Holly Taylor

Holly Taylor (born October 31, 1997) is a Canadian-born 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. She has also been cast in several television ads.

This article is about the actress. For the psychologist, see Holly A. Taylor.

Holly Taylor
Taylor in November 2015
Born (1997-10-31) October 31, 1997
Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
OccupationActress, dancer
Years active2008–present

Life and career

Taylor was born in Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada, on October 31, 1997, the daughter of Irish mother Margaret and Scottish father Mark. She has an older brother named Philip. After her family moved to New Jersey in early 2000, she was enrolled in a dance class at age three. About a year later, she surprised her parents by announcing that she was going to dance on Broadway when she grew up. 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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Taylor has lived in Wayne, New Jersey, since she was two years old. She graduated from Wayne Hills High School in 2016.[2]

She is a student at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.[3]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Love and Zombies Allie Short film
2012 The Cook Gretchen Short film
2013 Ashley Young Ashley
2014 Worst Friends Little Girl
2016 The Otherworld Dannan
2017 July Lina Short film
2018 The Witch Files Claire
2020 We Still Say Grace Maggie

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Celebrity Nightmares Decoded Daughter Television film
2013–18 The Americans Paige Jennings 72 episodes (of 75)
2018 The Good Doctor Maddie Glassman 2 episodes
2018 Bull Chloe Newhouse 1 episode
2019 Heartstrings Delilah Covern Episode: "Down from Dover"[4]
2019 The Unsettling Becca Main role, 8 episodes
2021 Manifest Angelina Series regular for Season 3[5]

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

References
  1. Brioux, Bill (February 20, 2014). "Holly Taylor, the all-Canadian American girl". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. Ung, Elisa. "Wayne teenager now a big part of The Americans", The Record, January 28, 2015. Accessed 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."
  3. Silman, Anna. "Holly Taylor's American Dream". The Cut. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  4. Iannucci, Rebecca (February 11, 2019). "Sarah Shahi, Scandal's Bellamy Young, thirtysomething Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology". TVLine.
  5. Petski, Denise (September 22, 2020). "'Manifest': 'The Americans' Alumna Holly Taylor Joins NBC's Missing Plane Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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