- Born
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- In 2013, Australian New York City resident Yael Stone portrayed inmate 'Lorna Morello' in Orange Is the New Black.
Yael graduated from NIDA. From a young age, Yael has been lucky enough to work with Australia's premiere storytellers, luminaries of performance and visionaries behind the scenes in film, television and theatre.
Yael enjoys a rich career in Australia. A continuing collaboration with Australia's much-lauded director Neil Armfield culminated in the internationally-renowned production Diary of a Madman, in which she starred opposite Academy- Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush. Yael found her new home in New York City when the production played to critical acclaim at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Yael is co-founder of The Cannery. Working from a studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the company supports new writing and innovative, creative exploits.
- IMDb mini biography by: Andy Corren Management
- SpouseDan Spielman(August 20, 2012 - 2016) (divorced)
- ChildrenPemau Bancroft Stone
- ParentsJudy StoneHarry Stone
- RelativesElana Stone(Sibling)Jake Stone(Sibling)
- Her father was born in Czechoslovakia, the son of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Her mother converted to Judaism.
- Her older brother Jake was the lead singer of the band Bluejuice and her sister Elana is a jazz singer and pianist.
- In a relationship with Jack Manning Bancroft since 2017. They have a daughter together, Pemau Stone Bancroft (b. May 30 2018).
- Yael is Hebrew, meaning ''God's strength''.
- Her mother is a nurse and her father is an architect.
- My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.
- Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
- One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
- I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
- It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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