Possessing a trademark smoky rasp and a beauty that Ms. magazine called "consequential, not cosmetic", Lili... (Learn more)
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Lili Taylor’s Milestones
| Studied acting at the Piven Theater Workshop | |
| Worked with famed Second City founder Del Close on the locally produced TV special "No Laughing Matter" | |
| 1984 | Professional stage debut in the Northlight Theatre production "Bing and Walker" |
| 1987 | TV debut, "Night of Courage" (ABC) |
| 1988 | First major NYC theater role, "What Did He See?" |
| 1988 | First major role as the ambivalent prospective bride in "Mystic Pizza" |
| 1988 | Screen debut, "She's Having a Baby" |
| 1989 | First film with actor John Cusack, "Say Anything"; cast also included Joan Cusack and Jeremy Piven |
| 1990 | Featured as the widow of a soldier accidentally killed by Tom Cruise's character in "Born on the Fourth of July" |
| 1991 | First film with director Nancy Savoca, "Dogfight" |
| 1992 | Acted in Emir Kusturica's "Arizona Dreaming" |
| 1993 | Acted in Off-Broadway production of "Aven'U Boys" |
| 1993 | Appeared in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" as Honey Bush, the wife of a cheating makeup artist |
| 1993 | Portrayed the hometown girl left behind by Sean Astin's "Rudy" |
| 1993 | Reteamed with Savoca for "Household Saints" |
| 1994 | Played writer Edna Ferber in Alan Rudolph's "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" |
| 1994 | Reteamed with Altman for "Ready to Wear/Pret-a-Porter," as a lesbian fashion photographer |
| 1995 | Designed the costumes for "A Candle in the Window," a stage play directed by Michael Imperioli |
| 1995 | Enjoyed a nice change-of-pace as the desperate, androgynous graduate student-vampire of Abel Ferrar's "The Addiction" |
| 1996 | Debut as screenwriter, "Girls Town"; also starred as a single mother trying to improve her lot |
| 1996 | Played Gary Sinise's girlfriend in Ron Howard's "Ransom"; first major role in a studio film |
| 1996 | Portrayed the titular character in Mary Harron's "I Shot Andy Warhol" |
| 1997 | Acted opposite then-boyfriend Michael Rapaport in "The Listeners," a segment of HBO's "Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground" |
| 1997 | Performed in Scott Elliott's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" playing the 20-year-old Irina alongside Amy Irving and Jeanne Tripplehorn |
| 1998 | Earned an Emmy nomination, guest-starring in the "Mind's Eye" episode of "The X-Files" (Fox) |
| 1998 | Was part of the ensemble of John Waters' "Pecker" playing a very savvy art gallery owner |
| 2000 | Had featured role on the NBC fall drama "Deadline" |
| 2000 | Portrayed a broken-hearted manic-depressive who dumped John Cusack in "High Fidelity" |
| 2001 | Cast as Miep Van Gies in "Anne Frank" (ABC) |
| 2001 | Played Ophelia to Jared Harris' "Hamlet" at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival |
| 2001 | Returned to the NYC stage in "The Dead Eye Boy" |
| 2002 - 2005 | Cast as Lisa, in the acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet Under" |
| 2002 | Co-starred with Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter in the HBO original movie "Live from Baghdad" |
| 2003 | Co-starred in "Gaudi Afternoon," directed by Susan Seidelman |
| 2006 | Cast in the HBO original film, "The Notorious Bettie Page" starring Gretchen Mol as the 1950's pin-up model |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Matt Dillon in "Factotum" a film based on the novel by cult author Charles Bukowski |
| 2007 | Cast as a therapist in Lifetime's hour-long comedy/drama "State of Mind" |
| 2007 | Played the daughter of Frank Langella's character in Andrew Wagner's "Starting Out in the Evening" |
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