Actress Mackenzie Phillips opened up about what it was like to play an addict on “Orange Is the New Black” as someone who has suffered from real-life substance abuse. Phillips, 58, plays Barbara “Barb” Denning in the sixth season of the hit Netflix series. Barb develops a serious drug addiction while in prison but gets clean thanks to the help of another inmate who previously had a substance abuse problem. Phillips told People what it was like playing a drug addict in the show. Phillips told Variety of one particular scene she found traumatic.

Source: Fox News August 01, 2018 16:07 UTC