to gain control of D-Block and does not seem to mourn Daddy for long. From the dramatic storylines (Taystee, Blanca, Gloria) to the new characters (Daddy, Madison, Carol and Barb), it never fails to impress us. At the beginning of the fourth season, he is forced to call for reinforcements from max to replace the guards that walked out while the prisoners escaped and started playing in the lake outside of the prison. After getting new MCC Senior Vice President Linda Ferguson to come to her cell, she negotiates her way into Florida in exchange for not revealing that Linda had sexual relations with Boo during the riot. In the third season, Bennett proposes to her, and she expects them to have a relationship after she is released.