Taylor has appeared around a great total of films since 1983, including Dogfight, Mystic Pizza and Rudy. Her operate has mostly been inside independent films and theater. She played a role of Lisa (mostly in the 2nd & third seasons) in the HBO drama Six Feet Under. Around early 2004 Taylor began appearing onstage in New York City in a production of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon in the role of Lemon.

Taylor occurs as notable graduate of New Trier High School (Winnetka, Illinois, 1985) and DePaul University.

Won a Better Actress award in the 2005 Copenhagen International Film Festival for her role in the movie "Factotum"

Selected Filmography
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) Six Feet Under (2001) (TV series) (2002–2003) Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV) High Fidelity (2000) The Haunting (1999) Pecker (1998) Ransom (1996) I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) Four Rooms (1995) Cold Fever (1995) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Short Cuts (1993) Rudy (1993) Dogfight (1991) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Say Anything... (1989) Mystic Pizza (1988) ''She's Having a Baby'' (1988)