
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 (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).
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Acting History
2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Mags Flanagan
2025The Gettysburg Address as Emily Souder (voice)
2025The Conjuring: Last Rites as Caroline Perron
2025Fear Street: Prom Queen as VP Dolores Brekenridge
2024Manhunt as Mary Todd Lincoln
2024The Many Miracles of Household Saints as Self
2023Poker Face as SAC Darville
2022There There
2022Outer Range as Cecilia Abbott
2021The Winter House as Eileen
2021The Evening Hour as Ruby Freeman
2021Paper Spiders as Dawn
2020Perry Mason as Birdy McKeegan
2020Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2019Eli as Dr. Isabella Horn
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018The Nun as Carolyn Perron
2018Talking with the Vampires
2017Leatherface as Verna Sawyer
2017To the Bone as Judy
2016The Memory of Fish as Narrator (voice)
2016After Adderall as Lili
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Mary Cooper
2015A Woman Like Me as Anna Seashell
2015American Crime as Nancy Straumberg
2015American Crime as Anne Blaine
2015American Crime as Clair Coates
2014Gotham as Patti
2013Almost Human as Maldonado
2013Blood Ties as Marie
2013The Conjuring as Carolyn Perron
2013Love, Marilyn as Self
2013Hemlock Grove as Lynda Rumancek
2013The Cold Lands as Nicole
2012Future Weather as Ms. Markovi
2012The Courier as Mrs. Capo
2012Being Flynn as Joy
2012About Cherry as Phyllis
2011Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011The Pier as Grace Ross
2010Brooklyn's Finest as Angela Procida
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009The Good Wife as Donna Seabrook
2009Public Enemies as Sheriff Lillian Holley
2008The Promotion as Lori Wehlner
2007Starting Out in the Evening as Ariel Schiller
2007The Secret as Hannah Marris
20079-11/9-11 as Julia
2007State of Mind as Ann Bellowes, MD
2006Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self
2005Six Feet Under: In Memoriam as Herself
2005The Notorious Bettie Page as Paula Klaw
2005The Ballad of Greenwich Village as Narrator (voice)
2005Factotum as Jan
2003Casa de los Babys as Leslie
2003Penguins Behind Bars as Doris Fairfeather
2002Live from Baghdad as Judy Parker
2002The Weather Underground as Narrator (voice)
2001Six Feet Under as Lisa Kimmel Fisher
2001Anne Frank: The Whole Story as Miep Gies
2001Gaudi Afternoon as Ben
2001Julie Johnson as Julie Johnson
2000Deadline as Hildy Baker
2000High Fidelity as Sarah Kendrew
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martha Thornhill
1999The Haunting as Nell
1999A Slipping Down Life as Evie Decker
1998The Impostors as Lily 'Lil'
1998Pecker as Rorey Wheeler
1998All Revved Up as Rachel
1998Letters Not About Love as Lyn Hejinian (voice)
1997Kicked in the Head as Happy
1997EP Daily
1997Subway Stories as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")
1996Ransom as Maris
1996Killer: A Journal of Murder as Woman in Speakeasy
1996Girls Town as Patti
1996Illtown as Micky
1996I Shot Andy Warhol as Valerie Jean Solanas
1996Things I Never Told You as Ann
1995Four Rooms as Raven
1995The Addiction as Kathleen Conklin
1995Cold Fever as Jill
1994Prêt-à-Porter as Fiona Ulrich
1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Edna Ferber
1994Touch Base as Darcy Winningham
1993Short Cuts as Honey Bush
1993Rudy as Sherry
1993Household Saints as Teresa Santangelo
1993The X-Files as Marty Glenn
1993Watch It as Brenda
1993Arizona Dream as Grace Stalker
1992Mad About You as Arley
1991Dogfight as Rose Fenny
1990Bright Angel as Lucy
1990Family of Spies as Laura Walker
1990Sensibility and Sense as Younger Marianne
1989Born on the Fourth of July as Jamie Wilson
1989Say Anything... as Corey Flood
1988Mystic Pizza as JoJo
1988She's Having a Baby as Girl at Medical Lab
1987Night of Courage as Marina
1986Crime Story as Waitress
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—Prison Break as Carole Mullen









