Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

Acting
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Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 1393916
IMDb ID: nm4924757
Known for: Acting
Born: March 28, 1991
Age: 34
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2015 - 2024
Years active: 10
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q21596656
Other jobs
Mya Taylor (born March 28, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Alexandra in the 2015 film Tangerine for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Mya Taylor was born on March 28, 1991, in Houston, Texas. She was raised by her Christian grandparents, who at first did not know that she had come out as gay (pre-transition) in school. In 2009, she came out to them, which led to a lot of tension in the home. Taylor left and moved to California in May 2009 to live with another relative, but her gender identity led that relative to kick her out on the street. Unable to secure legal employment at the age of 18, she worked as a sex worker in Hollywood. She began going to therapy, and it was in her talks with her therapist that she decided that she was going to be true to herself. In January 2013, she came out as transgender. She has since reconnected with her mother, who coined her name, Mya. She lived in an apartment with her eventual Tangerine co-star Kitana Kiki Rodriguez. It was at the age of 23, after five years of sex work and after four arrests for prostitution, Mya was approached by director Sean Baker and his co-screenwriter Chris Bergoch as she stood in the yard of Los Angeles' LGBT Center to star in their film Tangerine.


Movie credits linked with Mya Taylor.
as Crystal
as Self
as Cherry
as Alexandra (archive footage)
as Joy
as Marsha P. Johnson
as Diva
as Diane
as Alexandra
Series credits linked with Mya Taylor.