Mya Taylor

Mya Taylor

Birthdate
March 28, 1991 (33 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 28, 1991 (33 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Mya Taylor's LGBTQ+ Titles

Stage Mother
Stage Mother
Cherry

Acting (12)

Raven and Her Sister
2024
High Tide as Crystal
2022
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine as Self
2020
Stage Mother as Cherry
2020
Disclosure as Alexandra (archive footage)
2019
Myra as Joy
2018
Dietland as Barbara (3 episodes)
2018
Happy Birthday, Marsha! as Marsha P. Johnson
2017
Viva Diva as Diva
2016
Diane from the Moon as Diane
2015
Take Flight as Self - Performer
2015
Tangerine as Alexandra

Production (1)

2019
Myra • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer