Jennifer Joan Taylor

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Jennifer Joan Taylor
BornJune 15, 1956 (1956-06-15) (age 64)
Paris, France
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present
Spouse(s)
Garry Henderson
(m. 1979)
Children2

Jennifer Joan Taylor (born June 15, 1956) is a French-American actress in film and television. She is best known for playing Police Detective Chris Egan in the American daytime television soap opera, The Edge of Night . She is sometimes credited as Jennifer Taylor.

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Early life

Taylor was born in Paris, France, but was raised in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. [1] She graduated from Viterbo University in 1978 with a theater arts degree. [1] [2]

Acting career

In 1979, Taylor began acting at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. In 1983, Taylor began her television career by appearing in a Hellman's mayonnaise television commercial. In the spring of that year, she was cast as Police Detective Chris Egan in the American daytime television soap opera, The Edge of Night . Her first appearance on the soap was on May 25, 1983, and she played that role until the soap's final episode on December 28, 1984. In the fall of 1983, she played the part of a soap opera actress in an ABC Afterschool Special episode.

Taylor's first film role was in Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and she starred as Karen Webb in the American thriller film, The Crude Oasis (1995). [3] She has had parts in a number of other films, including Casualties (1997), White Chicks, Incorporated (1998), The Weather Man (2005) and Derailed (2005).

From 2005 to 2006, Taylor played Becky in Prison Break , [4] and in 2008 she appeared in the film, The Lucky Ones . More recently, she has been seen in numerous episodes of Empire (2015–17) and Chicago Fire (2014–2020).

Personal life

Taylor has been married to Garry Henderson since 1979 and they have two children

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 ABC Afterschool Special Soap Opera ActressTV series (1 episode)
1983–84 The Edge of Night Police Det. Chris EganTV series (55 episodes)
1986 Highway to Heaven SecretaryTV series (1 episode)
1986 Tall Tales & Legends PollyTV series (1 episode)
1988 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd CustomerTV series (1 episode)
1988 Fright Night Part 2 Secretary/ReceptionistFilm
1989 Newhart EllieTV series (1 episode)
1990 The New Adam-12 Mrs CollinsTV series (1 episode)
1993In the Company of DarknessMotherTV movie
1993 Missing Persons Ilyse AtemaTV series (1 episode)
1995 The Crude Oasis Karen WebbFilm
1997CasualtiesTeacherFilm
1997 Early Edition Vivian DankowskiTV series (1 episode)
1998White Chicks, IncorporatedSpoogle Girl #9Film
2001The MisanthropeSchool TeacherFilm
2005 The Weather Man Register WorkerFilm
2005 Derailed Real Estate AgentFilm
2005–06 Prison Break BeckyTV series (7 episodes)
2008 The Lucky Ones Bob's WifeFilm
2015–17 Empire VariousTV series (5 episodes)
2017 Chicago Justice DeeDee CarterTV series (1 episode)
2014–20 Chicago Fire VariousTV series (2 episodes)

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