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Rachael Taylor
Taylor at the premiere of Transformers in Sydney, Australia, 2007
Born	11 July 1984 (1984-07-11) (age 25) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2004—present

Rachael Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She more recently starred in Shutter alongside Joshua Jackson.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Television 4 References 5 External links

Early life

Originally from Launceston, Tasmania, Taylor attended Riverside High School. Taylor has always wanted to be an actress since she was a child, performing in many school plays.¹

Career

Taylor modelled for Skye-Jilly International and competed successfully in the State finals of Miss Teen Tasmania and Miss Universe/Miss World. She has appeared in a number of American productions – such as television movies about Natalie Wood and the making of Dynasty (where she played Catherine Oxenberg),² and the horror movies Man-thing and See No Evil. Taylor played Sasha Forbes on the short-lived Australian drama series headLand. On 3 April 2006, it was announced that she had been nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role on headLand. Her major role to date was as "Maggie" a signals analyst in the 2007 blockbuster Transformers, where she starred alongside Megan Fox and Shia La Beouf.

In 2009, she completed the Australian feature Cedar Boys and starred in the comedy Splinterheads.

She has also signed to the HBO comedy series Washingtonienne and Melt, an Australian production.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Man-Thing	Teri Elizabeth Richards
2006	See No Evil	Zoe
2007	Transformers	Maggie Madsen
2008	Bottle Shock	Sam Fulton
	Shutter	Jane Shaw
	Deception	List Member #5
2009	Ghost Machine	Jess
	Cedar Boys	Amie
	Splinterheads	Galaxy
2010	Guardians of Ga'Hoole	Unconfirmed	Voice Role
	Summer Coda	Heidi	Post-Production
	Melt	Stella	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	The Mystery of Natalie Wood	Maryann Marinkovich
2005	Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure	Catherine Oxenberg
	McLeod's Daughters	Natalie Louise Brown	1 Episode-"Old Flames"
	Hercules	Woman/Sphinx
2005-2006	headLand	Sasha Forbes
2009	Washingtonienne	Jackie

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rachael Taylor

• Rachael Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Rachael Taylor at Allmovie
• Rachael Taylor at Yahoo! Movies

Persondata
NAME	Taylor, Rachael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian actress and celebrity
DATE OF BIRTH	1984-07-11
PLACE OF BIRTH	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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