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    Mya Taylor

    1991-03-28 (33 years old) in Houston, Texas, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    Raven and Her Sister
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Comedy, Drama
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    High Tide
    0 %|Oct 18, 2024
    Drama
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    Stage Mother
    64 %|Jul 24, 2020
    Comedy, Drama
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    Disclosure
    79 %|Jun 19, 2020
    Documentary
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    Myra
    10 %|Jan 19, 2019
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Happy Birthday, Marsha!
    10 %|Mar 10, 2018
    Drama, History
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    Viva Diva
    0 %|Jun 23, 2017
    Drama
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    Diane from the Moon
    10 %|Oct 16, 2016
    Drama
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    Take Flight
    65 %|Dec 10, 2015
    poster
    Tangerine
    69 %|Jul 10, 2015
    Comedy, Drama

    Series

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    Dietland
    57.169999999999995 %|Jun 4, 2018
    Comedy, Drama