Mya Taylor

Mya Taylor

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.

  • Title: Mya Taylor
  • Popularity: 3.542
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1991-03-28
  • Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
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Mya Taylor Movies

  • 1970
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    Raven and Her Sister

    Raven and Her Sister

    1 1970 HD

    A young transgender woman, deeply troubled and in denial, returns home to impose upon her 'sister' who is actually her mother, at a very unfortunate...

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  • 2020
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    Disclosure

    Disclosure

    7.9 2020 HD

    An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

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  • 2015
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    Tangerine

    Tangerine

    6.9 2015 HD

    It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she...

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  • 2024
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    High Tide

    High Tide

    1 2024 HD

    Lourenço decides to leave his homophobic family and country behind to get lost in the queer mecca of Provincetown, until the intense and...

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  • 2022
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    Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

    Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

    1 2022 HD

    A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.

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  • 2018
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    Happy Birthday, Marsha!

    Happy Birthday, Marsha!

    1 2018 HD

    It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up. Sylvia,...

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  • 2015
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    Take Flight

    Take Flight

    6.5 2015 HD

    2015's best actors lift off in a series of tributes to the ultimate Hollywood magic trick.

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  • 2016
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    Diane from the Moon

    Diane from the Moon

    1 2016 HD

    Shortly after a hurtful breakup, Diane, a transgender pagan priestess, finds refuge in Palm Springs. She is engaged in a battle with her inner demons...

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  • 2019
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    Myra

    Myra

    1 2019 HD

    A trans sex worker in the Spanish barrio finds herself in an unwanted love triangle with a notorious gang leader while two drug organizations battle...

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  • 2017
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    Viva Diva

    Viva Diva

    1 2017 HD

    Viva Diva is a road trip movie, centering on Rozene and Diva, as they make their way down to Guadalajara for gender reassignment surgery. Rozene...

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  • 2020
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    Stage Mother

    Stage Mother

    6.4 2020 HD

    A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

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  • 2019
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    Myra

    Myra

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dietland

    Dietland

    5.7 2018 HD

    Plum Kettle, ghost-writer for the editor of one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, struggles with self-image and sets out on a wildly...

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