Holland Taylor

American actress

Photo by: Harry Langdon Studio · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:January 14, 1943

Age:83

Zodiac Sign:Capricorn

Born in:Philadelphia, United States

Languages:English

Television Actor Stage Actor Actor Film Actor

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Partner: Sarah Paulson(since 2015)

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Photo by: Harry Langdon Studio · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Famous For

Movies & TV

The Truman ShowTwo and a Half MenLegally BlondeRomancing the StoneThe Jewel of the Nile

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1999)

Holland Taylor

American actress

Biography

Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003) and she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her role as Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men (2003–15). Taylor's other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–82), The Powers That Be (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–98). She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children (1981–83), as Peggy Peabody on The L Word (2004–08), and as Ida Silver on Mr. Mercedes (2017–19). In 2017 she played Alice Lewis, Letty's jewel thief grandmother, in the TNT series Good Behavior. In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood. Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020). Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann (Broadway, 2013), based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress. She returned to the role in the 2022 West Coast premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her other notable Broadway credits include Butley (1972), We Interrupt This Program... (1975), Moose Murders (1983), and The Front Page (2016).

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Actress Holland Taylor

Taylor of Two and a Half Men, and the dean on Saved by the Bell: The College Years. NYC Nov '16

Holland Taylor at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York City at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

Denise Cavanaugh, played by Holland Taylor (standing) is a woman with a mission: to keep her husband, Miles (Joel Crothers), and the beautiful Nicole Drake (Jayne Bentzen) apart. She's willing to go to any extreme to achieve her goal in the ABC Television Network's "The Edge of Night," airing WEEKDAYS (4:00-4:30p.m., EST).

From left, Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s The View Sunny Hostin, Golden Globe-nominated actress Constance Wu, and Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor pay tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 30, 2020. The LBJ Foundation presented Justice Ginsburg with the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, which honors those who carry on President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy to right wrongs, champion justice, and serve humanity. (LBJ Foundation Photo/Jay Godwin)

Holland Taylor. HBO Post-Emmys Party, Pacific Design Center, Sept. 21, 2008.

Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor pay tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 30, 2020. The LBJ Foundation presented Justice Ginsburg with the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, which honors those who carry on President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy to right wrongs, champion justice, and serve humanity. (LBJ Foundation Photo/Jay Godwin)

From left, Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, Golden Globe-nominated actress Constance Wu, and Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s The View Sunny Hostin, pay tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 30, 2020. The LBJ Foundation presented Justice Ginsburg with the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, which honors those who carry on President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy to right wrongs, champion justice, and serve humanity. (LBJ Foundation Photo/Jay Godwin)

From left, Golden Globe-nominated actress Constance Wu, Emmy Award-winning co-host of ABC’s The View Sunny Hostin, and Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor pay tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 30, 2020. The LBJ Foundation presented Justice Ginsburg with the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, which honors those who carry on President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy to right wrongs, champion justice, and serve humanity. (LBJ Foundation Photo/Jay Godwin)