Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor

1967-02-20 Glencoe, Illinois, USA 81 Credits

Biography

Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films Mystic Pizza (1988) and Say Anything... (1989), before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema through starring roles in Bright Angel (1990), Dogfight (1991), Household Saints, Short Cuts (both 1993), The Addiction (1995), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), and Pecker (1998). Taylor is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning ...

Known For

Filter by:

Complete Filmography

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

2026

as Mags Flanagan

Acting

Return to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games for the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter...

The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Emily Souder (voice)

Acting

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...

Fear Street: Prom Queen

Fear Street: Prom Queen

2025

as VP Dolores Brekenridge

5.4
Acting

Who will be voted queen at Shadyside High's 1988 prom? For underdog Lori, competition is cutthroat even before someone starts killing off the candidat...

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

2024

as Self

10.0
Acting

In keeping with the intergenerational magic of 'Household Saints', filmmaker Martina Savoca-Guay has crafted a compelling new documentary, 'The Many M...

There There

There There

2022

5.5
Acting

A series of hilarious, romantic, fateful encounters holds a mirror up to life in a distinctly twisted, modern world.

The Winter House

The Winter House

2021

as Eileen

9.5
Acting

Eileen is grieving. She needs to get away. She rents a house in a remote corner of New Hampshire, in the dead of winter, where no one is likely to bot...

The Evening Hour

The Evening Hour

2021

as Ruby Freeman

3.5
Acting

Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm while selling their excess painkillers to...

Paper Spiders

Paper Spiders

2021

as Dawn

6.3
Acting

A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

2020

6.0
Acting

Author Barry Gifford's gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in 1950s Chicago provide the backdrop for an impressionistic documentary portrait...

Eli

Eli

2019

as Dr. Isabella Horn

6.0
Acting

A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatur...

The Nun

The Nun

2018

as Carolyn Perron

5.9
Acting

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romani...

Talking with the Vampires

Talking with the Vampires

2018

Acting

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

Leatherface

Leatherface

2017

as Verna Sawyer

5.6
Acting

A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equall...

To the Bone

To the Bone

2017

as Judy

7.2
Acting

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

The Memory of Fish

The Memory of Fish

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Dick Goin and his family have been fed by the Elwha River's salmon since migrating to Washington's Olympic Peninsula during the Dust Bowl. Dick has ne...

After Adderall

2016

as Lili

3.5
Acting

In 2010 James Franco optioned the rights to Stephen Elliott’s memoir, The Adderall Diaries. In 2015 The Adderall Diaries starring James Franco and Ed ...

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015

as Mary Cooper

6.7
Acting

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. The...

A Woman Like Me

A Woman Like Me

2015

as Anna Seashell

6.4
Acting

A WOMAN LIKE ME is a hybrid documentary that interweaves the real story of director Alex Sichel, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2011, with...

Take Care

Take Care

2014

Thanks

6.0

When a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn and desperate for help, she tu...

Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013

as Marie

6.1
Acting

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

The Conjuring

The Conjuring

2013

as Carolyn Perron

7.5
Acting

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful ...

Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013

as Self

6.6
Acting

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote ...

The Cold Lands

The Cold Lands

2013

as Nicole

5.7
Acting

After his mother’s sudden death, a young boy disappears into the deep woods of upstate New York and takes up with an unpredictable and mysterious drif...

Future Weather

Future Weather

2012

as Ms. Markovi

6.2
Acting

Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcohol...

The Courier

The Courier

2012

as Mrs. Capo

4.9
Acting

A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.

Being Flynn

Being Flynn

2012

as Joy

6.2
Acting

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick w...

About Cherry

About Cherry

2012

as Phyllis

4.6
Acting

A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addict...

Portraits in Dramatic Time

Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011

8.0
Acting

A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both we...

The Pier

The Pier

2011

as Grace Ross

Acting

After 20 years of no contact with his father, Jack McCarthy (played by Hurley) travels from New York to his father Larry's death bed in Cork. Upon arr...

Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest

2010

as Angela Procida

6.3
Acting

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...

Public Enemies

Public Enemies

2009

as Sheriff Lillian Holley

6.7
Acting

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side o...

The Promotion

The Promotion

2008

as Lori Wehlner

5.3
Acting

Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.

Starting Out in the Evening

Starting Out in the Evening

2007

as Ariel Schiller

6.8
Acting

Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the poi...

The Secret

The Secret

2007

as Hannah Marris

5.9
Acting

Husband, wife, and daughter have moved from Boston to Williamstown. At 16, Samantha treats her mother shabbily, but when the two of them are in a horr...

9-11/9-11

2007

as Julia

Acting

In memory of both September 11 events, we present Mel Chin's animated short film in its entirety. SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 - SANTIAGO. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 - ...

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

2006

as Self

Acting

An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles and Wallace Shawn -- lend their voic...

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

2005

as Herself

8.5
Acting

A eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.

The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005

as Paula Klaw

6.3
Acting

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up ph...

Factotum

Factotum

2005

as Jan

6.2
Acting

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live ...

Casa de los Babys

Casa de los Babys

2003

as Leslie

5.5
Acting

A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of e...

Penguins Behind Bars

Penguins Behind Bars

2003

as Doris Fairfeather

6.3
Acting

Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 200...

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

2002

as Judy Parker

6.7
Acting

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winni...

The Weather Underground

The Weather Underground

2002

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.

Gaudi Afternoon

Gaudi Afternoon

2001

as Ben

5.0
Acting

Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. But just when she’s about to return to Am...

Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson

2001

as Julie Johnson

5.5
Acting

A New Jersey housewife is dissatisfied with her everyday life because she is smarter than she or anyone else knows. While taking a computer class, Jul...

High Fidelity

High Fidelity

2000

as Sarah Kendrew

7.1
Acting

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top...

The Haunting

The Haunting

1999

as Nell

5.5
Acting

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate gu...

A Slipping Down Life

A Slipping Down Life

1999

as Evie Decker

4.1
Acting

A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

The Impostors

The Impostors

1998

as Lily 'Lil'

5.8
Acting

Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.

Pecker

Pecker

1998

as Rorey Wheeler

6.1
Acting

A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful ch...

All Revved Up

All Revved Up

1998

as Rachel

5.8
Acting

A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager ...

Letters Not About Love

Letters Not About Love

1998

as Lyn Hejinian (voice)

6.3
Acting

Two contemporary poets, one from America (Lyn Hejinian), the other from Russia (Arkadii Dragomoshchenko) are asked to begin a correspondence based on ...

Kicked in the Head

Kicked in the Head

1997

as Happy

3.7
Acting

When Redmon finds himself out of home and job, his life becomes a series of unpredictable escapades - from dodging gunfire after his uncle makes him d...

Subway Stories

Subway Stories

1997

as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")

5.6
Acting

An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Ransom

Ransom

1996

as Maris

6.7
Acting

When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

as Woman in Speakeasy

5.9
Acting

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for...

Girls Town

Girls Town

1996

as Patti

6.1
Acting

The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.

Girls Town

Girls Town

1996

Writer

6.1
Writing

The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.

Illtown

Illtown

1996

as Micky

5.0
Acting

Two young lovers are torn between their part-time criminal activity and the enticement of family and home.

I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996

as Valerie Jean Solanas

6.2
Acting

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f...

Things I Never Told You

Things I Never Told You

1996

as Ann

5.4
Acting

Don is a real estate salesman who volunteers at a "hotline for hope". Ann, who works in a photo store, has been told by her boyfriend that he doesn't ...

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

as Raven

5.9
Acting

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems t...

The Addiction

The Addiction

1995

as Kathleen Conklin

6.4
Acting

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Cold Fever

Cold Fever

1995

as Jill

6.5
Acting

A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual wh...

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

as Fiona Ulrich

5.2
Acting

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

as Edna Ferber

5.8
Acting

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

Touch Base

1994

as Darcy Winningham

Acting

A woman, concerned about her own job, and stuck in her office cubicle with little but a phone and a computer, and a presentation to do, gets increasin...

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

as Honey Bush

7.2
Acting

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Rudy

Rudy

1993

as Sherry

7.4
Acting

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of p...

Household Saints

Household Saints

1993

as Teresa Santangelo

6.5
Acting

A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

Watch It

Watch It

1993

as Brenda

4.8
Acting

Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's...

Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream

1993

as Grace Stalker

7.2
Acting

An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags ...

Dogfight

Dogfight

1991

as Rose Fenny

6.9
Acting

In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in ...

Bright Angel

Bright Angel

1990

as Lucy

4.8
Acting

In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pret...

Sensibility and Sense

Sensibility and Sense

1990

as Younger Marianne

Acting

Three friends who bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s reunite after becoming estranged over a book one of them wrote.

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Jamie Wilson

7.0
Acting

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as Corey Flood

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Mystic Pizza

Mystic Pizza

1988

as JoJo

6.3
Acting

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Girl at Medical Lab

5.9
Acting

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Night of Courage

Night of Courage

1987

as Marina

4.5
Acting

A young man is beaten to death. Now it's believed that he sought out sanctuary in the house of a man (Hughes), and that the man threw him out. And it'...

Anima

Anima

N/A

Acting

An impulsive young woman and a reclusive older man launch on a poignant cross‑country road trip to preserve his failing consciousness via an experimen...