Taylor Russell Overview

Vancouver-born Taylor Russell comes from a mixed-race family, with a black father and a white mother, so she says growing up in Vancouver, she didn't feel like she fit in. It didn't help that her family, which includes two siblings in addition to her parents, moved homes 14 times. When she moved to Toronto, where there are more black and mixed-race people, she felt more at home. Taylor made her screen acting debut at age 18 with a bit part on the TV series Emily Owens M.D., playing "Mean Girl #1... See All