Taylor Schilling
Taylor Schilling
Taylor Schillingis an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. She made her film debut in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth27 July 1984
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.
I'm a tall woman. At work, that means a lot of my co-stars have to stand next to me on apple crates. But apparently, my height bodes well in the fashion world.
I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards.
My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.
I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
There is something so sad about going online and seeing almost everyone shouting ‘Notice me, notice me!’ Which is such a human desire—to be acknowledged. But me responding to that with some sort of ‘You’re noticed, you’re seen’ only perpetuates the loneliness. Because I’m not seeing you; I’m not noticing you. And whoever you are, you so deserve to be noticed and valued. I feel lucky to have not grown up with the Internet because it forced me to get out, struggle and be so messy.
I dont like it when people dont hold the door. I dont know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
There's always that jumping off place when you're doing a sex scene when you can tell the crew's like, 'OK, it's comin'. At this point, it's actually not a big deal.
I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it.
I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.
Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.
I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.