Lauren Alexandra Taylor
(born June 16, 1998) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing one of the lead characters, Shelby, on the 2015–2016
Disney Channel comedy series ''
Best Friends Whenever''.
Taylor previously starred as Harper, Richie's older sister in the 2015
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
series ''
Richie Rich''.
Life and career
Taylor was born in
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Stati ...
and grew up in
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United Stat ...
.
At the age of fourteen she opened for
Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips is an American pop group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of t ...
; she has also opened for
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998.
,
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She resign ...
, and
Debbie Gibson
Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress.
Gibson released her debut album '' Out of the Blue'' in 1987, which spawned several international hits, later being certified triple plati ...
.
She is a regular at the House of Blues San Diego and House of Blues Sunset, and was one of the opening acts at the
San Diego County Fair
The San Diego County Fair (formerly called the Del Mar Fair) is a county fair held every summer at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California. The fair is a major draw for San Diego County residents; in recent years, attendance figures have ri ...
in Del Mar in 2015.
Taylor has two brothers who are twins. In 2016, she was living with her mother and brothers in Southern California.
Filmography
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
People from Littleton, Colorado
American child actresses
American television actresses
American child singers
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American singers
Actresses from San Diego
Musicians from San Diego
Singers from California
21st-century American women singers
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Singers from Colorado