Taryn Manning is a wonderful actress and singer originally from the USA. In recent years, she is best remembered as the performer of the role of Tiffany Doggett on the series Orange is the New Black, although, of course, she has many other good works in film and on TV. And as a singer, she showed herself in the Boomkat project, which had a certain popularity in America in the 2000s.
Early years and career as an actress
Taryn Manning was born in 1978 in the family of Bill and Sharyn Manning. A few years after her birth, in 1981, the family of the future star broke up. And since then, Sharyn actually raised Taryn (as well as her older brother, Kellin) alone.
Taryn began acting in films in the first half of the nineties, that is, while still a teenager. So, for example, in 1993 she appeared in the TV series "New York Police", and in 1994 in the TV series "Stuff."
Over the next few years, Manning had many cameo roles in a number of television and film projects. Among them are "The Best", "Practice", "Goodbye to Tomorrow", "Be Happy!" and "Extraordinary". However, Manning's first more or less noticeable film work was the role of Maddie in the 2001 melodrama Mad and Beautiful.
In 2002, the film "Crossroads" was released, where Taryn got one of the main roles. Crossroads is the story of three girlfriends who travel to Los Angeles together in the hope of making their dreams come true. It is worth noting that the famous singer Britney Spears also starred here with Taryn.
Another notable 2002 film starring Manning is 8 Mile. Here she portrayed Janine, a minor female character. And the main character in this tape was played, as many know, by the rapper Eminem.
Plus, in 2002, Manning appeared in a small role in the film "White Oleander" (here her filming partners were Michelle Pfeiffer and Renee Zellweger).
In 2005, the drama film “Vanity and Movement” was released. It tells the story of a petty pimp from Memphis who dreams of becoming a sought-after hip-hop performer. And Taryn Manning appeared here in the form of the prostitute Nola. The film was eventually even awarded an Oscar (Best Original Song). However, and specifically Manning's game was also noted by the professional community. She was nominated for the first time in her biography for the Washington Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough of the Year.
In the second half of the 2000s, Taryn still received a huge number of filming proposals. So, for example, in 2007 she took part in three films at once - "After Sex", "Cult" (here Manning was entrusted with the main role), "Fatal City". In addition, during this period she starred in the mini-series "Race".
In 2008, Taryn played Rita Cherry in the famous multi-part project Sons of Anarchy. In total, she appeared as Cherry in four episodes, and this work of hers has earned a lot of positive reviews.
Also in 2008, she starred in the films How Jack Met Jill and Here Is Your Name.
In the next few years, she also had interesting work - she starred, for example, in such films as "The Contract" (2009), "Ranch of Love" (2010), "Rain of Mercy" (2012).
And since 2013, Taryn has been featured in the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. This series tells about the life of several criminals - the inhabitants of the American women's prison. Taryn's character, according to the plot, is named Tiffany Doggett. In the first season, this character appeared only periodically, but later Manning became a member of the main caste. This also applies to the last season, which premiered in July 2019.
Musical creativity
In 2002, Manning sang "I'll Take You There" with R&B singer Tweet for an advertisement for the American company Gap.
In 2003, Taryn teamed up with her brother Kellin to form the musical duo Boomkat. Soon the duo released two highly successful singles in the USA - "What U Do 2 Me" and "The Wreckoning". And the debut audio album went on sale on March 18, 2003 - it was called "Boomkatalog. One".
After that, the duo took a long break. Boomkat's new single, "Runaway", was released to fans only in 2008. Also, a video was shot for this song. It premiered on their official YouTube channel and Taryn Manning's Myspace page on April 8, 2008.
In June 2008, Boomkat's second album, "A Million Trillion Stars", was released digitally in online stores. However, it was officially released nine months later on March 10, 2009 through the independent label Little Vanilla Records, directly owned by Taryn Manning.
One of the songs on the album, the song "Stomp", was released as a single on July 21, 2009. And on October 27, 2009, the song "Burn" was performed on the MTV channel in the show "The Hills". In addition, in support of the second studio album, the Boomkat duo gave concerts both in 2008 and in 2009.
In the same 2009, Manning presented her solo song to the public - "So Talented". More precisely, it sounded in one of the episodes of the youth TV series "Melrose Place".
On May 4, 2011, the premiere of the music video for another Manning song "Turn It Up"
On August 21, 2012, Taryn released the song “Send Me Your Love” in digital format.
And a month later, in September 2012, a full-length solo album was finally released. It was named "Freedom City".
In recent years, Manning is still active as a singer. On May 5, 2017, Manning released the song "Gltchlfe". On August 10, 2017, this song topped Billboard's popular weekly Dance Club Songs chart.
And 2019 was also a fruitful year for Manning. This year she released two whole singles - "Chains" and "The Light".
Interesting facts about Taryn Manning
In 2005, Taryn Manning tried herself as a designer and, together with her friend Tara Jane, launched the Born Uniqorn clothing brand.
The actress and singer had five small tattoos on her body, but in the same 2005 she went through laser treatment and got rid of them. As Manning herself explained, she "outgrew" her passion for tattooing.
In 2008, Taryn was ranked 60th in the Hot Hundred rating by Maxim magazine. And in 2011, she starred naked for one of the issues of Playboy magazine.
Manning has a house in Los Angeles and an apartment in the elite New York quarter of Greenwich Village.
