Lili Taylor
Born: 1967-02-20 in Glencoe, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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 (1996), and Pecker (1998). Taylor is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. 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), High Fidelity (2000), Public Enemies (2009), The Conjuring (2013), and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). Other credits include The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), To the Bone (2017), and Paper Spiders (2020). Outside of film, Taylor has appeared in an array of television series. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress award for portraying Anne Blaine on American Crime (2015–2017). She received two more Emmy nominations for her guest role as Marty Glenn on The X-Files (1998) episode "Mind's Eye" and for her recurring role as 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).
Filmography
2026
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Mags Flanagan
2025
- The Conjuring: Last Rites as Caroline Perron
- Fear Street: Prom Queen as VP Dolores Brekenridge
- The Gettysburg Address as Emily Souder (voice)
2024
- Manhunt as Mary Todd Lincoln
- The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self
2023
- Poker Face as SAC Darville
2022
- Outer Range as Cecilia Abbott
- There There
2021
- Paper Spiders as Dawn
- The Evening Hour as Ruby Freeman
- The Winter House as Eileen
2020
- Perry Mason as Birdy McKeegan
- Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Eli as Dr. Isabella Horn
2018
- The Nun as Carolyn Perron
- Talking with the Vampires
2017
- To the Bone as Judy
- Leatherface as Verna Sawyer
2016
- The Memory of Fish as Narrator (voice)
- After Adderall as Lili
2015
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Mary Cooper
- American Crime as Nancy Straumberg
- A Woman Like Me as Anna Seashell
2013
- The Conjuring as Carolyn Perron
- Hemlock Grove as Lynda Rumancek
- Love, Marilyn as Self
- Blood Ties as Marie
- Almost Human as Maldonado
- The Cold Lands as Nicole
2012
- About Cherry as Phyllis
- Future Weather as Ms. Markovi
- Being Flynn as Joy
- The Courier as Mrs. Capo
2011
- Portraits in Dramatic Time
- The Pier as Grace Ross
2010
- Brooklyn's Finest as Angela Procida
2009
- The Good Wife as Donna Seabrook
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- Public Enemies as Sheriff Lillian Holley
2008
- The Promotion as Lori Wehlner
2007
- Starting Out in the Evening as Ariel Schiller
- The Secret as Hannah Marris
- 9-11/9-11 as Julia
- State of Mind as Ann Bellowes, MD
2005
- The Notorious Bettie Page as Paula Klaw
- Six Feet Under: In Memoriam as Herself
- Factotum as Jan
- The Ballad of Greenwich Village as Narrator (voice)
2003
- Casa de los Babys as Leslie
- Penguins Behind Bars as Doris Fairfeather
2002
- Live from Baghdad as Judy Parker
- The Weather Underground as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Six Feet Under as Lisa Kimmel Fisher
- Gaudi Afternoon as Ben
- Julie Johnson as Julie Johnson
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story as Miep Gies
2000
- Deadline as Hildy Baker
- High Fidelity as Sarah Kendrew
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martha Thornhill
- Farscape ... (Writer)
- The Haunting as Nell
- A Slipping Down Life as Evie Decker
1998
- The Impostors as Lily 'Lil'
- All Revved Up as Rachel
- Pecker as Rorey Wheeler
- Letters Not About Love as Lyn Hejinian (voice)
1997
- Subway Stories as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")
- Kicked in the Head as Happy
- EP Daily
1996
- Ransom as Maris
- Killer: A Journal of Murder as Woman in Speakeasy
- Girls Town as Patti
- I Shot Andy Warhol as Valerie Jean Solanas
- Things I Never Told You as Ann
- Illtown as Micky
1995
- Four Rooms as Raven
- The Addiction as Kathleen Conklin
- Cold Fever as Jill
1994
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Edna Ferber
- Prêt-à-Porter as Fiona Ulrich
- Touch Base as Darcy Winningham
1993
- The X-Files as Marty Glenn
- Arizona Dream as Grace Stalker
- Short Cuts as Honey Bush
- Household Saints as Teresa Santangelo
- Rudy as Sherry
- Watch It as Brenda
1992
- Mad About You as Arley
1991
- Dogfight as Rose Fenny
1990
- Bright Angel as Lucy
- Sensibility and Sense as Younger Marianne
- Family of Spies as Laura Walker
1989
- Born on the Fourth of July as Jamie Wilson
- Say Anything... as Corey Flood
1988
- Mystic Pizza as JoJo
- She's Having a Baby as Girl at Medical Lab
1987
- Night of Courage as Marina
1986
- Crime Story as Waitress