Taylor Schilling
| Taylor Schilling | |
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 Schilling at PaleyFest 2014, representing Orange Is the New Black | |
| Born | (1984-07-27) July 27, 1984 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Fordham University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–present), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama Dark Matter. Schilling also starred in the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy (2009–10). Her other films include Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012), the comedy Take Me (2017) and the science fiction thriller The Titan (2018).
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Early life and education
Schilling was born on July 27, 1984 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] She is the daughter of Patricia (née Miller), an MIT administrator, and Robert J. Schilling, a former prosecutor.[1] She grew up in West Roxbury and Wayland, splitting time between her divorced parents.[3] A fan of the NBC medical drama ER during her youth, she began acting at a young age. She became active in her middle school's theatre program when she appeared in a stage production of Fiddler on the Roof.[4]
After graduating from Wayland High School in 2002,[5] Schilling attended Fordham University's campus at Lincoln Center, where she continued to take part in stage productions before earning her Bachelor of Arts in 2006. She then entered the graduate program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to continue her acting studies but left after her second year to start auditioning.[3][6] While attempting to break into acting, she supported herself by working as a nanny for a Manhattan-based family.[7]
Career
Schilling won the Emerson College Playwright's Festival Outstanding Performance Award.[6] She made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the independent film Dark Matter (2007). In 2009, she starred in the NBC medical drama Mercy, as a tough Iraq War veteran and former military nurse-turned-medical practitioner. Reading for the part via videotape from New York City, Schilling impressed the show's creator and executive producer, Liz Heldens, who then flew her out to Los Angeles to audition for the role. Mercy ran for one season from September 2009 to May 2010.[8]
Schilling portrayed Dagny Taggart in the film Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011),[9] and co-starred with Zac Efron in the romantic drama film The Lucky One (2012). She currently stars as Piper Chapman in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, based on the Piper Kerman memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. The show premiered on July 11, 2013.[10] For her work on the show, Schilling was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama[11] and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014.[12]
Personal life
Regarding her sexuality, Schilling stated: "I’ve had very serious relationships with lots of people, and I’m a very expansive human. There’s no part of me that can be put under a label. I really don’t fit into a box — that’s too reductive … I’ve had a lot of love, and I don’t have any qualms about where it comes from."[13]
Schilling practices Transcendental Meditation.[14]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dark Matter | Jackie | |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Dagny Taggart | |
| 2012 | The Lucky One | Beth Green | |
| 2012 | Argo | Christine Mendez | |
| 2013 | Stay | Abbey | |
| 2015 | The Overnight | Emily | |
| 2017 | Take Me | Anna St. Blair | |
| 2018 | The Public | Angela | |
| 2018 | The Philosophy of Phil | Sam | Post-production |
| 2018 | The Titan | Dr. Abigail Janssen | |
| TBA | Family[15] | Kate |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Mercy | Veronica Flanagan Callahan | 22 episodes |
| 2013–present | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman | 77 episodes |
| 2016 | Drunk History | Emily Warren Roebling | Episode: "Landmarks" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Liplock (with Zac Efron) | The Lucky One | Nominated | |
Choice Movie Actress: Romance | Nominated | ||||
Hollywood Film Festival | Best Cast | Argo | Won | ||
| 2013 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Orange Is the New Black | Won | |
Best Cast – Television Series | Won | ||||
Webby Awards | Best Actress | Won | |||
| 2014 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Nominated | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | |||
| 2016 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Won | ||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | |||
| 2017 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Premium Series Actress | Nominated | [16] | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Won | [17] | ||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | |||
| 2018 | Nominated |
References
^ ab Longsdorf, Amy (April 15, 2015). "Taylor Schilling is truly 'The Lucky One'". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 22, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Messer, Lesley (July 28, 2014). "Inside 'Orange Is the New Black' Star Taylor Schilling's Birthday Party". ABC News. Retrieved July 13, 2015 – via Good Morning America.
^ ab Curt Brown (May 6, 2009). "Mercy! Daughter of New Bedford lawyer lands lead role in NBC drama". SouthCoastToday.com. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
^ "Taylor Schilling Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
^ "A Taylor-made career for Wayland 'Lucky One' star". The MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
^ ab "Mercy: Cast Bios: Taylor Schilling". NBC. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
^ "Taylor Schilling on Chelsea Lately: I Don't Know If I'm "Ready to Have Kids"". E!. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
^ "Taylor Schilling and Liz Heldens Talk Mercy". Movie Web. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
^ McNary, Dave (June 14, 2010). "Cameras roll on 'Atlas'". Variety. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 30, 2012). "Taylor Schilling To Star In Jenji Kohan's Netflix Series 'Orange Is The New Black'". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
^ "Taylor Schilling 1 Nomination". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
^ "66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners". Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
^ Mulkerrins, Jane (May 25, 2017). "Taylor Schilling on body politics, sexuality and her issue with celebrity". London Evening Standard. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
^ Greener, Emily (May 13, 2016). ""Awkward Giraffe with Glasses": That's How Taylor Schilling Describes Herself Growing Up". InStyle. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 9, 2018). "Taylor Schilling In 'Family': When Your Teen Niece Isn't Hooked On Drugs, But Juggalos – SXSW".
^ "People's Choice Awards 2017: Full List Of Nominees". People's Choice. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
^ Kilday, Gregg (November 29, 2016). "Satellite Awards Nominees Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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