Taylor Schilling

Taylor Schilling is one of those actors who somehow made a morally messy, often insufferable character feel deeply watchable for seven straight seasons. As Piper Chapman on Orange Is the New Black, she anchored an ensemble that, honestly, was full of people more compelling than her — and she clearly knew it, leaning into Piper's self-absorbed obliviousness in a way that took real craft and courage. That Emmy nomination was well-earned. Before OITNB she was doing solid work in films like Argo and The Lucky One, but Netflix turned her into a household name. She's kept a low profile since the show wrapped in 2019, which I kind of respect — no desperate rebrand, just a Fordham-educated Boston girl who did her thing and stepped back. I'm genuinely curious where she surfaces next.

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Name (English)

Taylor Schilling

Name (Japanese)

テイラー・シリング

Reading

ていらー・しりんぐ

Born

July 27, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Height

179 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

High school

Wayland High School

University

Fordham University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20Schilling
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269843

Tags

• Massachusetts
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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