Personal life

Taylor, the fifth of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, to Marie (née Lecour) and George Park Taylor, an artist and hardware store operator. She grew up in a "warm family environment", and has described herself as being "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood. She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois in 1985. Thereafter, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University and the Piven Theatre Workshop. She introduced Louise Post and Nina Gordon, founding members of 1990s alternative band Veruca Salt, at a party in Chicago in 1993. She is married to writer Nick Flynn; they have one child. In 2013, she became a board member of the American Birding Association.

Career

Taylor has appeared in dozens of films since 1988, including Dogfight, Mystic Pizza, and Rudy. Her work has mostly been in independent films and theater. She played the role of Lisa Kimmel Fisher (mostly in the second and third seasons) in the HBO drama Six Feet Under for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. Taylor played supporting roles in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989). She starred in Dogfight (1991) directed by Nancy Savoca, in which she played an unattractive young woman who is taken to a cruel contest by a Marine (played by River Phoenix) under the pretense of a date. In 1993, she re-teamed with Savoca for Household Saints. Director Robert Altman hired Taylor in 1993 for his epic Los Angeles drama Short Cuts, in which Taylor shared scenes with Lily Tomlin. Taylor portrayed Valerie Solanas in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). The same year, she co-starred in Girls Town with Bruklin Harris and Aunjanue Ellis, where three inner-city friends dealt with a friend's suicide, and later in Ransom, as caterer who helps her corrupt policeman boyfriend kidnap a rich man's son.

In 1998 she appeared in the X-Files episode "Mind's Eye", and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The same year, she appeared in John Waters' film Pecker, alongside Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci and Mary Kay Place. In 1999, Taylor starred in Jan de Bont's remake of The Haunting. In 2001, Taylor appeared in the independent feature Julie Johnson. The film, co-starring Courtney Love, centered on a Long Island mother and housewife who leaves her husband to pursue her dream of studying science. In early 2004, Taylor made her New York City stage debut in Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon in the role of Lemon.

Taylor won the 2005 Best Actress award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival for her role in Factotum. In 2006, Taylor worked again with Mary Harron in The Notorious Bettie Page.

Taylor starred in the Lifetime cable network's hour-long comedy-drama series State of Mind, as a New Haven therapist dealing with a divorce and a parade of quirky clients. She played the daughter of Frank Langella's character in Andrew Wagner's 2007 drama Starting Out in the Evening. In the 2008 film The Promotion, Taylor played Lori Wehlner, the wife of John C. Reilly's character. In 2009, Taylor played Sheriff Lillian Holley of Lake County, Indiana, who incarcerates John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp), in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. In 2011, Fence Books released Taylor's audio recording of poet Ariana Reines' Save The World.

In 2015, Taylor co-starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Dr. Mary Cooper, "a doctor who helps Thomas and his fellow Gladers". Filming began at the end of October, and the movie was released on September 18, 2015.

Awards

In 2006, Taylor was honored with the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	She's Having a Baby	Girl at Medical Lab
1988	Mystic Pizza	Jojo Barbosa
1989	Say Anything...	Corey Flood
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Jamie Wilson - Georgia
1990	Bright Angel	Lucy	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1991	Dogfight	Rose
1993	Arizona Dream	Grace Stalker
1993	Watch It	Brenda
1993	Short Cuts	Honey Bush	Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble Cast Venice Film Festival: Best Ensemble Cast
1993	Household Saints	Teresa Carmela Santangelo	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1993	Rudy	Sherry
1994	Touch Base	Darcy Winningham	Short film
1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Edna Ferber
1994	Prêt-à-Porter	Fiona Ulrich	National Board of Review for Best Acting by an Ensemble
1995	Addiction, TheThe Addiction	Kathleen Conklin	Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema: Best Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1995	Cold Fever	Jill	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress
1995	Four Rooms	Raven	Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"
1995	Killer: A Journal of a Murder	Woman in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1996	Plain Pleasures
1996	Girls Town	Patti Lucci	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Valerie Solanas	Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actress Stockholm International Film Festival: Best Actress Sundance Film Festival: Special Recognition Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
1996	Cosas que nunca te dije	Ann	Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Best Actress
1996	Illtown	Micky
1996	Ransom	Maris Conner	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress—Suspense
1997	Kicked in the Head	Happy
1998	O.K. Garage	Rachel
1998	Impostors, TheThe Impostors	Lily 'Lil'
1998	Come to	Angela	Short film
1998	Pecker	Rorey Wheeler
1999	Slipping-Down Life, AA Slipping-Down Life	Evie Decker	Indianapolis International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize Newport Beach Film Festival: Outstanding Achievement in Acting
1999	Haunting, TheThe Haunting	Nell Vance	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple
2000	High Fidelity	Sarah Kendrew
2001	Julie Johnson	Julie Johnson
2001	Gaudi Afternoon	Ben
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Miep Gies
2003	Casa de los Babys	Leslie
2005	Factotum	Jan	Copenhagen International Film Festival: Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	Notorious Bettie Page, TheThe Notorious Bettie Page	Paula Klaw
2007	Starting Out in the Evening	Ariel Schiller
2007	Secret, TheThe Secret	Hannah Marris
2008	Promotion, TheThe Promotion	Lori Wehlner
2009	Tired of Being Funny	Lee	Short film
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Angela	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2009	Public Enemies	Sheriff Lillian Holley
2011	Pier, TheThe Pier	Grace Ross
2012	About Cherry	Phyllis
2012	Being Flynn	Joy
2012	Courier, TheThe Courier	Mrs. Capo
2012	Future Weather	Ms. Markovi
2013	Cold Lands, TheThe Cold Lands	Nicole
2013	The Conjuring	Carolyn Perron	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	Blood Ties	Marie Pierzynski
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Dr. Mary Cooper
2016	Leatherface	Verna Sawyer	Post-Production
2017	Maze Runner: The Death Cure		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Crime Story	Waitress	Episode: "Hide and Go Thief"
1987	Night of Courage		TV movie
1990	Monsters	Woman	Episode: "Habitat"
1990	American Playhouse	Younger Marianne	Episode: "Sensibility and Sense"
1990	Family of Spies	Laura Walker	TV movie
1997	SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground	Belinda	TV movie
1997-1998	Mad About You	Arley	Episodes: "The Magic Pants" & "Nat & Arley"
1998	X-Files, TheThe X-Files	Marty Glenn	Episode: "Mind's Eye" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2000-2001	Deadline	Hildy Baker	13 episodes
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Miep Gies	TV miniseries
2002	Live from Baghdad	Judy Parker	TV movie
2002-2005	Six Feet Under	Lisa Kimmel Fisher	25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2003	Penguins Behind Bars	Doris Fairfeather (voice)	TV movie
2007	State of Mind	Ann Bellows, MD	8 episodes
2010	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Donna Seabrook	Episode: "Poisoned Pill"
2013-2014	Hemlock Grove	Lynda Rumancek	11 episodes
2013-2014	Almost Human	Captain Sandra Maldonado	13 episodes
2014	Gotham	Patti	Episode: "Selina Kyle"
2015	American Crime	Nancy Straumberg	6 episodes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Martha Thornhill	2 episodes
2016	American Crime	Anne Blaine	10 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Three Sisters	Irina
2001	Dead Eye Boy, TheThe Dead Eye Boy	Shirley-Diane	MCC Theater, New York
2006	Landscape of the Body	Betty	Peter Norton Space, New York
2009	Mourning Becomes Electra	Christine Mannon	Acorn Theater, New York
2014	The Library	Dawn Sheridan	Public Theater, New York

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