Stella Carlin, Orange is the New Black

Stella Carlin (Ruby Rose)

Stella was introduced halfway through Season 3 when she met Piper in the prison workshop. The two became close, and Stella got involved in Piper’s illegal buisness, which played a big part in the growing bond. Piper broke up with her girlfriend, Alex, and around the same time Piper and Stella started getting involved both romantically and sexually.

When Stella was about to be released she stole all of Piper’s money to use on the outside. In retailiation Piper framed her and got her sent to a maximum security prison. Stella returned for one episode in Season 4 where she was seen having a conversation with Nicky. Stella and Nicky had been having sex and Stella had turned to drugs, which caused Nicky to tell Stella to stay away.

Appearances:

• Recurring S3, Guest S4

Female love interests:

• Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling, bisexual, regular)
• Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne, lesbian, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.