Holland Taylor
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003). For her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15), she received a total of four Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Taylor's other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–82), The Powers That Be (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–98). She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children (1981–83), as Peggy Peabody on The L Word (2004–08), and as Ida Silver on Mr. Mercedes (2017–19). In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood.
Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020).
Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann, based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress.
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Acting
Movie
The Truman Show
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
1998
Movie
Legally Blonde
as Professor Stromwell
2001
TV
Two and a Half Men
as Evelyn Harper
2003
Movie
Bombshell
as Faye (uncredited)
2019
Movie
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
as Stormy
2020
Movie
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Grandmother
2003
TV
American Dad!
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
2005
Movie
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Grandmother
2002
Movie
George of the Jungle
as Beatrice Stanhope
1997
Movie
Romancing the Stone
as Gloria
1984
Movie
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
as Prudence (voice)
2002
TV
The Orville
as Jeannie Mercer
2017
Movie
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
as Prudence (voice)
2007
Movie
The Jewel of the Nile
as Gloria
1985
Movie
The Wedding Date
as Bunny
2005
TV
Monk
as Peggy Davenport
2002
Movie
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as The Great Leader
2020
TV
Billions
as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
2016
TV
ER
as Phyllis Farr
1994
TV
The Morning Show
as Cybil Richards
2019
Movie
To Die For
as Carol Stone
1995
TV
The L Word
as Peggy Peabody
2004
Movie
One Fine Day
as Rita
1996
Movie
Baby Mama
as Rose
2008
