Lily Ann Taylor is an American theater and film actress. Winner of the Actors Guild, Venice Film Festival and Sundance Festival, three times Emmy nominee. Best known for her roles in The Client Is Always Dead, The X-Files, The Ghost of the Hill House, Gotham, The Conjuring, The Maze Runner: Trial by Fire.
In the creative biography of the actress, there are more than a hundred roles in television and film projects, including participation in popular entertainment shows and film awards ceremonies.
Biography facts
The future actress was born in the winter of 1967 in the United States. Her father, George Park Taylor, was a hardware store manager and local musician. Mom, Marie Lecourt, was engaged in housekeeping and raising children, of whom there were six in the family.
Lily received her primary education at New Trier High School. Then she went to the theater school at the University of DePaul University. Later, the girl joined the Piven Theater Workshop. There she studied acting and drama. She performed her first roles at the Piven Theater in Evanston.
Film career
Taylor's debut on the set took place in the late 1980s. At first, the actress starred in independent projects and performed on the theater stage. At the beginning of her cinematic career, Lily's roles were only episodic and did not bring her fame.
Taylor played in a detective series about a special police force in Chicago called "Crime Story". Then there was work in the pictures: "She will have a child", "Mystic pizza", "Monsters", "The client is always dead."
In early 1989, Taylor got a small, but no longer episodic role in the comedy melodrama Say Something. She ended up on the set with famous performers John Cusack, Iony Sky, John Mahoney.
The plot of the picture unfolds in America. Beautiful, intelligent and promising high school graduate Diana Kurt is about to go to study in England. But her plans are interrupted by Lloyd's classmate, who decided at all costs to win the girl's favor and win her love.
Taylor did an excellent job of her role and received positive reviews from film critics. From that moment on, Lily's acting career began to gain momentum. Lily got roles in several television films and series: "Born on the Fourth of July", "Family of Spies", "Bright Angel".
Taylor gained wide popularity after the release of the melodrama "Fool's Bet", where she played one of the main roles - the ugly girl Rose.
The film tells the story of four friends who, before going to the Vietnam War, make a bet. Each of them must bring the ugliest girl they meet on the street to the party that will take place before their departure. The winner is the one with the ugliest girlfriend. Only one of the friends returns from the war. One day he remembers that day and the girl he brought to the party. His memories take viewers back to 1963, the day when young people make their bets.
Taylor played the next role in the drama Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica. Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis played the main characters in the film.
The film focuses on the story of Axel and his uncle Leo. Uncle is a classic American salesman who dreams of selling a huge number of Cadillacs, such that if you put them on top of one another, you can get to the moon itself. Axel, on the contrary, does not want any business, does not want to become the same as his uncle. He does not need Cadillacs, serious life does not appeal to him. He is immersed in dreams.
The film was awarded the special prize of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival "Silver Bear". Interestingly, many critics considered the film a failure. And moviegoers consider the film to be one of the best directorial works of Kusturica.
Taylor soon joined the cast of Crazy About You, starring Paul Riser and Helen Hunt. The film has received numerous Emmy, Actors Guild and Golden Globe nominations. Although Taylor has performed only a small role, she also received her share of fame.
In 1993, Lily appeared on the screen in the cult project "The X-Files", where she played in one of the episodes. In the same year, several films with the participation of the actress were released at once: "Look at This", "Short Cut", "Household Saints", "Rudy".
Taylor got the lead role in the biographical drama I Shot Andy Warhol, which tells the life story of the feminist Valerie Solanas. The film was highly acclaimed by film critics, and Lily received international acclaim at the Sundance Festival as well as the Swedish Film Festival.
In the following years, Taylor played a large number of roles in television and film projects. Of her last works, it is worth noting roles in the films: "Blood Ties", "The Conjuring", "Almost Human", "Gotham", "American Crime", "The Maze Runner", "The Curse of the Nun", "Chambers".
Personal life
Taylor doesn't like to talk about her family life. According to some reports, she had a whirlwind romance with Michael Imperiolo, who worked in the famous TV series The Sopranos. Young people even announced their engagement, but it never came to a wedding.
In 2009, Lily became the wife of screenwriter Nick Flynn. Their romantic relationship began in 2007, and in 2008 the couple had a daughter, whom their parents named Maeve. Only after the birth of the child, Lily and Nick legalized their relationship and got married.
