Actor

Holland Taylor

January 14, 1943 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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).

Notable work

8.2
The Truman Show (1998)
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
6.8
Legally Blonde (2001)
as Professor Stromwell
7.5
Two and a Half Men (2003)
as Evelyn Harper
6.8
Bombshell (2019)
as Faye (uncredited)
6.8
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
as Stormy
7
American Dad! (2005)
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
5.1
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
as Grandmother
5.6
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
as Grandmother
5.7
George of the Jungle (1997)
as Beatrice Stanhope
6.8
Romancing the Stone (1984)
as Gloria
6.1
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
as Prudence (voice)
7.6
The Orville (2017)
as Jeannie Mercer

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