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Carolyn Taylor

Carolyn Taylor

Canadian actress and comedian

For the Oklahoma politician, see Carolyn Thompson Taylor. For the New Zealand television personality, see Carolyn Taylor (broadcaster).

Carolyn Taylor is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show.[1]

An alumna of The Second City's Toronto company,[2] she was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes before launching Baroness von Sketch with her castmates Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen.[3]

At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the troupe were nominated for Best Ensemble Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series, and won the award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series; at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, the troupe won the awards in both of the same categories.[4]

She has also had acting roles in the television series Queer as Folk, Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye, Ghosts season 2, episode 4 "The Tree" as June and the films 19 Months and Portrait of a Serial Monogamist, and wrote for the television series That's So Weird! and Dan for Mayor.

Taylor created the original documentary comedy series I Have Nothing that follows Taylor on a comical quest to choreograph the perfect, pairs figure skating routine set to Whitney Houston’s 1992 hit song “I Have Nothing.” Joining Taylor on her mission are legends from the world of figure skating including Canadian choreographer Sandra Bezic, two-time Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva, Olympic gold medalist David Pelletier, world champions Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, as well as award-winning comedian, actor, and writer, Mae Martin. The series was released on Crave on September 23, 2023.[5]

She is an out lesbian.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Why the women of Baroness Von Sketch Show are Canada's new comedy royalty". Now, December 6, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "'Baroness von Sketch Show' Co-Creator Carolyn Taylor Finds the Funny in Life's Absurdities". ET Canada, August 15, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Female-led ‘Baroness von Sketch Show’ promises fresh take on comic format". Toronto Star, June 14, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Maudie leads the way at Canadian Screen Awards". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 13, 2018.
  5. [5]
    Dowling, Amber (2023-09-22). "How Carolyn Taylor's Teen Dreams of Olympic Skating — and Katarina Witt — Resulted in New Crave Comedy 'I Have Nothing'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  6. [6]
    "The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap". The New York Times, July 28, 2017.
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