Lili Taylor Biography

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Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress notable for her appearances in such award-winning indie films as Mystic Pizza (1988), Say Anything... (1989), Dogfight (1991), Short Cuts (1993) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), as well as several big-budget films such as Ransom (1996), The Haunting (1999), The Conjuring (2013) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015).

In television, she has starred in Six Feet Under, Hemlock Grove, Almost Human and both seasons of the anthology series American Crime; for the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie nomination.

Personal life

Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, to Marie (ne Lecour) 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.

Taylor is an activist for conservation issues, particularly those having to do with birds. She sits on the boards of both the American Birding Association and National Audubon Society.

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 (mostly in the second and third seasons) in the HBO drama Six Feet Under for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. Taylor played supporting roles in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989). She starred in Dogfight (1991) directed by Nancy Savoca, in which she played an unattractive young woman who is taken to a cruel contest by a Marine (played by River Phoenix) 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 (1996). 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 caterer who helps her corrupt policeman boyfriend kidnap a rich man's son.

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. The same year, she appeared in John Waters' film Pecker, alongside Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci and Mary Kay Place. 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 leaves 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.

Taylor starred in the Lifetime cable network's hour-long comedy-drama series State of Mind, 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 (played by Johnny Depp), in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. In 2011, Fence Books released Taylor's audio recording of poet Ariana Reines' Save The World.

In 2015, Taylor co-starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Dr. Mary Cooper, "a doctor who helps Thomas and his fellow Gladers". Filming began at the end of October, and the movie was released on September 18, 2015.

Awards

In 2006, Taylor was honored with the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Sources: TCM All Movie

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	She's Having a Baby	Girl at Medical Lab
1988	Mystic Pizza	Jojo Barbosa
1989	Say Anything...	Corey Flood
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Jamie Wilson - Georgia
1990	Bright Angel	Lucy	Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1991	Dogfight	Rose
1993	Arizona Dream	Grace Stalker
1993	Watch It	Brenda
1993	Short Cuts	Honey Bush	Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble Cast Venice Film Festival: Best Ensemble Cast
1993	Household Saints	Teresa Carmela Santangelo	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1993	Rudy	Sherry
1994	Touch Base	Darcy Winningham	Short film
1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Edna Ferber
1994	Prt--Porter	Fiona Ulrich	National Board of Review for Best Acting by an Ensemble
1995	'	Kathleen Conklin	Mlaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema: Best Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1995	Cold Fever	Jill	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress (also for I Shot Andy Warhol and Girls Town)
1995	Four Rooms	Raven	Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"
1995	Killer: A Journal of a Murder	Woman in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1996	Plain Pleasures
1996	Girls Town	Patti Lucci	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress (also for I Shot Andy Warhol and Cold Fever) Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Valerie Solanas	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress (also for Girls Town and Cold Fever) Stockholm International Film Festival: Best Actress Sundance Film Festival: Special Recognition Nominated "? Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated"?National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
1996	Cosas que nunca te dije	Ann	Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Best Actress
1996	Illtown	Micky
1996	Ransom	Maris Conner	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress"?Suspense
1997	Kicked in the Head	Happy
1998	O.K. Garage	Rachel
1998	'	Lily 'Lil'
1998	Come to	Angela	Short film
1998	Pecker	Rorey Wheeler
1999	'	Evie Decker	Indianapolis International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize (shared with Sara Rue) Newport Beach Film Festival: Outstanding Achievement in Acting
1999	'	Nell Vance	Nominated "? Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror Nominated "? Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Catherine Zeta-Jones)
2000	High Fidelity	Sarah Kendrew
2001	Julie Johnson	Julie Johnson
2001	Gaudi Afternoon	Ben
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Miep Gies
2003	Casa de los Babys	Leslie
2005	Factotum	Jan	Copenhagen International Film Festival: Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	'	Paula Klaw
2007	Starting Out in the Evening	Ariel Schiller
2007	'	Hannah Marris
2008	'	Lori Wehlner
2009	Tired of Being Funny	Lee	Short film
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Angela	Nominated "? Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2009	Public Enemies	Sheriff Lillian Holley
2011	'	Grace Ross
2012	About Cherry	Phyllis
2012	Being Flynn	Joy
2012	'	Mrs. Capo
2012	Future Weather	Ms. Markovi
2013	'	Nicole
2013	The Conjuring	Carolyn Perron	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress Fright Meter Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2013	Blood Ties	Marie Pierzynski
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Dr. Mary Cooper
2017	To the Bone	Judy
2017	The Gettysburg Address	Emily Souder	Post-production
2018	Maze Runner: The Death Cure		Filming
	Leatherface	Verna Sawyer	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Crime Story	Waitress	Episode: "Hide and Go Thief"
1987	Night of Courage		TV movie
1990	Monsters	Woman	Episode: "Habitat"
1990	American Playhouse	Younger Marianne	Episode: "Sensibility and Sense"
1990	Family of Spies	Laura Walker	TV movie
1997	SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground	Belinda	TV movie
1997-1998	Mad About You	Arley	Episodes: "The Magic Pants" & "Nat & Arley"
1998	'	Marty Glenn	Episode: "Mind's Eye" Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (1998)
2000-2001	Deadline	Hildy Baker	13 episodes
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Miep Gies	TV miniseries
2002	Live from Baghdad	Judy Parker	TV movie
2002-2005	Six Feet Under	Lisa Kimmel Fisher	25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2002)
2003	Penguins Behind Bars	Doris Fairfeather (voice)	TV movie
2007	State of Mind	Ann Bellows, MD	8 episodes
2010	'	Donna Seabrook	Episode: "Poisoned Pill"
2013-2014	Hemlock Grove	Lynda Rumancek	11 episodes
2013-2014	Almost Human	Captain Sandra Maldonado	13 episodes
2014	Gotham	Patti	Episode: "Selina Kyle"
2015	American Crime	Nancy Straumberg	6 episodes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Martha Thornhill	2 episodes
2016	American Crime	Anne Blaine	10 episodes Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated"?Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series
2017	American Crime	Claire Coates	Upcoming series

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Three Sisters	Irina
2001	'	Shirley-Diane	MCC Theater, New York
2006	Landscape of the Body	Betty	Off-Broadway, Peter Norton Space, New York
2009	Mourning Becomes Electra	Christine Mannon	Off-Broadway, Acorn Theater, New York
2014	The Library	Dawn Sheridan	Off-Broadway, Public Theater, New York