Holly Taylor
Taylor in November 2015
Born1997 or 1998 (age 26–27)[1]
Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, dancer
Years active2008–present

Holly Taylor is a Canadian and American actress and dancer. She began her career in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot at the age of eleven as Sharon Percy (Ballet Girl) and continued in the role for almost two years. She played the role of Paige Jennings in the FX television series The Americans for its entire run, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. In addition, she portrays Angelina Meyer, one of the airplane survivors, in the NBC/Netflix science fiction series Manifest.

Career

By the time she was eleven years old, Taylor was dancing eight shows a week as a member of the cast of Billy Elliot at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.[2]

Taylor attended middle school in her hometown in New Jersey as much as the Billy Elliot schedule would allow and kept up her academics. She was invited to attend the Johns Hopkins program for Gifted and Talented Children, and the following year was invited to the International Student Exchange program for Gifted Children.[2]

Billy Elliot lasted 22 months. After that, she started looking into acting more, although she was so shy it was difficult at first. "But then, the more I started to do it, the more I came out of my shell and the more I enjoyed it", she said.[2]

She did an audition tape for the spy thriller television series The Americans in Los Angeles and booked the show after having a chance to meet the producers in New York.[2]

In 2021, Taylor joined the third season of Manifest as Angelina Meyer.[citation needed]

Personal life

Taylor has lived in Wayne, New Jersey, since she was two years old. She graduated from Wayne Hills High School in 2016.[1]

She studied graphic design at Kean University in Union, New Jersey[3] and graduated in spring 2021 with Bachelor of Fine Arts.[4]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Ashley Young Ashley
2014 Worst Friends Little Girl
2016 The Otherworld Dannan
2018 The Witch Files Claire
2020 We Still Say Grace Maggie
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Celebrity Nightmares Decoded Daughter unknown episode
2013–2018 The Americans Paige Jennings Main role
2018 The Good Doctor Maddie Glassman 2 episodes
2018 Bull Chloe Newhouse Episode: "A Higher Law"
2019 Heartstrings Delilah Covern Episode: "Down from Dover"[5]
2019 The Unsettling Becca Main role
2021–2023 Manifest Angelina Meyer Main role (seasons 3–4)[6]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2015 Saturn Awards Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series The Americans Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Supporting Younger Actress in a Television Series The Americans Won
2019 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Ung, Elisa (January 28, 2015). "Wayne teenager now a big part of The Americans". The Record. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015. As The Americans begins its third season tonight, the teenage character played by actress Holly Taylor will become a major focus of the FX drama. But at Wayne Hills High School, Taylor is no big deal – just a petite 17-year-old junior who juggles honors English, AP environmental science, psychology and art.... 'Those are definitely spy qualities,' the actress said in a recent interview in the rental apartment in Wayne where her family has lived since she was 2.
  2. ^ a b c d Brioux, Bill (February 20, 2014). "Holly Taylor, the all-Canadian American girl". The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ^ Silman, Anna. "Holly Taylor's American Dream". The Cut. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  4. ^ TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean Archived May 4, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. Kean University News, 27 April 2021
  5. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (February 11, 2019). "Sarah Shahi, Scandal's Bellamy Young, thirtysomething Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology". TVLine. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (September 22, 2020). "'Manifest': 'The Americans' Alumna Holly Taylor Joins NBC's Missing Plane Drama Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

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