Taylour Dominique Paige-Angulo (born October 5, 1990) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Ahsha Hayes in the VH1 sports drama series Hit the Floor, and has gained recognition for her performances in the films Jean of the Joneses (2016), White Boy Rick (2018), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Boogie (2021), and Zola (2020). Her performance in the latter film won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. In 2022, Paige ventured into music, collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on the song "We Cry Together", which reached the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her a Grammy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taylour Paige, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 5, 1990 (36)
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove
What are Taylour Paige's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 10
Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 3
Casual 5 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 5 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Ahsha Hayes in Hit the Floor (2013)
- Heroas Jean Jones in Jean of the Joneses (2016)
- Heroas Zola in Zola (2020)
- Allyas Carla in Mack & Rita (2022)
- Heroas Mother in Another Country (2022)
- Allyas Treina in Sharp Stick (2022)
- Allyas J.J. Doherty in The Toxic Avenger (2023)
- Allyas Abby Munger-Jacobson in Brothers (2024)
- Allyas Charlotte Hanlon in It: Welcome to Derry (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
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 Taylour Paige's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Taylour Paige'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
20 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
I Love Boosters(2026)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
It: Welcome to Derry(2025)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Toxic Avenger(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Magazine Dreams(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Trainer(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Brothers(2024)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Baxters(2024)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Mack & Rita(2022)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Sharp Stick(2022)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Another Country(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Zola(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Boogie(2021)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
White Boy Rick(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Jean of the Joneses(2016)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Ballers(2015)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Hit the Floor(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2025.
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 3 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.
- 2013Screen debut· Hit the Floor
- 2018First film· White Boy Rick
- 2021First top-billed film· Zola
- 2021Breakout· Zola
- 2021Independent Spirit Award win· Zola
- 2025Best so far· IT: Welcome to Derry
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
1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2022–2023.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Independent Spirit Award, won · 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 Taylour Paige's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 45. 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 Taylour Paige's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Taylour Paige work with?
People who share at least 2 of Taylour Paige's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Macon Blair shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Macon BlairShared titles: Brothers (2024), The Toxic Avenger (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Macon Blair
Actors
- Kevin BaconShared titles: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), The Toxic Avenger (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Bacon
- Peter DinklageShared titles: Brothers (2024), The Toxic Avenger (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Dinklage
- Jonny CoyneShared titles: The Toxic Avenger (2023), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jonny Coyne
- Colman DomingoShared titles: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), Zola (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Colman Domingo
Producers
- Allison Rose CarterShared titles: I Love Boosters (2026), Zola (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Allison Rose Carter
Mixed roles
- Janicza BravoShared titles: Sharp Stick (2022), Zola (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Janicza Bravo
