Biography
An acclaimed figure in American independent films of the 1990s, Lili Taylor worked with some of the best filmmakers of the genre and went on to align herself with quality cable series and films on HBO. Throughout her career, Taylor offered soulful performances of outsiders and complicated misfits in films including "Household Saints" (1993) and "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996), a fact-based biopic of a troubled would-be assassin. Taylor's …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Co-starred with Robert De Niro and Paul Dano in "Being Flynn," based on boyfriend Nick Flynn's book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir | |
2011 | Guest starred on CBS drama series "The Good Wife" | |
2009 | Portrayed the Indiana sheriff who incarcerates John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" | |
2007 | Starred as a psychiatrist on the short-lived drama series "State of Mind" (Lifetime) | |
2007 | Played the daughter of Frank Langella's character in Andrew Wagner's "Starting Out in the Evening" | |
2006 | Co-starred with Matt Dillon in "Factotum," a film based on the novel by cult author Charles Bukowski | |
2006 | Cast in the HBO original film "The Notorious Bettie Page," starring Gretchen Mol as the 1950s pin-up model | |
2003 | Co-starred in "Gaudi Afternoon," directed by Susan Seidelman | |
2002 | Co-starred with Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter in the HBO original movie "Live from Baghdad" | |
2002 | Landed recurring role on the acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet Under" | |
2001 | Played Ophelia to Jared Harris' "Hamlet" at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival | |
2001 | Returned to the NYC stage in "The Dead Eye Boy" | |
2001 | Cast as Miep Van Gies in "Anne Frank" (ABC) | |
2000 | Had featured role on the NBC fall drama "Deadline" | |
2000 | Portrayed a broken-hearted manic-depressive who dumped John Cusack in "High Fidelity" | |
1998 | Joined the ensemble of John Waters' "Pecker" as a very savvy art gallery owner | |
1998 | Earned an Emmy nomination for guest role on "Mind's Eye" episode of "The X-Files" (Fox) | |
1997 | Performed in Scott Elliott's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" playing the 20-year-old Irina alongside Amy Irving and Jeanne Tripplehorn | |
1997 | Acted opposite then-boyfriend Michael Rapaport in "The Listeners," a segment of HBO's "Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground" | |
1996 | Played Gary Sinise's girlfriend in Ron Howard's "Ransom"; first major role in a studio film | |
1996 | Portrayed the titular character in Mary Harron's "I Shot Andy Warhol" | |
1996 | Debut as screenwriter, "Girls Town"; also starred as a single mother trying to improve her lot | |
1995 | Enjoyed a nice change-of-pace as the desperate, androgynous graduate student-vampire of Abel Ferrar's "The Addiction" | |
1995 | Designed the costumes for "A Candle in the Window," a stage play directed by Michael Imperioli | |
1994 | Reteamed with Altman for "Ready to Wear/Pret-a-Porter," playing a lesbian fashion photographer | |
1994 | Played writer Edna Ferber in Alan Rudolph's "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" | |
1993 | Acted in off-Broadway production of "Aven'U Boys" | |
1993 | Portrayed the hometown girl left behind by Sean Astin's "Rudy" | |
1993 | Appeared in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" as Honey Bush, the wife of a cheating makeup artist | |
1993 | Reteamed with Savoca for "Household Saints" | |
1992 | Acted in Emir Kusturica's "Arizona Dreaming" | |
1991 | First film with director Nancy Savoca, "Dogfight" | |
1990 | Featured as the widow of a soldier accidentally killed by Tom Cruise's character in "Born on the Fourth of July" | |
1989 | First film with actor John Cusack, "Say Anything"; cast also included Joan Cusack and Jeremy Piven | |
1988 | First major role as the ambivalent prospective bride in "Mystic Pizza" | |
1988 | Screen debut, "She's Having a Baby" | |
1988 | First major NYC theater role, "What Did He See?" | |
1987 | TV debut, "Night of Courage" (ABC) | |
| Worked with famed Second City founder Del Close on the locally produced TV special "No Laughing Matter" | ||
1984 | Professional stage debut in the Northlight Theatre production "Bing and Walker" | |
| Studied acting at the Piven Theater Workshop in Evanston, IL | ||
Awards
2004 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in The X-Files |
1997 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Girls Town |
1996 | Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actress Gold Space Needle Award in Girls Town |
1996 | Sundance Film Festival for Special Jury Prize for Acting in I Shot Andy Warhol |
1996 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in The Addiction |
1994 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Household Saints |
1992 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in Bright Angel |