• Name: Taylor Momsen
  • Date of Birth: July 26, 1993
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Mini-bio: It would be difficult to imagine a more conspicuous or thrilling big-screen debut for a child actress than that of St. Louis-born Taylor Momsen, selected out of innumerable hopefuls at six years old t... read moreo play Cindy Lou Who in Ron Howard's colorful holiday fantasy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). The Momsen was already an on-camera veteran when she signed for the part (given her appearance in a Shake 'n Bake commercial at three years old, and one-shot roles on the series Early Edition and Cosby), The Grinch nevertheless heightened her exposure.Not long after The Grinch, Momsen stuck with the same genre: the family-oriented fantasy Hansel & Gretel (2002), which sported Lynn Redgrave. That very same year, however, the pint-sized ingenue returned to A-list material with small contributions to two acclaimed blockbusters: Mel Gibson's military drama We Were Soldiers and the can't-miss sequel Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002), directed by Robert Rodriguez. Her next major cinematic contributions arrived in 2007, with turns in the FX-heavy canine superhero picture Underdog and Gus Van Sant's coming-of-age drama Paranoid Park.Despite all of her work in high-profile films, Momsen broke through to mainstream notice in 2007 via her involvement in a prime-time teen soap opera: the CW's Gossip Girl. On that series, the actress played Brooklyn-dwelling wannabe social climber Jenny Humphrey (younger sister of Dan), who was a good girl at heart but flirted with misbehavior in her quest to become part of the rich-girl clique at her prep school. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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TAYLOR MOMSEN

flixster.actor.pane.162677236 - flixsterTaylor Michel Momsen was born on July 26th, 1993 in St Louis, Missouri to parents Michael and Colette Momsen. She began acting professionally at age three, with a national commercial for Shake ‘N’ Bake. She first landed the role of Honey Bee Swan in The Prophet’s Game (1999). Her first big role was as Cindy Lou Who in ‘Jim Carrey’’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). After that, Taylor landed the role of Julie Moore in We Were Soldiers (2002) which also starred her younger sister, Sloane Momsen. She got parts in two more motion pictures: Hansel & Gretel, in which she played Gretel, and Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, in which she played Alexandra, the President’s daughter.
Taylor’s career came to a halt for over three years until she got the lead role in the never-aired WB series Misconceptions. In 2002, Momsen recorded “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” & “One Small Voice” featuring Myra & Camille Winbush for School’s Out! Christmas.
Momsen appeared in the 2006 film Saving Shiloh and as Molly in the 2007 Walt Disney Pictures film Underdog.
She currently plays the character of Jenny Humphrey in the CW television series Gossip Girl, which is based on the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar.
In 2009, She will release her first debut album. She said it will be like “Punk-Rock” and very original.

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