Lili Taylor
| Lili Taylor | |
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 Taylor at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International | |
| Born |
Lili Anne Taylor February 20, 1967 Glencoe, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | New York |
| Alma mater | DePaul University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Nick Flynn (m. 2009) |
| Children | 1 |
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress notable for her appearances in such award-winning indie films as Mystic Pizza (1988), Say Anything... (1989), Dogfight (1991), Short Cuts (1993) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), as well as the acclaimed TV show Six Feet Under (2002–2005). She has also appeared in several big-budget films such as Ransom (1996), The Haunting (1999), The Conjuring (2013) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015).
Personal life
Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, to Marie (née Lecour) and George Park Taylor, an artist and hardware store operator.[1][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 and the Piven Theatre Workshop.[4] She introduced Louise Post and Nina Gordon, founding members of 1990s alternative band Veruca Salt, at a party in Chicago in 1993.[5] She is married to writer Nick Flynn; they have one child.[6] In 2013, she became a board member of the American Birding Association.
Career
Taylor has appeared in dozens of films since 1988, including Dogfight, Mystic Pizza, and Rudy. Her work has mostly been in independent films and theater. She played the role of Lisa Kimmel Fisher (mostly in the second and third seasons) in the HBO drama Six Feet Under for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. Taylor played supporting roles in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989). She starred in Dogfight (1991) directed by Nancy Savoca, in which she played an unattractive young woman who is taken to a cruel contest by a Marine (played by River Phoenix) under the pretense of a date. In 1993, she re-teamed with Savoca for Household Saints. Director Robert Altman hired Taylor in 1993 for his epic Los Angeles drama Short Cuts, in which Taylor shared scenes with Lily Tomlin. Taylor portrayed Valerie Solanas in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). The same year, she co-starred in Girls Town with Bruklin Harris and Aunjanue Ellis, where three inner-city friends dealt with a friend's suicide, and later in Ransom, as caterer who helps her corrupt policeman boyfriend kidnap a rich man's son.
In 1998 she appeared in the X-Files episode "Mind's Eye", and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The same year, she appeared in John Waters' film Pecker, alongside Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci and Mary Kay Place. In 1999, Taylor starred in Jan de Bont's remake of The Haunting. In 2001, Taylor appeared in the independent feature Julie Johnson. The film, co-starring Courtney Love, centered on a Long Island mother and housewife who leaves her husband to pursue her dream of studying science. In early 2004, Taylor made her New York City stage debut in Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon in the role of Lemon.
Taylor won the 2005 Best Actress award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival for her role in Factotum. In 2006, Taylor worked again with Mary Harron in The Notorious Bettie Page.[7]
Taylor starred in the Lifetime cable network's hour-long comedy-drama series State of Mind, as a New Haven therapist dealing with a divorce and a parade of quirky clients. She played the daughter of Frank Langella's character in Andrew Wagner's 2007 drama Starting Out in the Evening. In the 2008 film The Promotion, Taylor played Lori Wehlner, the wife of John C. Reilly's character.[8] In 2009, Taylor played Sheriff Lillian Holley of Lake County, Indiana, who incarcerates John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. In 2011, Fence Books released Taylor's audio recording of poet Ariana Reines' Save The World.
In 2015, Taylor co-starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Dr. Mary Cooper, "a doctor who helps Thomas and his fellow Gladers".[9] Filming began at the end of October, and the movie was released on September 18, 2015.
Awards
In 2006, Taylor was honored with the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Crime Story | Waitress | Episode: "Hide and Go Thief" |
| 1987 | Night of Courage | TV movie | |
| 1990 | Monsters | Woman | Episode: "Habitat" |
| 1990 | American Playhouse | Younger Marianne | Episode: "Sensibility and Sense" |
| 1990 | Family of Spies | Laura Walker | TV movie |
| 1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Belinda | TV movie |
| 1997–1998 | Mad About You | Arley | Episodes: "The Magic Pants" & "Nat & Arley" |
| 1998 | X-Files, TheThe X-Files | Marty Glenn | Episode: "Mind's Eye" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2000–2001 | Deadline | Hildy Baker | 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Miep Gies | TV miniseries |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Judy Parker | TV movie |
| 2002–2005 | Six Feet Under | Lisa Kimmel Fisher | 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 |
| 2003 | Penguins Behind Bars | Doris Fairfeather (voice) | TV movie |
| 2007 | State of Mind | Ann Bellows, MD | 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife | Donna Seabrook | Episode: "Poisoned Pill" |
| 2013–2014 | Hemlock Grove | Lynda Rumancek | 11 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Almost Human | Captain Sandra Maldonado | 13 episodes |
| 2014 | Gotham | Patti | Episode: "Selina Kyle" |
| 2015 | American Crime | Nancy Straumberg | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Martha Thornhill | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | American Crime | Anne Blaine | 4 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Three Sisters | Irina | |
| 2001 | Dead Eye Boy, TheThe Dead Eye Boy | Shirley-Diane | MCC Theater, New York |
| 2006 | Landscape of the Body | Betty | Peter Norton Space, New York |
| 2009 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Christine Mannon | Acorn Theater, New York |
| 2014 | The Library | Dawn Sheridan | Public Theater, New York |
References
- ↑ Biography at FilmReference.com.
- ↑ "Obituary: Park Taylor", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., May 13, 2001
- ↑ Lili Taylor profile, Out Magazine
- ↑ Lili Taylor profile, Yahoo! Movies
- ↑ "Grohl schmoll", The Sydney Morning Herald, July 11, 2003
- ↑ Kachka, Boris, "Conversation: Love by the Book : An author talks (and writes) about meeting and having a child with his actress dream girl", New York Magazine, Jan 24, 2010
- ↑ Jacobs, Evan. "Lili Taylor Talks 'The Nototrious Bettie Page'." www.movieweb.com. April 14, 2006.
- ↑ "'The Promotion' Lili Taylor interview" www.movieweb.com
- ↑ Jen Yamato (November 3, 2014). "Lili Taylor Joins Fox’s ‘The Maze Runner 2′". deadline.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
External links
- Lili Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
- Lili Taylor at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lili Taylor at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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