Lili Taylor Biography (1967-)

Born February 20, 1967, in Chicago (some sources cite Glencoe), IL; daughterof Park (an artist and hardware store operator) and Marie (a professional babysitter) Taylor. Addresses: Agent: Michelle Stern-Bohan, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: Frank Frattaroli, Widescreen Management, 270 Lafayette St., Suite 402, New York, NY 10012.; Publicist: I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, costume designer
Birth Details: February 20, 1967; Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Girl at medical lab, She's Having a Baby, Paramount, 1988
Jojo Barboza, Mystic Pizza, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1988
Corey Flood, Say ... Anything, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Jamie Wilson, Born on the Fourth of July, Universal, 1989
Lucy, Bright Angel, Hemdale, 1990
Rose, Dogfight, Warner Bros., 1991
Grace Stalker, Arizona Dream (also known as The Arrowtooth Waltz), 1992, Warner Bros., 1995
Teresa Carmela Santangelo, Household Saints, Fine Line, 1993
Sherry, Rudy, TriStar, 1993
Honey Bush, Short Cuts, Fine Line, 1993
Brenda, Watch It, Skouras, 1993
Darcy Winningham, Touch Base (short film), Open City Films, 1994
Edna Ferber, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (also known as Mrs. Parker and the Round Table), Fine Line, 1994
Fiona Ulrich, Pret-a-Porter (also known as Pret a Porter: Readyto Wear and Ready to Wear), Miramax, 1994
Jill, Cold Fever (also known as A koeldum klaka), ArtisticLicense, 1996
Woman in speakeasy, Killer: A Journal of Murder (also known as The Killer), Republic, 1995
Raven, Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995
Kathleen Conklin, The Addiction, October Films, 1995
Ann, Things I Never Told You (also known as Cosas que no et vaig dir mai and Cosas que nunca te dije), Seventh Art Releasing, 1996
Pattie Lucci, Girls Town, October Films, 1996
Valerie Jean Solanas, I Shot Andy Warhol, Orion/Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996
Maris Connor, Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
Plain Pleasures, 1996
Happy, Kicked in the Head, October Films, 1997
Voice, Letters Not About Love, 1997
Micky (some sources cite Suzanne), Illtown, Shooting Gallery, 1998
Rachel, O.K. Garage (also known as All Revved Up), New CityReleasing, 1998
Lily "Lil", The Imposters, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Angela, Come To (short film), Janey Pictures, 1998
Rorey Wheeler, Pecker, Fine Line, 1998
Evie Decker, A Slipping-Down Life, 1999, Lions Gate Films, 2004
Eleanor "Nell" Vance, The Haunting (also known as La maldicion), DreamWorks, 1999
Sarah Kendrew, High Fidelity, Buena Vista, 2000
Ben Harris, Gaudi Afternoon (also known as Tardes de Gaudi), First Look Home Entertainment, 2001
Narrator, The Weather Underground (documentary), 2002
Leslie, Casa de los babys, IFC Films, 2003
Beyond Borders: John Sayles in Mexico (documentary), 2003

Jan, Factotum, Mikado Films/Network Movie, 2005
Paula Klaw, The Notorious Bettie Page (also known as The Balladof Bettie Page), IFC Films, 2005
Television Appearances
Series
Hildy Baker, Deadline, NBC, 2000
Lisa Kimmel Fisher, Six Feet Under, HBO, 2002-2003
Movies
Marina, Night of Courage, ABC, 1987
Belinda, "The Listeners," Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (also known as Subway), HBO, 1997
Title role, Julie Johnson, Here! TV, 2001
Miep Gies, Anne Frank: The Whole Story, ABC, 2001
Judy Parker, Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2002
Specials
Younger Marianne, Sensibility and Sense, PBS, 1990
Herself, Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver County (also known as Luck, Trust and Ketchup), Bravo, 1994
Interviewee, In Bad Taste: The John Waters Story, Independent FilmChannel, 1999
A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick, 2002
Voice of Doris Featherstone, Penguins Behind Bars (animated), Cartoon Network, 2003
Women on Top: Hollywood and Power, AMC, 2003
Interviewee, "John Waters," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
Also affiliated with a local special, No Laughing Matter.
Miniseries
Third Laura Walker, Family of Spies, CBS, 1990
Episodic
Waitress, "Hide and Go Thief," Crime Story, NBC, 1986
"Habitat," Monsters, syndicated, 1990
Arley, "The Magic Pants," Mad About You, NBC, 1997
Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1998
Marty Glenn, "Mind's Eye," The X-Files, Fox, 1998
Arley, "Nat & Arley," Mad About You, NBC, 1998
Guest, Dinner for Five, Independent Film Channel, 2003
Also appeared in "The Haunting," HBO First Look, HBO.
Stage Appearances
(Professional stage debut) Bing and Walker, Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1984
Laurie, Brighton Beach Memoirs, New American Theater, Rockford, IL, 1986-87
What Did He See?, New York Shakespeare Festival, Susan Stein ShivaTheatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1988-89
The Myth Project: A Festival of Competency, Mann Theatre, 1989
Wendy, Aven'U Boys, John Houseman Theatre, New York City, 1993
Irina, Three Sisters, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion CenterStage Right Theatre, New York City, 1997
Shirley-Diane, The Dead Eye Boy, Manhattan Class Company Theatre,New York City, 2001
Ophelia, Hamlet, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Madison, NJ, 2001
Landscape of the Body, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 2003
Lemon, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Acorn Theatre, New York City, 2003-2004
Emily, "Poem," The 24 Hour Plays 2004 (benefit), American AirlinesTheatre, New York City, 2004
Psychos Never Dream (staged reading), Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, 2005
Also appeared in Fun, The Love Talker, and Mud.
Stage Work
Costume designer, A Candle in the Window, 1995
Director of Halcyon Days, Machine Full, WorkHouse Theatre; also director of Collateral Damage.
RECORDINGS
Videos
The Making of "The Haunting," 1999
Audio Books
Reader, Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen, Random Audio, 1998
Reader, The Princess Tales, by Gail Carson Levine, Harper Children's Audio, 2002
WRITINGS
(Coauthor) Girls Town, October Films, 1996

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, December 9, 1994, p. 47; October 18, 1996, p. 16; November-December, 1997, p. 54
Interview, January, 1999, p. 44
Ms., September-October, 1996, pp. 76-77
Premiere, November, 1996, pp. 86-87

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