Lili Taylor Biography

Fast Facts

• In her early teens, she studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop alongside classmates Joan and John Cusack, Jeremy Piven and Aidan Quinn
• Launched her stage career in 1984 at Chicago's Northlight Theater
• Breakthrough film role came in 1988's Mystic Pizza
• First major New York theater role was in 1988's What Did He See? In 1993, formed a New York theater company called Machine Full
• Had a recurring role on HBO's acclaimed series Six Feet Under