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Taylor Momsen

Taylor Michel Momsen was born on July 26th, 1993 in St Louis, Missouri to parents Michael and Colette Momsen. She began her acting career at age 3 with a national commercial for Shake-N-Bake. She first landed the role of "Honey Bee Swan" in The Prophet's Game (1999). Her first big role was as "Cindy Lou Who" in Jim Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). After that, Taylor landed the role of "Julie Moore" in We Were Soldiers (2002) which also starred her younger sister, Sloane Momsen. After landing roles in movies such as Hansel & Gretel (2002), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Saving Shiloh (2006), Spy School (2008), she will be seen in a new series for WB, "Misconceptions" (2006), in which she has a lead role.
Auditioned for the lead role in "Hannah Montana" (2006) which was eventually given to Miley Cyrus.
She has a band named The Pretty Reckless and signed with Interscope Records.
Same birthday as The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger.
Signed to IMG Models in 2008 at the age of 14.
Before she auditioned for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), she had never read the book or seen the cartoon.

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Taylor Momsen - what members say

Paranoid Park review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England

A movie to take you somewhere you're maybe not ready for. 20 January 2008
...rmance, I can't say the same for two of the young female actresses in the film. Taylor Momsen, who plays Alex's girlfriend is awful. In contrast to Nevins' natural performan... Read customer review

Taylor Momsen - filmography

Gossip Girl - Season 4 - Complete (5 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley
Director: Mark Piznarski, Andrew McCarthy, Joe Lazarov
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High society and low blows are back as Gossip Girl continues for its much-anticipated fourth season. Last season ended with a bang as a heartbroken Chuck lay bleeding in the streets of Prague while Blair and a newly single Serena jetted off to Paris for a fabulous summer abroad. Meanwhile, Nate, ..read more »

88% from 442 members

Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Complete (5 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley
Director: J. Miller Tobin, Norman Buckley, Jean de Segonza
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Based on Alloy Entertainment's book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL gives New York's fashionable Upper East Side basically the same slick and sexy treatment as THE O.C. had given California's Orange County. The titular Gossip Girl, played by Kristen Bell, keeps tabs on the city's most ..read more »

88% from 1,291 member

Underdog - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, James Belushi
Director: Frederik Du Chau
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To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--a la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a ..read more »

62% from 1,163 member

Gossip Girl - Season 1 (5 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley
Director: Mark Piznarski, J. Miller Tobin, Patrick R. Norr
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Based on Cecily Von Ziegesar's teen novels Gossip Girl follows the lives of the teenagers who attend an elite private school in New York City. The privileged prep school teens discover the latest on friendships, relationships and jealousy in their complex world of Manhattan's Upper East Side from ..read more »

84% from 3,302 members

Paranoid Park on DVD (2007)
Starring: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Director Gus Van Sant (Elephant, Last Days) returns with the highly anticipated film Paranoid Park. This adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel, follows 16-year-old skateboarder Alex, who accidentally kills a security guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most famous skateboarding park. When he ..read more »

54% from 4,729 members

Underdog on DVD (2007)
Starring: Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, James Belushi
Director: Frederik Du Chau
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A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

67% from 8,338 members

Paranoid Park - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Jake Miller, Lauren McKinney, Taylor Momsen
Director: Gus Van Sant
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While Gus Van Sant's PARANOID PARK is in keeping with the atmospheric work of the films in his previous 'death trilogy' (GERRY, ELEPHANT, LAST DAYS), this time around he's working from a more conventional narrative to capture the awkwardness and pressures of adolescence. The result is a work of ..read more »

52% from 573 members

Hansel And Gretel on DVD (2002)
Starring: Taylor Momsen, Jacob Smith, Delta Burke
Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
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Watch now: £2.49
If you go down to the woods tonight be sure of the biggest surprise of your life! When Hansel and Gretel's wicked stepmother leads them into the dark forest, the children find themselves in an enchanted world of magical creatures and hideous monsters. But when they stumble upon a house made of ..read more »

49% from 138 members

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5 most recent films

Gossip Girl - Season 4 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Underdog - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
Paranoid Park - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gossip Girl - Season 4 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
Underdog - 3.5 stars
Underdog - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hansel And Gretel - 2.5 stars
Paranoid Park - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Paranoid Park - 2.5 stars
Underdog - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Underdog - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ed Westwick - 13 times - show films
Penn Badgley - 13 times - show films
Blake Lively - 13 times - show films
Matthew Settle - 13 times - show films
Chace Crawford - 13 times - show films

Most frequent directors

J. Miller Tobin - 12 times - show films
Mark Piznarski - 12 times - show films
Andrew McCarthy - 6 times - show films
Joe Lazarov - 6 times - show films
Jean de Segonza - 6 times - show films

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