Taylor Russell McKenzie is a Canadian actress who was born on July 18, 1994. The Netflix sci-fi series Lost in Space (2018-2021) included her as a main character.
She has been in the horror films Escape Room (2019) and its sequel (2020), as well as the critically acclaimed drama Waves (2019), for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. Russell was honored with the Marcello Mastroianni Award for his portrayal of a cannibalistic adolescent in the road movie Bones and All (2022).
Taylor Russell McKenzie’s Journey from Adversity to Reinvention
Born on July 18, 1994, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Taylor Russell McKenzie grew up in those cities as well as Toronto and Montreal. Russell, who had a black father and a white mother, spent most of her childhood among the latter group.
She recalls being bullied because of the hue of her skin when she was little. Her family uprooted a total of sixteen times due to her father’s job requirements and the financial difficulties they caused for her parents. Russell, despite this struggle, said of how in her earlier years “there was always an opportunity for reinvention, to create something new.”
Russell had an interest in the arts from a young age; she considered a career in dancing before switching her sights to painting. When she was eighteen, she decided to try out for the school’s performing troupe. She bought a car with the money she had saved from her job and drove to Los Angeles every week to try out for roles.
She would go to auditions until her funds ran out, at which point she would return home to work. For four years, she followed this regimen until she was cast in her first significant television role.
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Taylor Russell Stellar Rise in the Entertainment Universe
In 2012, Russell made her acting debut in a cameo spot on an episode of Emily Owens, M.D. on The CW. In 2014, she played Lark Voorhies in The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story, broadcast on Lifetime, and Jennifer in Pants on Fire, broadcast on Disney XD.
Russell has appeared in episodes of several television shows, including the drama Strange Empire (2015) on CBC Television, the science fiction series Falling Skies (2015) on TNT, and the supernatural horror series Dead of Summer (2016) on Freeform. She also appeared in Before I Fall (2017), a film about adolescence, and Down a Dark Hall (2018), a supernatural horror film.
Russell became well-known in 2018 for her supporting role as Judy Robinson in the Netflix version of the 1965 science fiction series Lost in Space. For this portrayal, she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Presentation and gained widespread critical acclaim.
Russell has spoken about her role as a representative for Black women in the SF genre, saying, “I know there are not a lot of women of color that are in the sci-fi genre and I feel extremely lucky that they chose me to fill that position on our program… For me, this is an incredibly high honor. I have a lot of affection for it.
Taylor Russell McKenzie’s NYC Journey Inspired by Patti Smith
Russell is a current NYC resident. She has a little lightning bolt tattooed on her inner wrist in homage to Patti Smith, who has a similar one on her knee.
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