Taryn Manning
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| Taryn Manning | |
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| Born | Taryn Manning November 6, 1978 Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Actress, singer-songwriter and fashion designer |
| Years active | 1999-present (acting) 2002-present (singing) |
| Official website | |
Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer and singer/songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat.
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[edit] Early life
Manning was born in Falls Church, Virginia. Her parents divorced in 1981, and her mother, Sharyn, worked as a secretary and waitress in order to support Taryn and her older brother Kellin. Her father, Bill Manning, a musician and hotel manager, was the cousin of Archie Manning. When she was 14, her troubled father committed suicide. "My dad was a big drinker and he was cheating", according to Taryn. Her childhood in a trailer park was tough but happy.[1] Taryn grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where her mother moved to after her divorce, and later in Los Alamitos, California, where she attended Orange County High School of the Arts.
[edit] Career
[edit] Acting
Manning began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in small roles in several film and television productions, including episodes of The Practice, Get Real, Boston Public, NYPD Blue and Popular. She also auditioned for the American version of Popstars, which aired in early 2001 on The WB.
Her first role in a major motion picture was in the Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez romantic-comedy crazy/beautiful in which she played the best friend of Dunst's character. crazy/beautiful was followed shortly by a prominent role in the 2002 feature film, Crossroads, where she played one of two best friends of pop star Britney Spears.[2] Her subsequent film roles included supporting roles in White Oleander, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love and the historical epic Cold Mountain.[3]
In 2005 she appeared in the drama film Hustle & Flow, opposite Terrence Howard, playing a troubled prostitute in Memphis, Tennessee. The film received critical acclaim [4] and was generally considered a success. Manning was nominated in Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards in category Best Breakthrough Performance for: Hustle & Flow.[3]
Her next film was Weirdsville, a comedy co-starring Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley.[5] In 2007, she played Ivy Chitty on the short-lived but critically acclaimed Fox television series Drive, which was a drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.[3] In a comedy film After Sex, Manning played the supporting role of Alanna.[3]
Manning is also co-starring in Jack and Jill vs. the World with actor Freddie Prinze Jr. The film tells about a cynical guy falls for a girl with a joie de vivre and a secret, a cultural revolution ensues. Manning stars in 2008 film "Shifter" with Bai Ling and singer Samantha Mumba.
[edit] Music
In 2002 she sang a rendition of "I'll Take You There" with Tweet in several Gap commercials directed by Peter Lindbergh. In 2003, Manning and her brother Kellin formed the band Boomkat. Their debut album, Boomkatalog.One, was released on March 18, 2003. Boomkat released two singles "The Wreckoning" and "What U Do 2 Me". The first single, "The Wreckoning", hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
In an interview in October 2005's issue of Nylon magazine, Taryn mentioned that Boomkat would be back eventually, and that she is writing songs for the new album once they find another record label. DreamWorks Records was Boomkat's record label from 2002 to 2004.
| “ | They dropped us, and it hurt. They didn't like the fact that I was an actress, too.[6] | ” |
After a break from music, Boomkat released their first single in four years, called "Runaway" on April 8, 2008. Despite being the lead single of their second album, "Runaway" failed to reach the heights of their previous singles.
[edit] Other career activities
She has a clothing line called Born Uniqorn with best friend Tara Jane.
[edit] Personal life
Manning had five small tattoos,[7] but in 2005, she went through a painful laser treatment to have her tattoos removed. Manning insisted she had "grown out" of her love for skin art and wanted all five of her tattoos lasered off.
In February 2008 Jesse Metcalfe got into a fight with Manning's boyfriend at Hollywood club Social. Despite photos documenting the fight, Manning denied it.[8] "It wasn't us," she told Us Magazine.[9]
Taryn was ranked #60 on 2008's “Hot 100″ list from Maxim magazine.
[edit] Flight 292 experience
On September 22, 2005, Manning discussed her experience as one of 140 passengers on JetBlue Airways Flight 292, which performed an emergency landing with faulty landing gear. Speaking as a guest on Craig Ferguson's late night talk show, she explained, "When we saw our plane on TV as 'breaking news'... it was the most surreal, out of body experience I ever had. I just composed a little something so that if anything happened, family members would know that our last goodbye wasn't on the phone. A lot of the women of course were crying. There was a gentleman across the way who was writing in his journal and crying, and seeing that isn't easy".[10] Upon landing safely, she described the atmosphere of jubilant cheering and applause inside the airplane, "It sounded like the RCA Dome in there". Landing gear failures, especially a known nose gear condition, in which the crew is prepared, is rarely serious to the passenger and crews safety, but aircraft damage can be extensive.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Speedway Junky | Girl in Car |
| The Specials | Autograph Hound | |
| 2001 | Crazy/Beautiful | Maddy |
| 2002 | Crossroads | Mimi |
| White Oleander | Niki | |
| 8 Mile | Janeane | |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Shyla |
| 2004 | Debating Robert Lee | Unknown character |
| Dandelion | Danny Voss | |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | Nola |
| Lucky 13 | Sam | |
| A Lot Like Love | Ellen Martin | |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | Sandy |
| The Breed | Sara | |
| Banshee | Sage | |
| 2007 | Cult | Cassanda |
| After Sex | Alanna | |
| Weirdsville | Matilda | |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. the World | Jill |
| Your Name Here | Nikki | |
| Waking Madison | Margaret | |
| The Speed of Thought | Kira | |
| Kill Theory | Alex | |
| 2009 | Shifter | La, Jing |
| The Job | Unknown character | |
| Love Ranch | Mallory | |
| Untitled Gehenna Project | Doc |
[edit] Television
| Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story | Groupie | 1 episode |
| The Practice | Jenny Rains | 1 episode | |
| 1999-2000 | Get Real | Rebecca Peabody | 9 episodes |
| 2000 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Tattooed Dancer | 1 episode |
| Pacific Blue | Unknown character | 1 episode | |
| Popular | Ashley #3 | 1 episode | |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | Tracy | 1 episode |
| Boston Public | Cara Glynne | 1 episode | |
| 2003 | Punk'd | Herself | 1 episode |
| The Twilight Zone | Tina | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | CSI: Miami | Heidi Dillon | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Drive | Ivy Chitty | 7 episodes |
| Viva Laughlin | Geneva | 1 episode |
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Rockstar" | Nickelback |
[edit] Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Award ceremony | Film | Result |
| 2005 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Hustle & Flow | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with the cast) | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Hustle & Flow | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble (shared with the cast) | Black Reel Awards | Hustle & Flow | Nominated |
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Taryn Manning biography Star Pulse.com. March 2, 2008
- ^ Taryn Manning as Mimi in Paramount's "Crossroads." March 2, 1008
- ^ a b c d Taryn Manning Actor page. Movies.yahoo.com
- ^ Metacritic.com Hustle & Flow received critical acclaim March 2, 2008
- ^ Taryn starring in "Weirdsville" with Wes Bentley Darkhorizons.com
- ^ Boomkat dropped by DreakWorks Records March 2, 2008
- ^ "Taryn Manning tattoos", Vanishing Tattoo.com, 2008-04-19.
- ^ "Jesse Metcalfe fighting with Taryn Manning's boyfriend", Just Jared.com, 2008-04-21. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Jesse Metcalfe Gets in Fistfight with Taryn Manning's Boyfriend", US Magazine, 2008-04-21. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Taryn Manning recalls JetBlue scare", MSNbc.com, 2005-09-22. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Taryn Manning at the Internet Movie Database
- Taryn Manning at TV.com
- Taryn Manning at MySpace
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