After graduating from high school in Allentown, Taylor began her career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon Network children's television series Hey Dude, where she played the perky character Melody Hanson, a lifeguard. She continued in that role through 1991, while making various guest appearances on other programs.

Taylor's physical resemblance to the character of Marcia Brady, coupled with several successful comedic guest appearances on Ellen, led to her being cast in the 1995 film spoof of the television show The Brady Bunch called The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel the following year.

In 1996, Taylor was awarded the lead role in the television series, Party Girl, in which she played the role of a self-destructive rave party organizer, who indulges in drugs and all-night partying.

Following Party Girl, Taylor's career advanced rapidly, highlighted by guest television appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and NBC's Friends and Seinfeld. She also played the best friend role in the successful Drew Barrymore/Adam Sandler film The Wedding Singer.

In the 1990s, Taylor dated actor Matthew Lillard. In May 2000, she married actor and writer Ben Stiller for whom she converted to Judaism (she was raised Catholic). She has since appeared opposite Stiller in a number of films, including Zoolander (2001) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Like Stiller, Taylor is considered a gifted comedic actress whose success in television and film acting has been varied, but often heralded.

On April 10, 2002, Taylor and Stiller had their first child, a daughter named Marcia Olivia Stiller. They had a second child, a son named Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, on July 10, 2005.

Filmography

* The Mirror (2006) (completed)
* Room 6 (2006)
* The First Year's A Bitch (2004)
* Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
* Zoolander (2001)
* Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)
* Desperate But Not Serious (1999)
* Heat Vision and Jack (1999) (TV)
* Overnight Delivery (1998)
* The Wedding Singer (1998)
* Denial (1998)
* Campfire Tales (1997)
* Party Girl (1996) (TV series)
* Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
* A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
* To the Ends of Time (1996) (TV)
* The Craft (1996)
* Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV)
* The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
* Breaking Free (1995)
* Night of the Demons 2 (1994) (V)
* Showdown (1993)
* Calendar Girl (1993)
* Hey Dude (1989) (TV series)

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