Taylour Paige
Taylour Paige | |
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Born |
Santa Monica, California , U.S. | October 5, 1990
Education | St. Bernard Catholic High School |
Alma mater | Loyola Marymount University |
Occupation | actress, dancer |
Years active | 2001–present |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Taylour Paige (born October 5, 1990 in Santa Monica, California) is an American dancer and actress. She currently stars as Ahsha Hayes in VH1's new series Hit the Floor.[1][2]
Life and career
Paige grew up in the Inglewood neighborhood of Los Angeles. She has an older brother, Travis. Paige has been dancing since the age of 2. She started training at Katnap in Venice, Westside Ballet Academy, and later spent two consecutive summers at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC. In 2001, she became a student of celebrity choreographer Debbie Allen. That same year, she auditioned for Debbie Allen's "Pearl", and went on to be featured in every musical presented by the troupe from 2001-2009. In a rehearsal for Debbie Allen's, "Alex In Wonderland", Allen invited television producer Stan Rogow. He helped Paige launch her acting career. She attended St. Bernard Catholic High School in Playa del Rey where she graduated in 2008. There she was also featured in every performing arts performance. Taylour became a Los Angeles Laker Girl in 2010,[3] and spent 3 months with the professional cheerleading squad before leaving to finish college and pursue her acting career. As a Laker Girl, she was featured in a special by Fox Sports on the making of the 2011 Laker Girls Calendar.[4] She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University. She continues to work and train with Debbie Allen.
Paige has been featured in commercials for Transamerica, Best Buy, and Mcdonald's commercials as well as an Adidas printed advertisement, and in a Just Dance 3 interstitial.[5]
Filmography
Film
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year as a featured dancer
- Making of the Laker Girls Calendar 2011 as Herself[6]
Short films
- Mousetrap as Mousetrapketeer #4
- Alex in Wonderland: Rehearsing Wonderland as School Girl
Television
- Glee (TV series) as a featured Cheerleader[5]
- Hit the Floor (TV series) as Ahsha Hayes
- Bring It! (TV series) as Herself
- Grey's Anatomy as Emma
- Ballers (TV series) as Theresa
Music videos
- "She Came to Give It to You" by Usher ft. Nicki Minaj as a dancer[7]
References
- ↑ "Taylour Paige". IMDb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Taylour Paige as Ahsha Hayes". VH1.com. VH1. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ↑ "From Laker Girl to 'Hit the Floor'". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ↑ http://starcasm.net/archives/222303
- 1 2 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3666749/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084022/
- ↑ http://blog.vh1.com/2014-08-27/hit-the-floors-taylour-paige-stars-in-ushers-video-she-came-to-give-it-to-you/