Taylor Michelle Momsen is a model, actress, singer, popular in American show business, talented and original, trying herself in literally all types of creativity. Since 2009, she became the leader of the rock group The Pretty Reckless and gained worldwide fame.
Biography
Momsen Taylor was born in the summer of 1993 in St. Louis, a city founded by French colonists. The mother is an ethnic German, and the girl claims that she has Russian roots. The father adored music, having a true love for rock and roll, and was able to interest his daughters with his hobbies - Taylor herself and her younger sister Sloane. Until now, the favorite groups of the sisters are Nirvana, ACDC, Pink Floyd, The Beatles.
The Momsen family has been devout Catholics for generations, and the daughters were raised as well. The actress received her primary education at a Catholic gymnasium, and the girls spent their senior school years in Maryland. Since childhood, she has been engaged in dancing and music.
The parents signed their first modeling contract with Taylor when she was two years old, so Momsen's career began at a very tender age. At the age of three, the baby starred in a major Shake N 'Bake advertising campaign. At the age of 8, she wrote her first song.
Actor career
Taylor played her first role in the film again as a child. She was only 5 years old when she took part in the filming of The Prophet. In 2000, the girl starred in the Christmas fairy tale "The Grinch Stole Christmas", along with the famous Jim Carrey.
Until 2011, Momsen Taylor was engaged in a variety of television projects. One of the memorable ones was the role in the youth TV series "Gossips". But in the summer of 2011, Taylor announced that she would stop acting and focus entirely on music.
Musical creativity
Taylor formed her band, The Pretty Reckless, back in 2008. The first composition did not suit the girl and she fired everyone, recruiting new people. The band's debut album was released under Interscope Records in 2010, and the single from this collection became the best single on the UK Rock Chart.
Momsen goes on tour with his team in different countries, independently writes lyrics and music. The second collection of the group Going To Hell was released in the spring of 2014, and the third - in 2016. And although Taylor herself claims that her music is unusual, critics do not accept the girl's work as enthusiastically as her fans. However, the singer herself claims that she intends to develop and engage exclusively in music for a long time.
Personal life
Taylor is still single, she is in search of the perfect boyfriend who would remind her of Jimmy Page, the British musician who stood at the origins of the legendary group Led Zeppelin. Momsen independently chooses clothes for performances, mainly in striptease stores and at small clothing sales - only in the former there are shoes that the singer likes, and only in the latter you can find really unusual, vintage things. The girl smokes and reacts very angrily to condemnation of her habit by other people.