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'' at the age of eleven as Sharon Percy (Ballet Girl) and continued in the role for almost two years. She played the role of Paige Jennings in the FX television series ''

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'' for its entire run, for which she received a nomination for the

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in 2019. In addition, she portrays Angelina Meyer, one of the airplane survivors, in the

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science fiction series ''

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Early life

Taylor was born in

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, Canada, the daughter of Irish mother Margaret and Scottish father Mark. She has an older brother named Philip. After her family moved to New Jersey in early 2000, she was enrolled in a dance class at age three. About a year later, she surprised her parents by announcing that she was going to dance on Broadway when she grew up.

Career

By the time she was eleven years old, Taylor was dancing eight shows a week as a member of the cast of ''

'' at the

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in New York City. Taylor attended middle school in her hometown in New Jersey as much as the ''Billy Elliot'' schedule would allow and kept up her academics. She was invited to attend the Johns Hopkins program for Gifted and Talented Children, and the following year was invited to the International Student Exchange program for Gifted Children. ''Billy Elliot'' lasted 22 months. After that, she started looking into acting more, although she was so shy it was difficult at first. "But then, the more I started to do it, the more I came out of my shell and the more I enjoyed it", she said. She did an audition tape for the spy thriller television series ''

'' in Los Angeles and booked the show after having a chance to meet the producers in New York. In 2021, Taylor joined the third season of ''

'' as Angelina Meyer.

Personal life

Taylor has lived in

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, since she was two years old. She graduated from Wayne Hills High School in 2016. She studied graphic design at Kean University in Union, New Jersey and graduated in spring 2021 with Bachelor of Fine Arts.''TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean''
. Kean University News, 27 April 2021

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Holly Living people Actresses from New Jersey Actresses from Nova Scotia 21st-century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses People from Middleton, Nova Scotia People from Wayne, New Jersey Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship American people of Irish descent American people of Scottish descent American female dancers Canadian female dancers Wayne Hills High School alumni 1997 births