Holland Taylor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-01-14 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holland Taylor
Biography
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003). For her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15), she received a total of four Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Taylor's other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–82), The Powers That Be (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–98). She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children (1981–83), as Peggy Peabody on The L Word (2004–08), and as Ida Silver on Mr. Mercedes (2017–19). In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood.
Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020).
Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann, based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
Motherland
as Toni
(2023)
Quiz Lady
as Francine
(2021)
Adele One Night Only
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as The Great Leader
(2020)
The Stand In
as Barbara Cox
(2019)
Bombshell
as Faye (uncredited)
(2019)
Gloria Bell
as Hillary Bell
(2018)
Ann
as Ann Richards
(2016)
Electric City
as Voice Actor (voice)
(2016)
Kepler's Dream
as Violet von Stern
(2016)
(2011)
Twinkle Toes
as Principal Garfield (voice)
(2010)
The Chosen One
as Ruth
(2008)
Baby Mama
as Rose
(2007)
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
as Prudence (voice)
(2005)
The Wedding Date
as Bunny
(2004)
D.E.B.S.
as Ms. Petrie
(2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Grandmother
(2002)
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
as Prudence (voice)
(2002)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Grandmother
(2002)
Home Room
as Dr. Hollander
(2002)
(2001)
Legally Blonde
as Professor Stromwell
(2001)
Town & Country
as Mistress of Ceremonies
(2001)
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Nancy Reagan
(2000)
Keeping the Faith
as Bonnie Rose
(2000)
Happy Accidents
as Therapist
(2000)
The Spiral Staircase
as Emma
(2000)
The Deadly Look of Love
as Evelyn McGinnis
(2000)
Mail to the Chief
as Katherine Horner
(1999)
The Sex Monster
as Muriel
(1998)
The Truman Show
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
(1998)
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
as Alanis Montclair
(1998)
Next Stop Wonderland
as Piper Castleton
(1998)
The Unknown Cyclist
as Celia (uncredited)
(1997)
George of the Jungle
as Beatrice Stanhope
(1997)
Just Write
as Emma Jeffreys
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1997)
Betty
as Crystal Ball
(1996)
One Fine Day
as Rita
(1995)
To Die For
as Carol Stone
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Mrs. Rubens
(1995)
A Walton Wedding
as Aunt Flo
(1995)
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Davis Mora Axelrod
(1995)
(1995)
Steal Big Steal Little
as Mona Rowland-Downey
(1995)
Awake to Danger
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
(1994)
The Favor
as Maggie Sand
(1994)
Betrayal of Trust
as Mary Shelton
(1994)
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
as Florence Newsom
(1994)
The Counterfeit Contessa
as Wallace Everett
(1993)
Cop & ½
as Captain Rubio
(1993)
With Hostile Intent
as Lois Baxter
(1991)
The Rape of Doctor Willis
as Dr. Greenway
(1990)
Alice
as Helen
(1990)
People Like Us
as Dolly
(1988)
She's Having a Baby
as Sarah Briggs
(1987)
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as Ernestine King
(1987)
The Saint in Manhattan
as Fran Grogan
(1985)
The Jewel of the Nile
as Gloria
(1985)
Perry Mason Returns
as Paula Gordon
(1985)
Key Exchange
as Mrs. Fanshaw
(1984)
Romancing the Stone
as Gloria
(1982)
I Was a Mail Order Bride
as Dottie Birmingham
(1982)
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
as Frances Shand Kydd
(1981)
My Mother Was Never a Kid
as Felicia Martin
(1980)
Fame
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
(1979)
The Sorrows of Gin
as Beverly Trencher
(1979)
O Youth and Beauty!
as Beverly Trencher
(1976)
The Next Man
as TV Interviewer
(1969)
J.T.
as Mrs. Arnold
Crew
(2024)
(2018)
Ann
Writer