Rachael Taylor
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 Taylor at the premiere of Transformers in Sydney, Australia, 2007 |
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| Born | 11 July 1984 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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Rachael Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand , more recently she played a lead role in the blockbuster movie Transformers and also starred in Shutter alongside Joshua Jackson.
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[edit] Early life
Originally from Launceston, Tasmania, Taylor attended Riverside High School.[1]
[edit] Career
Taylor modeled for Skye-Jilly International and competed successfully in the State finals of Miss Teen Tasmania and Miss Universe/Miss World. She has appeared in a number of United States productions – such as television movies about Natalie Wood and the making of Dynasty (where she played Catherine Oxenberg),[2] and the horror movies Man-thing and See No Evil. She played Sasha Forbes on the short-lived Australian drama series headLand. On 3 April 2006 it was announced that she had been nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role on headLand.
Taylor had a supporting role in Transformers, but turned down reprising the role in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, saying "I don't think I'd wanna do it to be honest, and not for any particular reason other than the fact that I've done it.".[3] In 2008, she starred in the independent film Bottle Shock, as well as the remake Shutter.
In 2009, she starred in the comedy Splinterheads as well as the HBO comedy series Washingtonienne.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- Man-Thing (2005)
- See No Evil (2006)
- Transformers (2007)
- Shutter (2008)
- Deception (2008)
- Bottle Shock (2008)
- Cedar Boys (2009)
- Splinterheads (2009)
- Ghost Machine (2009)
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole (2010) (voice)
[edit] Television
- The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
- Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005)[2]
- McLeod's Daughters (2005)
- Hercules (2005)
- headLand (2005-2006)
- Washingtonienne (2009)
[edit] References
- ^ "Our Hollywood transformation". The Mercury. 2007-04-29. http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21638670-921,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ a b "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits". Der-denver-clan.de. http://www.der-denver-clan.de/de/dynasty_behind.207.html. Retrieved on February 27, 2009.
- ^ "Taylor talks Transformers 2". MovieHole. 2008-05-12. http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080512_taylor_talks_transformers_2.html.
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