Orange Is the New Black season 3

The third season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on June 11, 2015, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 53–60 minutes, with a 90-minute finale. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan.

The season received critical acclaim, again winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Uzo Aduba, and numerous other awards.

Main cast
• Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, inmate

• Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, inmate

• Danielle Brooks as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson, inmate

• Michael Harney as Sam Healy, correctional officer

• Selenis Leyva as Gloria Mendoza, inmate

• Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols, inmate

• Taryn Manning as Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, inmate

• Adrienne C. Moore as Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes, inmate

• Dascha Polanco as Dayanara "Daya" Diaz, inmate

• Nick Sandow as Joe Caputo, Director of Human Activities, later Warden

• Yael Stone as Lorna Morello, inmate

• Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington, inmate

• Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov, inmate

• Laura Prepon as Alex Vause, inmate

Inmates
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 * Jackie Cruz as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales
 * Lea DeLaria as Carrie "Big Boo" Black
 * Elizabeth Rodriguez as Aleida Diaz
 * Jessica Pimentel as Maria Ruiz
 * Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset
 * Annie Golden as Norma Romano
 * Laura Gómez as Blanca Flores
 * Diane Guerrero as Maritza Ramos
 * Vicky Jeudy as Janae Watson
 * Julie Lake as Angie Rice
 * Emma Myles as Leanne Taylor
 * Abigail Savage as Gina Murphy
 * Constance Shulman as Erica "Yoga" Jones
 * Lori Tan Chinn as Mei Chang
 * Tamara Torres as Emily Germann
 * Lin Tucci as Anita DeMarco
 * Beth Fowler as Sister Jane Ingalls
 * Barbara Rosenblat as Rosa "Miss Rosa" Cisneros {{Small|(guest)}}
 * Kimiko Glenn as Brook Soso
 * Dale Soules as Frieda Berlin
 * Lori Petty as Lolly Whitehill
 * Emily Althaus as Maureen Kukudio
 * Blair Brown as Judy King
 * Ruby Rose as Stella Carlin

Staff

 * Catherine Curtin as Wanda Bell
 * Joel Marsh Garland as Scott O'Neill
 * Matt Peters as Joel Luschek
 * Alysia Reiner as Natalie "Fig" Figueroa
 * Brendan Burke as Wade Donaldson
 * Lolita Foster as Eliqua Maxwell
 * Germar Terrell Gardner as Charles Ford
 * Matt McGorry as John Bennett
 * Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez
 * Alan Aisenberg as Baxter "Gerber" Bayley
 * Beth Dover as Linda Ferguson / "Amelia Von Barlow"
 * Jimmy Gary Jr. as Felix Rikerson
 * James McMenamin as Charlie "Donuts" Coates
 * Mike Birbiglia as Danny Pearson
 * Marsha Stephanie Blake as Berdie Rogers

Others
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 * Michael Chernus as Cal Chapman
 * Tanya Wright as Crystal Burset
 * Tracee Chimo as Neri Feldman
 * Berto Colon as Cesar
 * Deborah Rush as Carol Chapman
 * Ian Paola as Yadriel
 * John Magaro as Vince Muccio
 * Mary Steenburgen as Delia Powell-Mendez

Production
On May 5, 2014, the series was renewed for a third season. For the third season, several actors were promoted to series regulars, including Selenis Leyva, Adrienne C. Moore, Dascha Polanco, Nick Sandow, Yael Stone, and Samira Wiley. Both Jason Biggs and Pablo Schreiber were confirmed as not returning for the third season, but Schreiber appeared in the 10th episode of the third season.

Critical reception
The third season received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, it has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 24 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% rating with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 53 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Thanks to its blend of potent comedy and rich character work, Orange is the New Black remains a bittersweet pleasure in its third season."

Accolades
For its third season, Orange Is the New Black won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Aduba). It received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. The series has also received, among other accolades, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, five Satellite Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards,  a GLAAD Media Award, an American Cinema Editors Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Peabody Award.

Broadcast
In Australia, the third season began airing on Showcase on June 11, 2015.