Lili Taylor

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Lili Taylor
Born Lili Anne Taylor
February 2, 1967 (1967-02-02) (age 42)
Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–present

Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress.

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[edit] Personal life

Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Marie, a professional babysitter, and Park Taylor, a folk artist and hardware store operator.[1] She grew up in a "warm family environment" and has described herself as being "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood.[2] Taylor graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, 1985. Thereafter, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University and the Piven Theatre Workshop.[3] Lili introduced Louise Post and Nina Gordon, founding members of 1990s alternative band Veruca Salt, at a party in Chicago in 1993.[citation needed]

[edit] 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.

Taylor received critical acclaim for her supporting film roles in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989). She then received even higher recognition for her starring role 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 again teamed up with Savoca for Household Saints, which made over 20 national critics' "best films" lists.

Famed director Robert Altman hired Taylor in 1993 for his epic Los Angeles drama Short Cuts, in which Taylor shared scenes with Lily Tomlin. The film also featured Tom Waits, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianne Moore and Robert Downey Jr.

One of Taylor's most memorable roles was her 1996 portrayal of Valerie Solanas in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol. Her performance wowed critics and fans. The same year Taylor tackled another intense indie in Girls Town with Bruklin Harris and Aunjanue Ellis, where three inner-city friends dealt with a friend's suicide.

1998 saw Taylor teaming up with another indie icon, John Waters, in Pecker. The film, co-starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci and Mary Kay Place, followed a young Baltimore photographer as he entered the NYC art world. Taylor portrayed his art dealer.

In 1999, Taylor starred in Jan de Bont's remake of The Haunting.

In 2001, Taylor took another turn in the small indie feature Julie Johnson. The film, co-starring Courtney Love, centered on a Long Island mother and housewife who kicks out 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. She 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.

In Lifetime's hour-long comedy/drama State of Mind, Taylor starred 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 the Scottish wife of John C. Reilly's character as he competed to be the manager of a grocery store.

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.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Biography at FilmReference.com.
  2. ^ Lili Taylor - Out Magazine
  3. ^ Lili Taylor Biography - Yahoo! Movies

[edit] External links

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