Catherine Cleary Wolters

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Catherine Cleary Wolters is a former drug trafficker and author whose life and experiences inspired the character Alex Vause in the television series "Orange Is the New Black."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former drug trafficker
human
associatedWith Piper Kerman NERFINISHED
basedOn Piper Kerman’s memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
criminalCharge drug trafficking
money laundering
describedAs real-life Alex Vause
familyName Wolters NERFINISHED
genre memoir
givenName Catherine
hasBiographySubject her relationship with Piper Kerman
hasGender female
hasPerspectiveOn representation of prison life in Orange Is the New Black
hasRealityCounterpartInFiction Alex Vause NERFINISHED
influencedBy personal experiences with the U.S. criminal justice system
inspiredCharacter Alex Vause NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Orange Is the New Black NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mediaAppearance documentaries and news segments about Orange Is the New Black
name Catherine Cleary Wolters NERFINISHED
notableEvent conviction on federal drug charges
publication of memoir Out of Orange
notableFor being the real-life inspiration for the character Alex Vause in Orange Is the New Black
notableWork Out of Orange NERFINISHED
occupation author
drug trafficker
partOf drug trafficking network
placeOfDetention federal prison in the United States
subjectOf media interviews about Orange Is the New Black
workPublishedIn United States NERFINISHED
writesAbout drug trafficking
life in prison
relationships in prison

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Alex Vause basedOn Catherine Cleary Wolters