Taylor Polidore

Taylor Polidore
Taylor Polidore at 2025 Essence Festival of Culture.
Born	Houston, Texas, U.S
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Jero Williams (m. 2024)

Taylor Polidore is an American actress. She began her career playing the recurring roles on television series Snowfall and All American: Homecoming and in 2024 was cast in the leading role in the Netflix drama series, Beauty in Black .

Life and career

Polidore was born and raised in Houston, Texas. ^[1] She attended Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas, and graduated from the Clark Atlanta University with Bachelor of Arts in filmmaking. ^{[1] [2]} Polidore made her big screen debut playing a minor role in the 2008 comedy film, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins . ^[3] She later appeared in true crime television series Snapped: Killer Couples and Fatal Attraction , and guest-starred in The Resident , Step Up: High Water and Genius: Aretha . From 2018 to 2019 she had a recurring role in the CW superhero series, Black Lightning . ^[1]

From 2021 to 2023, Polidore played the role of bounty hunter Dallas Ali in the FX crime drama series, Snowfall . ^[4] From 2022 to 2023 she had the recurring role in the CW sports drama series, All American: Homecoming . ^[2] Later in 2022, Polidore was cast as one of leads in the Allblk supernatural drama series, Wicked City . ^[5] In 2023 she was cast in the drama-thriller film Divorce in the Black by Tyler Perry. ^[6] In 2024, Perry cast Polidore as one of leads alongside Crystle Stewart in his Netflix drama series, Beauty in Black . ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Personal life

On May 4, 2024, Polidore married Jero Williams, a surgery resident from Atlanta, after getting engaged on Christmas Day in 2022. ^{[10] [11]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Homely Girl
2016	All My Friends Are Dead	Lana	Short film
2016	Defending Daddy	Adult Jasmine	Short film
2016	Mosaic	Mara Anderson
2017	Back to One: First Position	Zenobia
2018	Not Your Rib	Paris	Short film
2019	With(out) You	Bavette	Short film
2020	The Ride	Isabel 'Bell' King	Short film
2024	Divorce in the Black	Rona

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Fatal Attraction	Denita Smith	Episode: "Collegiate Killing"
2013	Snapped: Killer Couples	Nikki Hill	Episode: "Rachel Cumberland & John Williams"
2015	Fatal Attraction	Sharon	Episode: "A Lethal Love"
2018	The Resident	Treena	Episode: "Independence Day"
2018	Step Up: High Water	Student	Episode: "Pilot"
2018-2019	Black Lightning	Lisa	5 episodes
2021	Genius: Aretha	Darlene	Episode: "Aretha: Do Right Woman"
2021	The Loud House	Shelby	Episode: "Lori Days/In the Mick of Time", voice
2020–2021	It's Pony	Clara	Voice, 19 episodes
2019-2022	Curious George	Vinnie / Librarian	Voice, 5 episodes
2021–2023	Snowfall	Dallas	11 episodes
2022-2024	All American: Homecoming	Tootie	11 episodes
2022–present	Wicked City	Camille	Series regular
2023	Big City Greens	Additional Voices	Episode: "Truck Stopped/Jingled"
2024	Beauty in Black	Kimmie	Series lead, 8 Episodes

References

1. Walker, Aswad (January 24, 2022). "Spotlight: Taylor Polidore, hometown rising star". DefenderNetwork.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
2. "Clark Atlanta's 40 Under 40: Taylor Polidore, actress". rollingout.com. October 26, 2023.
3. Gowdy, ShaCamree (19 May 2021). "From HTX to LAX: Houston's Taylor Polidore is ready for her big break, again".
4. Oliveros, Beatriz (June 8, 2021). "Katy native Taylor Polidore makes it all the way to Hollywood". KPRC.
5. Cordero, Rosy (June 8, 2022). "AllBlk Greenlights Supernatural Drama 'Wicked City' Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, More". Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
6. Rubin, Rebecca (June 28, 2023). "Tyler Perry to Direct 'Black, White & Blue' and 'Divorce in the Black' for Amazon".
7. Rice, Lynette (April 4, 2024). "'Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black': Netflix Reveals Cast For New Series Under Creator's First Look Deal". Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
8. Iannucci, Rebecca (April 4, 2024). "Beauty in Black: Tyler Perry's First Netflix Series Finds Its Leading Ladies — See Full Cast". Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
9. Seitz, Loree (April 4, 2024). "Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black Casts Taylor Polidore Williams, Crystle Stewart". Archived from the original on April 15, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
10. "Meet the 'Beauty in Black' Cast's Real-Life Partners". People.com. Archived from the original on 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
11. "'Beauty in Black' star Taylor Polidore Williams' husband: Who put the ring on her finger?". 24 October 2024.

External links

• Taylor Polidore at IMDb