Rachael Taylor

Birthday: 11 July 1984, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Height: 172 cm

Rachael Taylor grew up in Tasmania, Australia, with her parents Nigel and Christine Taylor. She began modelling during her teens, working for the Skye-Jilly International agency. She competed for Miss Teen Tasmania, as well as the Miss Universe/Miss World state finals. She moved to Sydney to further her modeling career as well as to pursue acting. She also began studying for a degree in History and Politics at the University of Sydney.In 2004, she landed her first acting role in the television movie The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). After performing several roles, she left her studies to play a regular role on the Australian drama Headland (2005). She won a Logie Award for her performance as Most Popular New Female Talent. Her breakthrough role came in Transformers (2007) when she played Maggie Madsen. Show less «

I really like working in television and I like exploring a character over a longer period of time, a...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. B...Show more »

I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one. Show less «

Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths...Show more »

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. Show less «

When you are in control of what the final product is, there is kind of no limitation to what you fee...Show more »

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. Show less «

I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can...Show more »

I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship. Show less «

We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.

I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I don...Show more »

I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I don't even have my ears pierced! But I have one bracelet that never comes off my wrist. Show less «

Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the "Aussie" is refined out of them. I don't ...Show more »

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. Show less «

Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level yo...Show more »

Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything. Show less «

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, somet...Show more »

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated. Show less «

I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imag...Show more »

I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in audition rooms. I don't want to be doing that in my afterlife. Show less «

Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of...Show more »

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 (2005) is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show. Show less «

Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the pal...Show more »

Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the pale. Long blond hair and a bad spray tan is the stuff of my nightmares. Show less «

I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think...Show more »

I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects. Show less «

I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is ...Show more »

I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl. Show less «

The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to ...Show more »

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. Show less «

I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad...Show more »

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. Show less «

An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.

If incredible creatures like sharks can exist, why not Bigfoot? When I look at sharks, they're the m...Show more »

If incredible creatures like sharks can exist, why not Bigfoot? When I look at sharks, they're the most terrifying, monstrous, dinosaur-like things. To this day, I'm so fascinated by them and can't get my head around how they are on Planet Earth at all. Show less «

I like people that are not frightened to say what they think.

If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing...Show more »

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. Show less «

In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from im...Show more »

In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York. Show less «

Transformers (2007) was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movie...Show more »

Transformers (2007) 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. Show less «

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm n...Show more »

I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm not someone who does one film a year and feels satisfied by that. Show less «

I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts a...Show more »

I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever. Show less «

I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Awa...Show more »

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award. Show less «

I do support a sex-positive attitude for young people. Use condoms, that's important. I love the ide...Show more »

I do support a sex-positive attitude for young people. Use condoms, that's important. I love the idea that promiscuity can be healthy but it's got some dodgy crevasses. Ooh, that's a bad reference! But it's got some dangerous cavities there. You know what I'm saying. Show less «

For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory...Show more »

For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory. Show less «

I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It i...Show more »

I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It is one of the things I am truly grateful for. I'm not kidding. You can't ask a single mother of three working two jobs for minimum wage to eat that way. I am lucky. Show less «

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