Taylor Momsen

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Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American actress , singer and model . She was best known for the role of Jenny Humphrey in the television series Gossip Girl and is the lead singer of the rock band The Pretty Reckless .

Life

Taylor Momsen is the daughter of Collette and Michael Momsen and the older sister of Sloane Momsen, who is also an actress, and a brother, Joshua Momsen. Her father was the vice president of an electrical company.

Career

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Momsen got her first acting experience in a commercial for the company Shake 'N' Bake at the age of three. She then played the role of Honey Bee Swan in the 1999 film The Prophet's Game on the side of Dennis Hopper . In 2000 she played the role of Cindy Lou Who in The Grinch . Momsen was nominated for three awards for this role: For the Saturn Award (for best young actor), the Blockbuster Entertainment Award (for best female newcomer) and the Young Artist Award (for best representation in a feature film - actors up to 10 years of age or younger) .

In 2002 she starred in three other films. In Hansel & Gretel , where she played the role of Gretel , in Spy Kids 2 - The Return of Super Spies , she played the president's daughter Alexandra and in We Were Heroes she stood in front of the camera with her sister Sloane. In the same year Momsen recorded the songs Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and One Small Voice for the album School's Out! With Myra and Camille Winbush . Christmas on.

Taylor Momsen 2008 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Her career then stalled for three years until she landed the lead role in the 2005 sitcom Misconceptions produced by The WB Television Network , although the series never aired. In 2006 she starred in the films Doubting Thomas , due to be released in 2007, and Saving Shiloh , which was released in 2006, with. Her next film was Underdog , which was produced by Walt Disney and based on the animated television series Underdog of the same name . Filming began in April 2006 and the film was released in the USA on August 4, 2007. From autumn 2007 to spring 2011 she played the role of Jenny Humphrey in the television series Gossip Girl , which is based on a series of books by the author Cecily von Ziegesar . The series premiered on Canadian television on September 18, 2007 on CTV . It is produced by Josh Schwartz , the creator of the US television series OC, California .

In 2007 Taylor Momsen also played the role of Jennifer in the film Paranoid Park . The director of the film is Gus van Sant .

From June 2010 Taylor Momsen promoted "Material Girl", the new clothing line from Madonna's daughter Lourdes until the end of 2010. She was replaced by Kelly Osbourne .

In August 2011, Momsen announced that she would quit acting in order to concentrate fully on her music career.

The Pretty Reckless

In 2009 Momsen founded the alternative rock band "The Reckless", which later had to be renamed The Pretty Reckless . Musically, the band relies heavily on blues rock influences and classic hard rock. The band went on tour in 2009 with lead vocalist Taylor Momsen, Ben Philips on guitar, Mark Damon on bass and Jamie Perkins on drums. In 2009 they supported The Veronicas on their North American tour. Taylor Momsen is currently the only member of the original line-up.

"Make Me Wanna Die" is the first and most successful single from The Pretty Reckless . At the end of September 2010 the first album Light Me Up was released . In 2014 The Pretty Reckless released their second album Going To Hell. Her third album Who You Selling For was released in October 2016.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Taylor Momsen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fall 2007 Premiere Dates , CTV , August 2007. Retrieved on September 1, 2007
  2. ^ Independent.co.uk: Taylor Momsen quits acting
  3. ↑ digitalspy: Taylor Momsen not keen on band name
personal data
SURNAME Momsen, Taylor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Momsen, Taylor Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri , United States