Lili Anne Taylor is an American actress notable for her appearances in such award-winning
indie films as Mystic Pizza, Say Anything..., Short Cuts and I Shot Andy Warhol, as well
as the acclaimed TV show Six Feet Under.
She has also appeared in several big-budget films such as Ransom, The Haunting and The
Conjuring.
Personal life Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born
in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois to Marie and George Park Taylor,
an artist and hardware store operator.
She grew up in a "warm family environment" and has described herself as being "a bit
of a searcher" during her childhood.
She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois in 1985.
Thereafter, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University and the Piven Theatre
Workshop.
She introduced Louise Post and Nina Gordon, founding members of 1990s alternative band
Veruca Salt, at a party in Chicago in 1993.
She is married to writer Nick Flynn; they have one child.
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 in the HBO drama Six Feet Under for which
she was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Taylor played supporting roles in Mystic Pizza and Say Anything....
She starred in Dogfight directed by Nancy Savoca, in which she played an unattractive
young woman who is taken to a cruel contest by a Marine under the pretense of a date.
In 1993, she re-teamed with Savoca for Household Saints.
Director Robert Altman hired Taylor in 1993 for his epic Los Angeles drama Short Cuts,
in which Taylor shared scenes with Lily Tomlin.
Taylor portrayed Valerie Solanas in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol.
The same year, she co-starred in Girls Town with Bruklin Harris and Aunjanue Ellis, where
three inner-city friends dealt with a friend's suicide, and later in Ransom, as a two-faced
caterer working for Mel Gibson's character and who then helps kidnap and hold his son
ransom.
In 1998 she appeared in the X-Files episode Mind's Eye and was nominated for a Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
1998 saw Taylor teaming with 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 New York art world.
Taylor portrayed his art dealer.
In 1999, Taylor starred in Jan de Bont's remake of The Haunting.
In 2001, Taylor appeared in the independent 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.
Taylor 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 the Lifetime cable network's hour-long comedy-drama series 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 Lori Wehlner, the wife of John C. Reilly's
character.
In 2009, Taylor played Sheriff Lillian Holley of Lake County, Indiana, who incarcerates
John Dillinger, in Michael Mann's Public Enemies.
In 2011, Fence Books released Taylor's audio recording of poet Ariana Reines's Save The
World.
Awards In 2006, Lili Taylor was honored with the
Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Filmography References
External links Lili Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
Lili Taylor at the Internet Broadway Database Lili Taylor at the Internet Off-Broadway Database