Taylor Schilling is an American actress, she is popularly known as “Piper Chapman”, her role in Netflix comedy prison drama series “Orange is the New Black”. She won Satellite Award for her performance in the series.
Taylor Schilling was born on 27 July 1984 in Boston, Massachusetts, US. Her parents are divorced when she was young. She grew up in West Roxbury and Wayland, by spending time with her father and mother.
From young age Schilling was very keen interest in acting and she began appearing in her school stage plays. In 2002, Schilling was graduated from Wayland High School. In 2006, she completed Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University. Then she went to study acting in the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but she dropped out in second year.
In 2007 Schilling made her debut with the film “Dark Matter”. In 2009 she starred in medical drama Tv series “Mercy”. It was aired on NBC and Schilling acting impressed everyone. In 2012 Schilling appeared alongside Zac Efron in romantic drama film “The Lucky One”.
From 2013, Taylor Schilling starred in the famous Netflix comedy prison drama series “Orange is the New Black”. She played the main lead as Piper Chapman who sentenced 15 months prison for carrying a bag of drug-money. She appeared alongside Laura Prepon who played a role of Alex Vause. The show has seven seasons and the final season was released in 2019. The show narrates the life of women inside the prison, their daily activities and the people with different instincts. The show became the biggest hit and Schilling nominated for Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding performance.
Taylor Schilling Family
Taylor Schilling Parents
Taylor Schilling mother name is Patricia, she worked in administration department in MIT. Schilling father name is Robert J Schilling, he is a prosecutor. Schilling parents are divorced when she was young. While growing up she spent few days with father and another few days with mother.
Taylor Schilling has one younger brother his name is Sam Schilling.
Personal Life
Taylor schilling is currently single. There are lot of rumours about her sexuality, likes she is bisexual or straight. Once she stated that she has been in relationship with men and women, she said it is about the person not their gender. This statement confuses us more about her sexuality or she is just saying the qualities she loves in a person with good character. Although she keeps her personal life very private, so we don’t have to make rumours, we should respect her privacy.
Some Interesting Facts of Taylor Schilling
- Schilling regularly practices Yoga.
- She said she is staying away from eating sugar.
- She likes the jeans. She says jeans are fancier and she would love to appear in jeans.
Networth
We don’t know her total networth. But she has been paid $35000 per episode for Orange is the new black.