--- title: Best Instagrams From the Orange Is the New Black Cast description: The cast of the Netflix hit are friends in real life. Check out their adorable photos of each other canonical: https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/ author: Abby Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-07T00:59:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:26.079Z og:title: Best Instagrams From the Cast of Orange Is the New Black og:description: The cast of the Netflix hit are friends in real life. Check out their adorable photos of each other og:url: https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Best Instagrams From the Cast of Orange Is the New Black twitter:description: The cast of the Netflix hit are friends in real life. Check out their adorable photos of each other twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Best Instagrams From the Cast of 'Orange Is the New Black' by [Abby Abrams](/author/abby-abrams/) ## Abby Abrams Jun 7, 2014 12:59 AM CUT by [Abby Abrams](/author/abby-abrams/) ## Abby Abrams Jun 7, 2014 12:59 AM CUT While you’re probably already deep into binge-watching Season Two of “Orange Is the New Black” on Netflix, you might want to take moment to appreciate how appealing the show’s cast is in real life. One of the best features of the prison drama is the realistic way the friendships of the main characters are portrayed. These women support each other through rough times, and the show largely steers away from cliched tropes and oversimplified drama. But it gets better, in real life, the actors are friends, too. Danielle Brooks, who plays Taystee on the show, and Samira Wiley, who plays Poussey, [have talked](http://www.essence.com/2013/09/11/orange-new-black-stars-danielle-brooks-and-samira-wiley-talk-friendship-new-season/ "undefined") about their longtime friendship. They, and the rest of the cast members, express their affection for each other all over Instagram. Check out some of their best posts below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/"},"headline":"Best Instagrams From the Cast of 'Orange Is the New Black'","datePublished":"2014-06-07T00:59:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:26.079Z","description":"The cast of the Netflix hit are friends in real life. Check out their adorable photos of each other","url":"https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/","keywords":["Living","Orange Is the New Black"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Abrams","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2840499/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-friends/","name":"Best Instagrams From the Cast of 'Orange Is the New Black'"}}]}] ```