Season 3 of Orange Is the New Black brought many inmates to the forefront who, in previous seasons, never quite had a chance to shine. But no character’s emergence was quite as surprising as that of Norma, the meek kitchen worker who found herself leading a cult-like following inside the walls of Litchfield this season.
No one was more surprised by the storyline as Annie Golden, the 63-year-old actress who plays the character. Golden told Mashable. “When they came up with this idea that Norma — who’s essentially a sidekick and a lackey and a kitchen toad — suddenly becomes a leader of women and people revere her, and her allies and her bosses are threatened by her… it was very thrilling to see that.”
