Orange Is the New Black season 7

The seventh and final season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 26, 2019, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 55 and 89 minutes. 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 was created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan.

The season chronicles Piper's life after being released contrasted against the experiences of other prisoners, some of whom now reside in immigration detention centers.

Alternative ending
Another ending was considered for the show with Piper telling her story to Jenji Kohan, who would make it into a TV series. When Jenji told it to her son, he told her that the show and fans deserved better than that.

Main cast
• Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, former inmate

• Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols, inmate

• Uzo Aduba as Suzanne Warren, inmate

• Danielle Brooks as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson, inmate

• Jackie Cruz as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales, inmate

• Laura Gómez as Blanca Flores, inmate

• Selenis Leyva as Gloria Mendoza, inmate

• Taryn Manning as Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, inmate

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

• Matt Peters as Joel Luschek, correctional officer

• Jessica Pimentel as Maria Ruiz, inmate

• Dascha Polanco as Dayanara "Daya" Diaz, inmate

• Alysia Reiner as Natalie Figueroa, warden / warden of the ICE Facility

• Elizabeth Rodriguez as Aleida Diaz, former inmate / inmate

• Nick Sandow as Joe Caputo, former warden

• Dale Soules as Frieda Berlin, inmate

• Yael Stone as Lorna Morello, inmate

• Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov, inmate

• Laura Prepon as Alex Vause, inmate

Inmates
• Lori Petty as Lolly Whitehill

• Daniella De Jesus as Irene "Zirconia" Cabrera

• Amanda Fuller as Madison "Badison" Murphy

• Sipiwe Moyo as Adeola Chinede

• Christina Toth as Annalisa Damiva

• Shannon Esper as Alana Dwight

• Finnerty Steeves as Beth Hoefler

Staff
• Catherine Curtin as Wanda Bell

• Joel Marsh Garland as Scott O'Neill

• Mike Houston as CO Lee Dixon

• Nick Dillenburg as CO Ryder Blake

• Hunter Emery as CO Rick Hopper

• Susan Heyward as CO / Warden Tamika Ward

• Josh Segarra as CO Stefanovic

• Emily Tarver as CO Artesian McCullough

• Greg Vrotsos as CO Hellman

• Nicholas Webber as CO Alvarez

• Shawna Hamic as CO Virginia "Ginger" Copeland

• Branden Wellington as CO Jarod Young

Detainees

 * Karina Arroyave as Karla Córdova
 * Marie-Lou Nahhas as Shani Abboud
 * Melinna Bobadilla as Santos Chaj

Others
• Alicia Witt as Zelda

• Michael Chernus as Cal Chapman

• Tracee Shimo as Neri Feldman

• Bill Hoag as Bill Chapman

• Deborah Rush as Carol Chapman

• Berto Colon as Cesar Velazquez

• Ian Paola as Yadriel

• John Magaro as Vince Muccio

• Miguel Izaguirre as Dario "Diablo" Zuniga

Special guest stars

 * Jason Biggs as Larry Bloom
 * Diane Guerrero as Maritza Ramos
 * Michael Harney as Sam Healy
 * Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset
 * Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington
 * Lea DeLaria as Carrie "Big Boo" Black
 * Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez

Guest stars
• Maria Dizzia as Polly Harper

• Lauren Lapkus as Susan Fischer

• Annie Golden as Norma Romano

• 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

• Kimiko Glenn as Brook Soso

• Blair Brown as Judy King

• Kelly Karbacz as Kasey Sankey

• Amanda Stephen as Alison Abdullah

• Judith Roberts as Taslitz

• Vicci Martinez as Dominga "Daddy" Duarte

Production
In February 2016, Netflix gave the series a three-season renewal, which included its seventh season. In October 2018, it was confirmed that the seventh season would be its last. For the seventh season, Alysia Reiner was upgraded to series regular.

Critical response
On Metacritic, season 7 has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 97% rating with an average score of 7.69/10, based on 32 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Carried by its exceptional ensemble, Orange Is the New Black's final season gets straight to the point, tackling hard-hitting issues with the same dramatic depth and gallows humor that made the show so ground-breaking to begin with".

Accolades
For the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Laverne Cox received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.