Lili Taylor facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lili Taylor
Taylor in 2013
Born	(1967-02-20) February 20, 1967 (age 58) Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	DePaul University (attended)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Nick Flynn ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	1

Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress. She became well-known for her roles in movies like Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989). Later, she became a key actress in independent films during the 1990s. Some of these films include Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints (1993), Short Cuts (1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), and Pecker (1998). Lili Taylor has been nominated for the Independent Spirit Award four times, winning once for Best Supporting Female.

Besides independent films, Taylor has also appeared in popular movies. These include Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Rudy (1993), Ransom (1996), The Haunting (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Public Enemies (2009), The Conjuring (2013), and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). Other films she has been in are Factotum (2005), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), To the Bone (2017), and Paper Spiders (2020).

Lili Taylor has also acted in many TV shows. She was nominated for a top award, the Primetime Emmy, for her role as Anne Blaine in the ABC show American Crime (2015–2017). She also received two other Emmy nominations for her guest role in The X-Files (1998) and her recurring role in HBO's Six Feet Under (2002–2005). On stage, Taylor has performed in Broadway plays like Three Sisters (1997) and Marvin's Room (2017).

Lili Taylor's Early Life

Lili Taylor was born on February 20, 1967, in Glencoe, Illinois. This is a suburb north of Chicago. She was the fifth of six children in her family. Her mother was an artist, and her father ran a hardware store. She grew up in a loving family home. Lili has said that she was always "a bit of a searcher" when she was a child.

She finished high school at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1985. After that, she studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University. She also attended the Piven Theatre Workshop.

Lili Taylor's Acting Career

Lili Taylor has acted in many films since 1988. These include Dogfight, Mystic Pizza, and Rudy. She has mostly worked in independent films and theater. She played Lisa Kimmel Fisher in the HBO drama Six Feet Under. For this role, she was nominated for an Emmy Award.

In 1991, Taylor starred in Dogfight. She played a young woman who goes to a cruel contest with a Marine. Many people praised her acting in this film. In 1993, she worked with director Robert Altman in the movie Short Cuts. She also played Valerie Solanas in the film I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). Valerie Solanas was known for trying to harm Andy Warhol.

In 1998, Lili Taylor appeared in an episode of The X-Files called "Mind's Eye". She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role. The same year, she was in John Waters' film Pecker. In 1999, Taylor starred in The Haunting.

In 2005, Taylor won the Best Actress award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. This was for her role in the movie Factotum. She also worked with director Mary Harron again in The Notorious Bettie Page (2006). In 2009, Taylor played Sheriff Lillian Holley in the movie Public Enemies. This film was about the famous criminal John Dillinger. In 2013, Taylor starred in the popular horror movie The Conjuring.

In 2014, Taylor acted in an off-Broadway play called The Library. The next year, she was in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. She played Dr. Mary Cooper, a doctor who helps the main characters. In 2020, Taylor starred in Paper Spiders.

Lili Taylor is set to appear in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping in November 2026. She will also be in the second season of Daredevil: Born Again. In this show, she will play the Governor of New York.

Lili Taylor's Personal Life

In 2009, Lili Taylor married writer Nick Flynn. They have a daughter named Maeve, who was born around 2008.

Taylor is very active in helping with conservation. She cares a lot about birds. She is on the boards of the American Birding Association and National Audubon Society. She also wrote a book of essays called Turning to Birds, The Power and Beauty of Noticing. This book was published in 2025.

Lili Taylor also helped connect Louise Post and Nina Gordon. They later formed the 1990s alternative band Veruca Salt.

Lili Taylor's Awards and Recognition

Lili Taylor has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award three times. She is also known for her work in independent films. She has been nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards. She won the award for Best Supporting Female for her role in Household Saints (1993).

She was also nominated for Best Female Lead for Bright Angel (1990) and The Addiction (1995). She received another nomination for Best Supporting Female for Girls Town (1996). In 1996, she received a special award from the Sundance Film Festival. This was for her performance in I Shot Andy Warhol. Ten years later, in 2006, she received the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

Lili Taylor's Film Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	She's Having a Baby	Lab Technician O. Palmer
	Mystic Pizza	Josephina "Jojo" Barbosa
1989	Say Anything...	Corey Flood
	Born on the Fourth of July	Jamie Wilson – Georgia
1990	Bright Angel	Lucy	Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award
1991	Dogfight	Rose
1993	Arizona Dream	Grace Stalker
	Watch It	Brenda
	Short Cuts	Honey Bush	Won a Golden Globe Special Ensemble Cast Award
	Household Saints	Teresa Carmela Santangelo	Won an Independent Spirit Award
	Rudy	Sherry
1994	Touch Base	Darcy Winningham	Short film
	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Edna Ferber
	Prêt-à-Porter	Fiona Ulrich
1995	Addiction, TheThe Addiction	Kathleen Conklin	Won Best Actress awards
	Cold Fever	Jill	Won Best Actress at Seattle International Film Festival
	Four Rooms	Raven	Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"
	Killer: A Journal of a Murder	Woman In Speakeasy (uncredited)
1996	Plain Pleasures	Unknown	Short film
	Girls Town	Patti Lucci	Won Best Actress at Seattle International Film Festival
	I Shot Andy Warhol	Valerie Solanas	Won Best Actress awards and Special Recognition at Sundance
	Cosas que nunca te dije	Ann	Won Best Actress at Thessaloniki Film Festival
	Illtown	Micky
	Ransom	Maris Conner
1997	Kicked in the Head	'Happy'
1998	OK Garage	Rachel
	Impostors, TheThe Impostors	Lily 'Lil'
	Come to	Angela	Short film
	Pecker	Rorey Wheeler
1999	Slipping-Down Life, AA Slipping-Down Life	Evie Decker	Won Special Jury Prize
	Haunting, TheThe Haunting	Nell Vance
2000	High Fidelity	Sarah Kendrew
2001	Julie Johnson	Julie Johnson
	Gaudi Afternoon	Ben
2003	Casa de los Babys	Leslie
2005	Factotum	Jan	Won Best Actress at Copenhagen Film Festival
	Notorious Bettie Page, TheThe Notorious Bettie Page	Paula Klaw
2007	Starting Out in the Evening	Ariel Schiller
	Secret, TheThe Secret	Hannah Marris
2008	Promotion, TheThe Promotion	Lori Wehlner
2009	Tired of Being Funny	Lee	Short film
	Brooklyn's Finest	Angela Procida
	Public Enemies	Sheriff Lillian Holley
2011	The Pier	Grace Ross
2012	About Cherry	Phyllis
	Being Flynn	Joy
	Courier, TheThe Courier	Mrs. Capo
	Future Weather	Ms. Markovi
2013	Cold Lands, TheThe Cold Lands	Nicole
	The Conjuring	Carolyn Perron	Won Best Supporting Actress awards
	Blood Ties	Marie Pierzynski
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Dr. Mary Cooper
	A Woman Like Me	Anna Seashell
2017	To the Bone	Judy
	Leatherface	Verna Sawyer-Carson
2019	Eli	Dr. Isabella Horn
2020	The Evening Hour	Ruby Freeman
	Paper Spiders	Dawn
2021	The Winter House	Eileen
2022	Yield	Celia	Short film
2022	There There	One Night Stand
2025	Fear Street: Prom Queen	VP Dolores Brekenridge
	The Gettysburg Address	Emily Souder (voice)	Post-production
2026	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping	Mags Flanagan	Pre-production

Lili Taylor's Television Roles

Lili Taylor's Stage Performances

See also

In Spanish: Lili Taylor para niños