Rachael Taylor
Rachael Taylor
Jessica Jones (Trish Walker)
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Rachael Taylor currently stars as Trish Walker in the Netflix exclusive Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming television shows JESSICA JONES and THE DEFENDERS.
Taylor started her international screen career on the global hit TRANSFORMERS for Paramount/DreamWorks, produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by Michael Bay and opposite Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Jon Turturro and Jon Voight. From there she moved into the lead role in the psychological thriller SHUTTER for 20th Century Fox and New Regency Studios. The same year she completed filming on the U.S. feature BOTTLE SHOCK, with Chris Pine, Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where Taylor was honored as one of 2008's 7 Fresh Faces in Film.
She returned to Australia to star in the critically acclaimed feature film CEDAR BOYS with Martin Henderson and Les Chantery. Then she moved to New York City for a lead role in the U.S. comedy feature SPLINTERHEADS, and on to the United Kingdom to shoot the psychological thriller GHOST MACHINE, opposite Luke Ford and Sean Faris.
In 2010, Taylor starred in the AFI Best Film Award-winning movie RED DOG, opposite Josh Lucas and directed by Kriv Stenders. The film took in $21million at the Australian box office, making it the 8th highest grossing Australian film of all time. She followed this up with the U.S. film DARKEST HOUR, directed by Chris Gorak, shot in Moscow for Regency Enterprises and also starring Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella and Olivia Thirlby. She finished the year in Australia filming the lead role, opposite Josh Lawson, in Working Dog's romantic comedy, SOMETHING ABOUT BEN, directed by Rob Sitch.
On American television she played Jane Van Veen, The Drake's new building manager, on ABC's 666 PARK AVENUE (2012-2013) and guest starred in an eight-episode story arc on ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY (2011) before joining ABC's reboot of CHARLIE'S ANGELS, produced by Drew Barrymore. She wrapped up 2011 with the U.S. feature THE LOFT, with James Marsden, Wentworth Miller and Karl Urban and directed by Erik Van Looy. In 2013, she played FBI agent Susie Dunn in NBC's action thriller CRISIS alongside Gillian Anderson, Dermot Mulroney, Lance Gross, and REVENGE alum Max Martini as the villain.
Her other film credits include Stephen Gaghan's GOLD (2016) opposite Matthew McConaughey, Bruce Beresford's LADIES IN BLACK (2018) opposite Angourie Rice, Julia Ormond and Vincent Perez, and Mark Steven Johnson's FINDING STEVE MCQUEEN (2017) opposite Travis Fimmel, William Fichtner, and Forest Whitaker. She also played the lead role in the Netflix original sci-fi thriller, ARQ (2016) alongside Robbie Amell.
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