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Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor

Actor, also writer · Born February 20, 1967 (59) · Glencoe, Illinois, USA

Golden Globe winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Lili Anne Taylor is an American actress who works in film, television, and theater. She first gained recognition for her supporting roles in the 1980s and 1990s films Mystic Pizza and Say Anything. Taylor is known for her work in independent films like I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Short Cuts (1993), and Dogfight (1991). She has also appeared in mainstream movies such as Public Enemies (2009) and The Conjuring.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 20, 1967 (59)
From
Glencoe, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
80 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 8% in 30 days

What are Lili Taylor's films like?

Across their 52 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
24%
Survival
15%
Society
12%
Morality
11%
Power
5%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 48 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 16 · Dark 18

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 31 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 16 · Charged 20 · Intense 12

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 33 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 32 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 32 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 26 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 15

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 23 · Open-ended 20 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

27 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 9 of 27 analyzed roles.

Hero
9 of 27
Ally
5 of 27
Threshold guardian
4 of 27
Mentor
4 of 27
Shapeshifter
3 of 27
Herald
1 of 27
Shadow
1 of 27
Show the 27 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
30
Tense
24
Contemplative
16
Dread
11
Bittersweet
13
Other
49

How their films linger

Thought-provoking23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous16
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lili Taylor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 49 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lili Taylor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

102 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Mags Flanagan

  • Freaks Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Erica Lang

  • Anima(2026)

    as Julia

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Gettysburg Address(2025)

    as Emily Souder (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Conjuring: Last Rites(2025)

    as Carolyn Perron

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Fear Street: Prom Queen(2025)

    as VP Dolores Brekenridge

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Daredevil: Born Again(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Gov Marge McCaffrey

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Manhunt(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Mary Todd Lincoln

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Poker Face(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as SAC Darville

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • There There(2022)

    as One Night Stand

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Outer Range(2022)

    Show 15 episodes · as Cecilia Abbott

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Winter House(2021)

    as Eileen

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Evening Hour(2020)

    as Ruby Freeman

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Paper Spiders(2020)

    as Dawn

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Perry Mason(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · as Birdy McKeegan

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago(2020)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Eli(2019)

    as Dr. Isabella Horn

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Nun(2018)

    as Carolyn Perron

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Talking with the Vampires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Leatherface(2017)

    as Verna Sawyer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • To the Bone(2017)

    as Judy

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Memory of Fish(2016)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • After Adderall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Lili

  • Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials(2015)

    as Mary Cooper

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Woman Like Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Anna Seashell

  • American Crime(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Anne Blaine · as Clair Coates · as Nancy Straumberg

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Gotham(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Patti

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Take Care(2014)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Almost Human(2013)

    Show 13 episodes · as Maldonado

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Blood Ties(2013)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Conjuring(2013)

    as Carolyn Perron

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Hemlock Grove(2013)

    Show 23 episodes · as Lynda Rumancek

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Cold Lands(2013)

    as Nicole

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Future Weather(2012)

    as Ms. Markovi

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Courier(2012)

    as Mrs. Capo

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Being Flynn(2012)

    as Joy

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • About Cherry(2012)

    as Phyllis

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Portraits in Dramatic Time(2011)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Pier(2011)

    as Grace Ross

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Brooklyn's Finest(2009)

    as Angela Procida

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Donna Seabrook

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Public Enemies(2009)

    as Sheriff Lillian Holley

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Promotion(2008)

    as Lori Wehlner

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Starting Out in the Evening(2007)

    as Ariel Schiller

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Secret(2007)

    as Hannah Marris

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • 9-11/9-11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Julia

  • State of Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ann Bellowes, MD

  • The Notorious Bettie Page(2005)

    as Paula Klaw

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Ballad of Greenwich Village(2005)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Factotum(2005)

    as Jan

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Casa de los babys(2003)

    as Leslie

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Penguins Behind Bars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Doris Fairfeather

  • Live from Baghdad(2002)

    as Judy Parker

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Weather Underground(2002)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Six Feet Under(2001)

    Show 24 episodes · as Lisa Kimmel Fisher

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Miep Gies

  • Gaudi Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Ben

  • Julie Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Julie Johnson

  • Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 13 episodes · as Hildy Baker

  • High Fidelity(2000)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Martha Thornhill

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Haunting(1999)

    as Nell

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Farscape(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • A Slipping-Down Life(1999)

    as Evie Decker

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Impostors(1998)

    as Lily 'Lil'

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Pecker(1998)

    as Rorey Wheeler

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • O.K. Garage(1998)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Letters Not About Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Lyn Hejinian (voice)

  • Kicked in the Head(1997)

    as Happy

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • EP Daily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • SubwayStories: Tales from the Underground(1997)

    as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Ransom(1996)

    as Maris

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Killer: A Journal of Murder(1995)

    as Woman in Speakeasy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Girls Town(1996)

    Writer · as Patti

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Illtown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Micky

  • I Shot Andy Warhol(1996)

    as Valerie Jean Solanas

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Things I Never Told You(1996)

    as Ann

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Four Rooms(1995)

    as Raven

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Addiction(1995)

    as Kathleen Conklin

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Cold Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Jill

  • Ready to Wear(1994)

    as Fiona Ulrich

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle(1994)

    as Edna Ferber

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Touch Base (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Darcy Winningham

  • Short Cuts(1993)

    as Honey Bush

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Rudy(1993)

    as Sherry

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Household Saints(1993)

    as Teresa Santangelo

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Marty Glenn

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Watch It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Brenda

  • Arizona Dream(1993)

    as Grace Stalker

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Mad About You(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · as Arley

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Dogfight(1991)

    as Rose Fenny

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Bright Angel(1990)

    as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Family of Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · as Laura Walker

  • Sensibility and Sense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Younger Marianne

  • Born on the Fourth of July(1989)

    as Jamie Wilson

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Say Anything(1989)

    as Corey Flood

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Monsters(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Jamie Neal

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Mystic Pizza(1988)

    as JoJo

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • She's Having a Baby(1988)

    as Girl at Medical Lab

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Night of Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Marina

  • Crime Story(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Waitress

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Marianne

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 102 titles, 101 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 1995.

Biggest box office

The Nun (2018)

$366M worldwide

Highest rated

The Conjuring (2013)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19822026

Peak 1995 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 16 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting100 of 102: 99 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thWriting2 of 102: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 102: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s8 · acting1990s34 · 33 acting · 2 crew2000s20 · acting2010s24 · 23 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 11% of 44 roles
88939803081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 3 other major awards from 11 major nominations, 1992–2016.

WinNomination
  1. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
  2. 2004
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  4. 1998
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  5. 1997
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Female
  6. 1996
    • Sundance award, won
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead
  7. 1994
    • Golden Globe, won
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Supporting Female
  8. 1993
    • Venice award, won
Show 1 earlier year
  1. 1992
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Lili Taylor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 63; across their 48 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Midcredits score across 80 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up28
  • 50th to 74th28
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

38 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved13
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser38
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

The Memory of Fish (2016)

99th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Six Feet Under (2001)

Midcredits 97th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 42 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lili Taylor's work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles15–87 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles14–65 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles30–78 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles10–61 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles17–89 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Lili Taylor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lili Taylor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mary Harron shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles