Английская Википедия:Bex Taylor-Klaus

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Rebecca Edison "Bex" Taylor-Klaus (born August 12, 1994) is an American actor. They rose to fame for their starring role as Bullet on the crime drama series The Killing (2013). They gained further prominence with roles as Sin on the superhero drama series Arrow (2013–15), Lex on the comedy series House of Lies (2014), as Audrey Jensen on the horror series Scream (2015–16), and the voice of Katie "Pidge" Holt on the Netflix animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016–18). They played the character Bishop in the drama series Deputy, which aired from January to April 2020.

Early life

Taylor-Klaus was born in Atlanta, Georgia to a Jewish family. Taylor-Klaus began acting by performing Shakespeare in an after-school program while in the third grade, and it became a consistent part of their extracurricular and summer activities. They also performed in a high school improvisation troupe and played several roles before completing high school. Working with friends, they also started a junior high school acting troupe to train young actors. In addition to drama, Taylor-Klaus was an accomplished athlete, starting at catcher on the high school varsity softball team as a freshman and also playing third base. They have two siblings; Syd Taylor-Klaus and Josh Taylor-Klaus.Шаблон:Citation needed In mid-2012, Taylor-Klaus moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, attending Bridges Academy.

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Bex Taylor-Klaus Q&A Panel Galaxy Con Richmond 2020

Career

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Taylor-Klaus on the set of The Killing in 2013

2012–2014: Early career and breakthrough

Taylor-Klaus began acting in Shakespeare plays while in the third grade.Шаблон:Citation needed However, their first professional acting role was that of Bullet, a homeless street-wise lesbian teen, on the third season of the AMC crime drama series The Killing, which aired in 2013. Writing about playing Bullet, Taylor-Klaus said: "to be an actor is to want to visit the dark places that humans strive so hard to stay away from.”

From 2013 to 2015, Taylor-Klaus played the recurring role of Sin in The CW superhero drama series Arrow.

2015–present: Further success

Taylor-Klaus gained further success with their starring role of Audrey Jensen, a bi-curious teenager helping friends investigate a serial killer, in the first two seasons of the MTV horror drama series Scream. They appeared on the series from 2015 to 2016.

After gaining prominence from roles in The Killing and Arrow, they went on to play several guest roles in numerous television series, including Glee and iZombie. In 2016, they began voicing the starring role of Katie "Pidge" Holt in the Netflix animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Taylor-Klaus had a starring role as Taylor in the slasher horror film Hell Fest (2018). They also starred as Hannah Perez in the 2018 musical comedy film Dumplin', which is a film adaptation of Julie Murphy’s New York Times bestselling young adult novel. The film, which co-stars Jennifer Aniston, was directed by Anne Fletcher. Taylor-Klaus also played Violette Paich in Mario Sorrenti’s horror film Discarnate (2018).

Personal life

Taylor-Klaus was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school and played multiple sports, including baseball, which they said helped to control it.

Taylor-Klaus has a dog named Bullet, after their first major role in The Killing.

In November 2016, Taylor-Klaus came out as gay on Twitter, saying: "hello my name is bex and yes the rumors are true I am v gay" In July 2018, Taylor-Klaus came out as non-binary in a similar tweet and stated a preference for they/them pronouns. Later on the same year they eventually came out as a non-binary trans person.

In August 2019, Taylor-Klaus got engaged to their girlfriend, actress Alicia Sixtos, and married in October 2020.

In April 2022, Taylor-Klaus discussed on an interview their experience of having a top surgery.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Mental Intervention	Debbie	Short film
2013	Last Seen	Becca
2014	The Night Is Ours	Morgan
2015	Riley	Riley
	The Last Witch Hunter	Bronwyn
2018	Hell Fest	Taylor Ann Smythe
	Discarnate	Violette Paich
	Dumplin'	Hannah Perez
2019	Blackbird	Chris

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Hit Me Up!	Themself	1 episode
2013	The Killing	Bullet	Main role (9 episodes)
2013–2019	Arrow	Cindy / Sin	Recurring role (9 episodes)
2014	House of Lies	Lex	Recurring role (6 episode)
	Longmire	Vivian	Episode: "Of Children and Travelers"
	Robot Chicken	Hermione Granger / Abby the Cow (voice)	Episode: "The Hobbit: There and Bennigan's"
2015	The Social Experiment	Leyna	Recurring role (5 episodes)
	The Librarians	Amy Meyer	Episode: "And the Rule of Three"
	Glee	Goth Girl	Episode: "2009"
	iZombie	Teresa Giovanni	2 episodes
2015–2016	Scream	Audrey Jensen	Main role (24 episodes)
2016–2018	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Katie "Pidge" Holt (voice)	Main role (73 episodes)
2018	Here and Now	Dex Reynolds	2 episodes
2019	13 Reasons Why	Casey Ford	Recurring role; season 2
2020	Deputy	Brianna Bishop	Main role
2021	Adventure Time: Distant Lands	Blaine	Episode: "Wizard City"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Scream: If I Die	Audrey Jensen	Episode: "I Love All of You... Mostly"
2022	Dirty Laundry on Dropout	Self	Episode: "Who Hid $20,000 Inside a Bowflex"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles	Pidge (voice)
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons	Keo Venzee (voice)

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Nominated for	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
2014	Joey Award	Young Ensemble Cast in a Dramatic TV Series	The Killing	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
		International Actress Television Lead or Supporting Role that was filmed in Canada		Шаблон:Won
2016	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Ensemble (shared with cast)	Scream	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Center
2017	6th Annual BTVA Awards	BTVA People's Choice Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (shared with cast)	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Шаблон:Won	Шаблон:Center
		BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (shared with cast)		Шаблон:Nom
2018	7th Annual BTVA Awards	BTVA People's Choice Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series (shared with cast)	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Шаблон:Won
		BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series (shared with cast)		Шаблон:Nom

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