Taylor Schilling plays Piper Chapman in Orange Is The New Black – but what else is she in and who is she dating?
TAYLOR Schilling’s career took off when Orange Is The New Black debuted on Netflix in 2013.
With the award-winning series ending today, the actress is gutted to see the show which propelled her to stardom officially end. Here is what you need to know about the screen siren…
Who is Taylor Schilling?
Taylor Schilling is an American actress who played Piper Chapman in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black.
Born on July 27, 1984, Taylor started acting in middle school and eventually joined the graduate program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
She was cast as Piper in 2013 and has said of the character that she’s “very unlikable”.
Speaking about leaving her on-screen persona and the show behind, as series seven is the last, she said: “Just me as an actor getting ready to say goodbye to a role that I’ve lived with for six years, it’s a very poignant.”
She went on to tell Hollywood Reporter: “It’s a very kind of surreal time. It’s as surreal as it was when the thing came out of the gate and was so powerful those first few seasons.”
Who is Taylor Schilling dating?
The actress has remained tight-lipped about her personal life, with the star preferring to keep her love life separate from her professional one.
However, she did appear to hint she is bisexual in an interview with the , she said: “I’ve had very serious relationships with lots of people, and I’m a very expansive human.
“There’s no part of me that can be put under a label. I really don’t fit into a box — that’s too reductive.”
It had been reported Taylor was dating her OINTB co-star Carrie Brownstein in the summer of 2015, however, neither confirmed it.
When did she star alongside Zac Efron?
In 2012 Taylor starred in the romantic drama The Lucky One opposite heartthrob Zac Efron.
Despite their “amazing chemistry” in the film’s sex scenes, Taylor insists the pair were never an item.
Unfortunately, the film got mainly negative reviews with critics calling it too full of “schmaltzy cliches”.
Still, it managed to pull in an impressive $99 million at the box office, which is impressive considering the bad reviews people gave the romantic flick.
What else has Taylor Schilling been in?
Before landing her big break on Netflix, Taylor had accumulated an impressive number of credentials in film and television.
For example, in 2009 she landed a recurring role playing Nurse Veronica Callahan in Mercy, a drama which only lasted for a year but still gave her enough exposure to land further opportunities in Hollywood.
After 22 episodes on the show, Taylor got herself another huge part in 2012’s Argo, starring alongside superstar Ben Affleck, who also directed the film.
Starring in Argo, and playing the character of Christine Mendez, was exactly what Taylor needed to solidify her position as an established actress – especially because this film went on to win THREE Oscars while scooping up another 94 wins during awards season.
Her first feature film, however, came in 2007 in Meryl Streep’s Dark Matter. But despite its A-list cast, the movie didn’t do so well at the box office, accumulating no more than $70,000.
Following her success on Orange Is The New Black, Taylor has starred in a number of movies including Take Me, The Public, The Overnight, The Titan and The Public.