
Lili Taylor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1967-02-20 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Glencoe, Illinois, USA
Lili Taylor
Biography
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989) before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema through starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol, Girls Town (both 1996), Pecker (1998), and A Slipping-Down Life (1999). Taylor is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. Her other accolades include one Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Alongside her work on smaller-scale projects, Taylor has encountered mainstream success with parts in films such as Born on the Fourth of July(1989), Rudy (1993), Ransom (1996), The Haunting (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Brooklyn's Finest, Public Enemies (both 2009), The Conjuring (2013), and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). Other credits include The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), Starting Out in the Evening (2007), The Promotion (2008), Being Flynn (2012), To the Bone, Leatherface (both 2017), Eli (2019), and Paper Spiders (2020).
Outside film, Taylor has appeared in television series such as Almost Human (2013–2014), Hemlock Grove (2013–2014), and Outer Range (2022-2024). For her portrayal of Anne Blaine on three seasons of American Crime (2015–2017), she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress. She received two Emmy nominations for her roles as Marty Glenn on The X-Files (1998) and Lisa Kimmel on Six Feet Under (2002–2005). Taylor's stage credits include Broadway productions of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Scott McPherson's Marvin's Room (2017). She is married to playwright Nick Flynn, with whom she has a daughter.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as Emily Souder (voice)
(2024)
(2022)
(2021)
Paper Spiders
as Dawn
(2021)
The Evening Hour
as Ruby Freeman
(2021)
The Winter House
as Eileen
(2020)
(2019)
Eli
as Dr. Isabella Horn
(2018)
The Nun
as Carolyn Perron
(2018)
(2017)
Leatherface
as Verna Sawyer
(2017)
To the Bone
as Judy
(2016)
After Adderall
as Lili
(2016)
The Memory of Fish
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Mary Cooper
(2015)
A Woman Like Me
as Anna Seashell
(2013)
The Conjuring
as Carolyn Perron
(2013)
Blood Ties
as Marie
(2013)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
(2013)
The Cold Lands
as Nicole
(2012)
About Cherry
as Phyllis
(2012)
The Courier
as Mrs. Capo
(2012)
Being Flynn
as Joy
(2012)
Future Weather
as Ms. Markovi
(2011)
The Pier
as Grace Ross
(2011)
(2010)
Brooklyn's Finest
as Angela Procida
(2009)
Public Enemies
as Sheriff Lillian Holley
(2008)
The Promotion
as Lori Wehlner
(2007)
The Secret
as Hannah Marris
(2007)
Starting Out in the Evening
as Ariel Schiller
(2007)
9-11/9-11
as Julia
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Paula Klaw
(2005)
Factotum
as Jan
(2005)
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
as Herself
(2003)
Casa de los Babys
as Leslie
(2003)
Penguins Behind Bars
as Doris Fairfeather
(2002)
Live from Baghdad
as Judy Parker
(2002)
The Weather Underground
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Gaudi Afternoon
as Ben
(2001)
Julie Johnson
as Julie Johnson
(2000)
High Fidelity
as Sarah Kendrew
(1999)
The Haunting
as Nell
(1999)
A Slipping Down Life
as Evie Decker
(1998)
The Impostors
as Lily 'Lil'
(1998)
Pecker
as Rorey Wheeler
(1998)
All Revved Up
as Rachel
(1998)
Letters Not About Love
as Lyn Hejinian (voice)
(1997)
Subway Stories
as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")
(1997)
Kicked in the Head
as Happy
(1996)
Ransom
as Maris
(1996)
Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Woman in Speakeasy
(1996)
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Valerie Jean Solanas
(1996)
Illtown
as Micky
(1996)
Girls Town
as Patti
(1996)
Things I Never Told You
as Ann
(1995)
Four Rooms
as Raven
(1995)
The Addiction
as Kathleen Conklin
(1995)
Cold Fever
as Jill
(1994)
Prêt-à-Porter
as Fiona Ulrich
(1994)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Edna Ferber
(1994)
Touch Base
as Darcy Winningham
(1993)
Rudy
as Sherry
(1993)
Arizona Dream
as Grace Stalker
(1993)
Short Cuts
as Honey Bush
(1993)
Household Saints
as Teresa Santangelo
(1993)
Watch It
as Brenda
(1991)
Dogfight
as Rose Fenny
(1990)
Bright Angel
as Lucy
(1990)
Sensibility and Sense
as Younger Marianne
(1989)
Born on the Fourth of July
as Jamie Wilson
(1989)
Say Anything...
as Corey Flood
(1988)
Mystic Pizza
as JoJo Barboza
(1988)
She's Having a Baby
as Girl at Medical Lab
(1987)
Night of Courage
as Marina
Crew
(2014)
Take Care
Thanks
(1996)
Girls Town
Writer