Taylor Russell McKenzie (lahir 18 Juli 1994) adalah seorang aktris Kanada. Dia dikenal karena membintangi serial Lost in Space dan dalam film Waves, Words on Bathroom Walls, Escape Room, dan Escape Room: Tournament of Champions.
Russell lahir di Vancouver, British Columbia, dan dibesarkan di Toronto, Ontario. Dia adalah ras campuran, anak dari ayah kulit hitam dan ibu kulit putih. Tumbuh dewasa, ia mengalami rasisme dan warna kulit karena ini. Russell telah berbicara tentang harapannya bahwa lebih banyak wanita kulit hitam atau ras campuran akan masuk ke film fiksi ilmiah dan karya TV seperti dia.
Dia berperan sebagai Judy Robinson di Lost in Space, remake Netflix dari serial TV asli tahun 1965. Musim kedua dirilis di Netflix pada 24 Desember 2019.
Pada 2019, Taylor ikut membintangi film horor psikologis Escape Room. Dia membintangi film Waves, yang dirilis oleh A24 Films pada 15 November 2019. Taylor merasa terhormat dengan Penghargaan Virtuoso di Festival Film Internasional Santa Barbara pada Januari 2020 untuk penampilannya dalam film tersebut. Dia akan membintangi film Luca Guadagnino mendatang, Bones & All.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | If I Had Wings | Julie | as Taylor Russell McKenzie |
| 2015 | Suspension | Carrie |
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| 2018 | Down a Dark Hall | Ashley |
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| Hot Air | Tess |
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| 2019 | Escape Room | Zoey Davis |
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| Waves | Emily Williams |
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| 2020 | Words on Bathroom Walls | Maya Arnez |
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| 2021 | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | Sophie |
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| Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | Zoey Davis |
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| TBA | Bones & All | Maren Yearly | Filming |
TelevisionYear |
Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Emily Owens, M.D. | Mean Girl #1 | Episode: "Emily and... the Outbreak"; as Taylor McKenzie |
| 2013 | Blink | Jessica | Unsold television pilot |
| 2014 | The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story | Lark Voorhies | Television film; as Taylor Russell McKenzie |
| Pants on Fire | Jennifer | Television film | |
| 2015 | Strange Empire | Cassie | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| Falling Skies | Evelyn | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
| 2016 | Dead of Summer | Laura | Episode: "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" |
| 2017 | Sea Change | CeCe | Television film |
| 2018–present | Lost in Space | Judy Robinson | Main role Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Streaming Presentation (2019) |
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