Holly Taylor is a Canadian actress raised in American. She is famous for being a part of the popular TV series The Americans for nearly 6 years playing the role of Paige Jennings. Holly will be seen in season 3 of the supernatural drama Manifest as Angelina.
Early life
Holly Taylor was on October 31, 1997, in Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada to Irish mother Margaret and Scottish father Mark. She has an older brother named Philip, who served as a US Marine and did two tours in Afghanistan. When Taylor was of 3 years of age, she got enrolled in dance classes, and exactly a year later she announced to her parents that she will be performing on Broadway when she grew up.
Her family moved to New Jersey when she was 4 years old and around 2009, dancing eight shows a week as a member of the cast of Billy Elliot at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. Taylor attended middle school and high school in New Jersey as she had to perform in New York and this way she was able to keep up with performances and academics. In 2016, she graduated from Wayne Hills High School in New Jersey. Later Taylor went to Kean University in New Jersey.
Holly Taylor Career
Holly Taylor initially wanted to train as a professional dancer and wanted to perform at the Broadway. She even became a member of the cast of Billy Elliot and performed for over 22 months in New York. Holly wanted to continue working as an actor and thus started to look for roles which she would be able to pull off. She finally auditioned for the American thriller series The Americans by sending her audition tape to Los Angeles. In 2013 she starred as Paige Jennings in the series which lasted till 2018. For her role, she was also nominated for various awards including at Critics’ Choice Television Awards as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Around the same time, she made her film debut as well by appearing in Love and Zombies as Allie, in Ashley as the young version of Ashley, and in 2016 as Dannan in The Otherworld.
Then Holly Taylor made an appearance in the medical drama series The Good Doctor as Maddie Glassman and in Bull as Chloe Newhouse, both of them were short roles. She was also seen playing the role of Delilah Covern in the drama-comedy series Heartstrings on Netflix. The same year Holly also played the role of Lina in the short film July and in 2018 she portrayed Claire in The Witch Files. In 2019, Holy was cast for the main role of Becca in the horror-thriller series The Unsettling, where a 16-year-old girl begins having strange experiences in her new foster home. The next year she worked in the horror-thriller film We Still Say Grace written and directed by Brad Helmick. Holly worked along with Bruce Davison for this project and the film was released in December 2020.
Holly Taylor Biography |
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Real Name | Holly Taylor |
Birth Date | 31 October 1997 |
Age (as of 2024) | 26 Years |
Birth Place | Middleton, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Profession | Actress |
Religion | Christianity |
Sun sign | Scorpio |
Physical Statistics |
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Height | in feet inches – 5’ 2” – in Centimetres – 157 cm |
Weight | in Kilograms – 49 kg – in Pounds – 108 lbs |
Hair Color | Light Brown |
Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Body Type | Slim |
Family |
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Father | Mark Taylor |
Mother | Margaret Taylor |
Sister | None |
Brother | Philip Taylor |
Qualification/Education |
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School | Wayne Hills High Schoool |
College | Kean University |
Relationship Status |
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Marital Status | in Relation |
Affair | Yes |
Is she a lesbian? | No |
Boyfriend | Phil Pawlak |
Personal life
The 26-year-old actress has been dating Phil Pawlak for more than 4 years according to her Instagram post, which she shared on the date of their 4th year of being together. Holly does share her pictures with Phil on her Instagram but other than that are no details of their private relationship. Taylor has been very professional when it comes to working in the industry, by far she has not been involved in any kind of controversies or rumors to sabotage her reputation.
Social media
Holly Taylor is a young actress and she is very much active on her social media accounts. She has 174k followers on her Instagram account under the username @holly_taylor and 26.5k followers on her official Twitter handle. Holly will be seen in the upcoming season of supernatural drama Manifest for the role of Angelina. Season 3 was set to release in 2020 but got delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Holly Taylor Net worth
As of 2021, Holly Taylor’s net worth is estimated to be around $4 million US Dollars. the actress’s major earnings are from being a professional actress and dancer since 2008. She has worked in a few of the notable television series and films of all time and has gained fame at a young age.
Trivia
- Holly Taylor is a Canadian-born American actress, raised in New Jersey.
- She is the recipient of Best Supporting Younger Actress in a Television Series at the Young Artist Awards for The Americans.
- She is a professional dancer who has been training since she was three years.
- Holly was invited to attend the Johns Hopkins program for Gifted and Talented Children.
- She is a cat person and even made an Instagram account for her cats with the username @taylorgangcats
- Taylor was part of the International Student Exchange Program for Gifted Children