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Taylor was most recently seen starring in the CBS hit drama "The
Unit". She took home the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Actress in a
Drama" for her work on the show.
Regina made her professional acting
debut on CBS in the movie "Crisis at Central High" and other television
credits include the series "The Education of Max Bickford," "Feds" as
well as television movies "Strange Justice" playing Anita Hill, earning
her a Peabody Award and Gracie Award,
"Cora Unashamed," "Children of the Dust," "I'll Fly Away: Then and Now,"
"Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder." Segueing effortlessly
between the big and small screen, Taylor has starred in blockbuster
films alongside some of Hollywood most talented leading men. Her film
credits include "The Negotiator," "Courage Under Fire," "A Family
Thing," "The Keeper," "Clockers," "Losing Isaiah," and "Lean on Me."
In addition to her film and television work, Taylor holds the honor
as being the first Black woman to play William Shakespeare's Juliet in
Broadway's Romeo and Juliet. Her other theater credits include As You Like It, Macbeth, Machinal, The Illusion and Jar the Floor. In addition, she won the L.A. Dramalogue Award for her performance in TheTempest
on the west coast. Taylor not only feels comfortable on the stage, she
is also an accomplished playwright. Her other credits as playwright
include Oo-Bla-Dee, for which she won the American Critics' Association new play award, Drowning Crow, (her adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull,
which was produced on Broadway by Manhattan Theater Club in its
inaugural season at the Biltmore Theater and starred Alfre Woodard), The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove, A Night in Tunisia, Escape from Paradise, Watermelon Rinds, and Inside the Belly of the Beast.Taylor's critically acclaimed Crowns continues to be one of the most performed musicals in the country. It is the winner of four Washington D.C. Helen Hayes awards including Taylor's win for Best Direction as well as Best Regional Musical. Taylor's play Magnolia premiered at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in March 2009 directed by Anna Shapiro, Tony Award winner for August: Osage County. Taylor's trilogy, The Trinity River Plays
premiered as a co-production with the Dallas Theater Center and the
Goodman Theatre. Taylor is a member and Artistic Associate of the
Goodman Theatre. She received the Hope Abelson Artist-In-Residence Award
from Northwestern in 2010. Creator and Curator of The State(s) of
America - The Regina Taylor Project, a festival involving multiple
departments at Northwestern University; students were challenged to own
their own voice by creating plays, films, interactive graphic art,
stories, spoken word and devised pieces that hold up mirrors to these
times.
She has received honorary doctorates from Columbia College, DePaul
University and Lake Forest College. She was raised in Dallas, Texas and
recently moved to Chicago. www.reginataylor.com
