1. Taylor Jane Schilling was born on July 27,1984 and is an American actress.
23 Facts About Taylor Schilling
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Taylor Schilling made her film debut in the 2007 drama Dark Matter.
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Taylor Schilling starred as Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy.
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Taylor Schilling grew up in West Roxbury and Wayland, dividing her time between her divorced parents.
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Taylor Schilling became active in her middle school's theatre program when she appeared in their production of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Taylor Schilling entered the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to continue her acting studies, but left after her second year.
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Taylor Schilling won the Emerson College Playwright's Festival Outstanding Performance Award.
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Taylor Schilling made her feature-film debut with a supporting role in the independent film Dark Matter.
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In 2012, Taylor Schilling starred alongside Zac Efron in the romantic drama film, The Lucky One based on Nicholas Sparks' 2008 novel of the same name.
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At the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, Taylor Schilling received nomination for Choice Movie Actress: Romance.
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In 2013, Taylor Schilling began starring as Piper Chapman in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black based on Piper Kerman, author of the non-fiction book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.
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Taylor Schilling played the lead in the 2013 Canadian romantic drama film, Stay directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld.
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Also in 2015, Taylor Schilling made her off-Broadway debut starring in play A Month in the Country.
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Taylor Schilling made a guest starring appearance in an episode of Drunk History in 2016.
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In 2017, Taylor Schilling starred in the comedy film Take Me directed by Pat Healy, and appeared in the comedy-drama Phil by Greg Kinnear.
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Taylor Schilling starred alongside Emilio Estevez in the drama film, The Public, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Taylor Schilling starred alongside Sam Worthington in the science fiction thriller film The Titan, and played the leading role in the comedy film Family, both released in 2018.
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In 2019, Taylor Schilling starred in the horror film The Prodigy.
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In 2020, Taylor Schilling starred in an episode of the horror-anthology series, Monsterland.
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Taylor Schilling starred in the horror-thriller film, Queen of Bones directed by Robert Budreau.
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In 2024, Taylor Schilling made her stage return playing the leading role in Second Stage Theater production of The Apiary.
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In 2020, Taylor Schilling revealed in an Instagram post that she was then dating Emily Ritz, a musical and visual artist.
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In 2023, Taylor Schilling confirmed in a podcast, Expanders with Jess Rona, that she and Ritz had broken up two years previously.