Taylor Schilling
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Taylor Schilling is an American actress.
She is the daughter of Robert Schilling, a prosecutor, and Tish Schilling. She grew up in West Roxbury
and Wayland
, splitting time between her parents, who are divorced.
She graduated from Fordham University
in 2006 with a bachelor of arts
in acting. She then entered the graduate program at New York University to continue her acting studies, but left after her 2nd year.
Schilling starred in NBC's 2009 drama Mercy
, where she played the lead character, Nurse Veronica Callahan, who was an Iraq war veteran. Schilling read for the part via video tape from New York City. Liz Heldens, the executive producer, and her husband were so impressed by Schilling's performance that they flew her out to Los Angeles to audition for the role. In Heldens' words "she just blew the doors off the audition".
Schilling won the Emerson College Playwright's Festival Outstanding Performance Award.
Schilling portrayed Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged
, the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand
's novel of the same name
.
Schilling also recently played the female lead opposite Zac Efron
in The Lucky One
, the film is based on the Nicholas Sparks
novel of the same name
.
She is the daughter of Robert Schilling, a prosecutor, and Tish Schilling. She grew up in West Roxbury
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston bordered by Roslindale to the north, the Town of Dedham to the east and south, the Town of Brookline and the City of Newton to the west. Many people mistakenly confuse West Roxbury with Roxbury, but the two are not connected. West Roxbury is separated from...
and Wayland
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,994 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.-History:...
, splitting time between her parents, who are divorced.
She graduated from Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
in 2006 with a bachelor of arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in acting. She then entered the graduate program at New York University to continue her acting studies, but left after her 2nd year.
Schilling starred in NBC's 2009 drama Mercy
Mercy (TV series)
Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
, where she played the lead character, Nurse Veronica Callahan, who was an Iraq war veteran. Schilling read for the part via video tape from New York City. Liz Heldens, the executive producer, and her husband were so impressed by Schilling's performance that they flew her out to Los Angeles to audition for the role. In Heldens' words "she just blew the doors off the audition".
Schilling won the Emerson College Playwright's Festival Outstanding Performance Award.
Schilling portrayed Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged (film)
Atlas Shrugged: Part I is a 2011 American film adaptation of part of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, intended as the first film of a trilogy encompassing the entire book. After various treatments and proposals floundered for nearly 40 years, investor John Aglialoro initiated production in...
, the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
's novel of the same name
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
.
Schilling also recently played the female lead opposite Zac Efron
Zac Efron
Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray...
in The Lucky One
The Lucky One (film)
The Lucky One is the film adaption of Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name. Film stars Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner in lead roles and is directed by Scott Hicks...
, the film is based on the Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks (author)
Nicholas Charles Sparks is an internationally-bestselling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 16 published novels, with thematic ideas that include cancer, death and love. Six have been adapted to film, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe,...
novel of the same name
The Lucky One (novel)
The Lucky One is a novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks, released on September 30, 2008. The story revolves around a US Marine named Logan Thibault who finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the sands of Iraq during his third tour of duty...
.
Filmography
- Dark MatterDark Matter (film)Dark Matter is the first feature film by opera director Chen Shi-zheng, starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. It won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival....
(2007) as Jackie / Anne Marie - MercyMercy (TV series)Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
(2009–2010) as Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan - Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) as Dagny Taggart
- The Lucky OneThe Lucky One (film)The Lucky One is the film adaption of Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name. Film stars Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner in lead roles and is directed by Scott Hicks...
(2012) as Beth Clayton - ArgoArgo (2012 film)Argo is an upcoming historical drama film about the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Filming began in September of 2011, and it is scheduled to be released in 2012.-Premise:...
(2012) as Christine Mendez