Rachael Taylor
Rachael Taylor
Rachael May Tayloris an Australian actress and model. Her first leading role was in the Australian series headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including Man-Thing, See No Evil, Transformers, Bottle Shock, Cedar Boys, Splinterheads, Shutter, Red Dogand Any Questions for Ben?. She has also starred as Dr. Lucy Fields on Grey's Anatomy, as one of the Angels on the short-lived reboot Charlie's Angels, as the main character on the ABC show 666 Park Avenue, and...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 July 1984
CityLaunceston, Australia
CountryAustralia
'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
When you are in control of what the final product is, there is kind of no limitation to what you feel like you can do because you know that if you don't like it, you can just cut it out.
Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.
We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.
I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20.
If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit.
Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we just fill our lives with stuff so we don't really make any choice at all, which is certainly incredibly luxurious.
I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
I really like working in television and I like exploring a character over a longer period of time, and I like the consistency of television.