Lili Taylor
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Lili Taylor | |
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Born | [1] Glencoe, Illinois, U.S. | February 20, 1967
Alma mater | DePaul University (attended) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989), before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema through starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol, Girls Town (both 1996), Pecker (1998), and A Slipping-Down Life (1999). Taylor is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. Her other accolades include one Golden Globe Award and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Alongside her work on smaller-scale projects, Taylor has encountered mainstream success with parts in films such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Rudy (1993), Ransom (1996), The Haunting (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Brooklyn's Finest, Public Enemies (both 2009), The Conjuring (2013), and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). Other credits include The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), Starting Out in the Evening (2007), The Promotion (2008), Being Flynn (2012), To the Bone, Leatherface (both 2017), Eli (2019), and Paper Spiders (2020).
Outside film, Taylor has appeared in television series such as
Early life
Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, to Marie (née Lecour) and Park Taylor, an artist and hardware store operator.[2] She grew up in a "warm family environment", and has described herself as being "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood.[3] She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois in 1985. Thereafter, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University before being cut from the acting program for a policy violation, and the Piven Theatre Workshop.[4]
Career
Taylor has appeared in dozens of films since 1988, including , as caterer who helps her corrupt policeman boyfriend kidnap a rich man's son.
In 1998 she appeared in the
Taylor won the 2005 Best Actress award at the
In 2014, Taylor starred alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in the off-Broadway play The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh.[8][9][10] The following year she co-starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Dr. Mary Cooper, "a doctor who helps Thomas and his fellow Gladers".[11] Filming began at the end of October, and the movie was released on September 18, 2015. In 2020, Taylor starred opposite Stefania LaVie Owen in Paper Spiders.[12]
Personal life
In May 1997, Taylor's former boyfriend, actor Michael Rapaport, was arrested for harassing Taylor and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment. He pleaded guilty to the charges. New York Supreme Court Justice Arlene Goldberg issued a protection order forbidding him from contacting Taylor and requiring him to undergo counseling.[13][14]
In 2009, Taylor married writer Nick Flynn. They have a daughter Maeve, who was born sometime around 2008.[15]
Taylor is an activist for conservation issues, particularly those having to do with birds, and sits on the boards of the
Awards
Taylor is a three-time
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | She's Having a Baby | Lab Technician O. Palmer | |
Mystic Pizza | Josephina "Jojo" Barbosa | ||
1989 | Say Anything... | Corey Flood | |
Born on the Fourth of July | Jamie Wilson – Georgia | ||
1990 | Bright Angel | Lucy | Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead |
1991 | Dogfight | Rose | |
1993 | Arizona Dream | Grace Stalker | |
Watch It | Brenda | ||
Short Cuts | Honey Bush |
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Household Saints | Teresa Carmela Santangelo | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female | |
Rudy | Sherry | ||
1994 | Touch Base | Darcy Winningham | Short film |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Edna Ferber | ||
Prêt-à-Porter | Fiona Ulrich | National Board of Review for Best Acting by an Ensemble | |
1995 | The Addiction | Kathleen Conklin | Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema: Best Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead |
Cold Fever | Jill | Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress (also for I Shot Andy Warhol and Girls Town) | |
Four Rooms | Raven | Segment: "The Missing Ingredient" | |
Killer: A Journal of a Murder | Woman In Speakeasy (uncredited) | ||
1996 | Plain Pleasures | Unknown | Short film |
Girls Town | Patti Lucci | Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress (also for I Shot Andy Warhol and Cold Fever) Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female | |
I Shot Andy Warhol | Valerie Solanas | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
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Cosas que nunca te dije | Ann | Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Best Actress | |
Illtown
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Micky | ||
Ransom | Maris Conner | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress—Suspense
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1997 | Kicked in the Head | 'Happy' | |
1998 | OK Garage | Rachel | |
The Impostors | Lily 'Lil' | ||
Come to | Angela | Short film | |
Pecker | Rorey Wheeler | ||
1999 | A Slipping-Down Life | Evie Decker | Indianapolis International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize (shared with Sara Rue)
Newport Beach Film Festival: Outstanding Achievement in Acting |
The Haunting | Nell Vance | Nominated— Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Catherine Zeta-Jones )
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2000 | High Fidelity | Sarah Kendrew | |
2001 | Julie Johnson | Julie Johnson | |
Gaudi Afternoon | Ben | ||
2003 | Casa de los Babys
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Leslie | |
2005 | Factotum | Jan | Copenhagen International Film Festival: Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress |
The Notorious Bettie Page | Paula Klaw | ||
2007 | Starting Out in the Evening | Ariel Schiller | |
The Secret | Hannah Marris | ||
2008 | The Promotion | Lori Wehlner | |
2009 | Tired of Being Funny | Lee | Short film |
Brooklyn's Finest | Angela Procida | Nominated— Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
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Public Enemies | Sheriff Lillian Holley | ||
2011 | The Pier | Grace Ross | |
2012 | About Cherry | Phyllis | |
Being Flynn | Joy | ||
The Courier | Mrs. Capo | ||
Future Weather | Ms. Markovi | ||
2013 | The Cold Lands
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Nicole | |
The Conjuring | Carolyn Perron | Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress Fright Meter Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
Blood Ties | Marie Pierzynski | ||
2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Dr. Mary Cooper | |
A Woman Like Me | Anna Seashell | ||
2017 | To the Bone | Judy | |
Leatherface | Verna Sawyer-Carson | ||
2019 | Eli | Dr. Isabella Horn | |
2020 | The Evening Hour | Ruby Freeman | |
Paper Spiders | Dawn | ||
2021 | The Winter House | Eileen | |
2023 | There There | [unnamed in film] | |
TBA | The Gettysburg Address | Emily Souder (voice) | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Crime Story
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Waitress | Episode: "Hide and Go Thief" |
1987 | Night of Courage | Marina | Television film |
1990 | Monsters | Jamie Neal | Episode: "Habitat" |
American Playhouse | Younger Marianne | Episode: "Sensibility and Sense" | |
Family of Spies | Laura Walker | Television film | |
1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground
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Belinda | Television film |
1997–1998 | Mad About You | Arley | 2 episodes |
1998 | The X-Files | Marty Glenn | Episode: "Mind's Eye" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (1998) |
2000–2001 | Deadline | Hildy Baker | 13 episodes |
2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Miep Gies | 2 episodes |
2002 | Live from Baghdad | Judy Parker | Television film |
2002–2005 | Six Feet Under | Lisa Kimmel Fisher
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25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2002) |
2003 | Penguins Behind Bars | Doris Fairfeather (voice) | Television film |
2007 | State of Mind | Ann Bellows, M.D. | 8 episodes |
2010 | The Good Wife | Donna Seabrook | Episode: "Poisoned Pill" |
2013–2014 | Hemlock Grove | Lynda Rumancek | 11 episodes |
Almost Human | Captain Sandra Maldonado | 13 episodes | |
2014 | Gotham | Patti | Episode: "Selina Kyle" |
2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Martha Thornhill | 2 episodes |
2015–2017 | American Crime | Nancy Straumberg / Anne Blaine / Claire Coates | 21 episodes Nominated— Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series |
2019 | Chambers | Ruth Pezim | 7 episodes |
2020 | Perry Mason | Birdy McKeegan | 7 episodes |
2022 | Outer Range | Cecilia Abbott | 8 episodes |
2024 | Manhunt | Mary Todd Lincoln | Miniseries |
Stage credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Three Sisters | Irina | Roundabout Theatre Company, New York |
2001 | The Dead Eye Boy | Shirley-Diane | MCC Theater, New York |
2006 | Landscape of the Body | Betty | Off-Broadway, Peter Norton Space, New York[20] |
2009 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Christine Mannon | Off-Broadway, Acorn Theatre, New York[21] |
2014 | The Library | Dawn Sheridan | Off-Broadway, Public Theater, New York[22]
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2017 | Marvin's Room | Bessie Wakefield | Broadway, American Airlines Theatre
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References
- ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 20-26". ABC News. 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Obituary: Park Taylor", Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2001
- Out Magazine
- ^ "On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough". Chicago Tribune. 16 May 1996.
- ^ Jacobs, Evan. "Lili Taylor Talks 'The Notorious Bettie Page'." www.movieweb.com. April 14, 2006.
- ^ "'The Promotion' Lili Taylor interview" www.movieweb.com
- ^ "Can We Talk About Lili Taylor in 'The Conjuring'?". Tribeca. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "The Library". publictheater.org. The Public Theater. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Healy, Patrick (16 January 2014). "Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater". The New York Times.
- ^ Rooney, David (16 January 2014). "Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Jen Yamato (November 3, 2014). "Lili Taylor Joins Fox's 'The Maze Runner 2′". deadline.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ "Lili Taylor & Stefania LaVie Owen To Star In Mental Illness Drama 'Paper Spiders'". Deadline Hollywood. 24 April 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ Errico, Marcus (May 19, 1998). "Michael Rapaport Sentenced for Harassment". E! News. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ "Actor ordered to stay away from girlfriend he harassed". Deseret News. May 19, 1998. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ Kachka, Boris (January 21, 2010). "Nick Flynn Talks (and Writes) About Meeting With His Actress Dream Girl, Lili Taylor". New York.
- ^ "Grohl schmoll", The Sydney Morning Herald, July 11, 2003
- ^ Lili Taylor
- ^ "Memories from the Set: Almost Human's Lili Taylor Talks Six Feet Under, X-Files and More". 3 March 2014.
- ^ See the Stars of Mystic Pizza, Then & Now
- ^ Jnes, Kenneth. " 'Landscape of the Body', Guare's Glimpse of Greenwich Village in the 1970s, Begins at NYC's Signature" Playbill, March 28, 2006
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "New Group's 'Mourning Becomes Electra' Revival Closes Off-Broadway March 1" Playbill, March 1, 2009
- ^ Stewart, Zachary. "Review. 'The Library' " theatermania.com, April 15, 2014
External links
- Lili Taylor at IMDb
- Lili Taylor at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lili Taylor at the Internet Off-Broadway Database