Holland Taylor
Biography
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). In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood. Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020). Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann, based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Two and a Half Men

Monk

ER

Murder, She Wrote

Billions
All Movies (74)
- N/A2026 · as N
- Fantasy Life2026 · as Dr. Greene
- Motherland2025 · as Toni
- The Little Pageant That Could2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Quiz Lady2023 · as Francine
- Adele One Night Only2021 · as Self
- The Stand In2020 · as Barbara Cox
- Bill & Ted Face the Music2020 · as The Great Leader
- To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You2020 · as Stormy
- Bombshell2019 · as Faye (uncredited)
- Gloria Bell2019 · as Hillary Bell
- Ann2018 · as Ann Richards
- Kepler's Dream2016 · as Violet von Stern
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits2016
- Twinkle Toes2011 · as Principal Garfield (voice)
- The Chosen One2010 · as Ruth
- Baby Mama2008 · as Rose
- Cinderella III: A Twist in Time2007 · as Prudence (voice)
- D.E.B.S.2005 · as Ms. Petrie
- The Wedding Date2005 · as Bunny
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over2003 · as Grandmother
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams2002 · as Grandmother
- Home Room2002 · as Dr. Hollander
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True2002 · as Prudence (voice)
- Fits and Starts2002
- The Day Reagan Was Shot2001 · as Nancy Reagan
- Legally Blonde2001 · as Professor Stromwell
- Town & Country2001 · as Mistress of Ceremonies
- The Deadly Look of Love2000 · as Evelyn McGinnis
- Keeping the Faith2000 · as Bonnie Rose
- Mail to the Chief2000 · as Katherine Horner
- The Spiral Staircase2000 · as Emma
- Happy Accidents2000 · as Therapist
- The Sex Monster1999 · as Muriel
- The Unknown Cyclist1998 · as Celia (uncredited)
- Next Stop Wonderland1998 · as Piper Castleton
- Tru-Talk1998 · as Alanis Montclair
- The Truman Show1998 · as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- George of the Jungle1997 · as Beatrice Stanhope
- Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997 · as Self
- Just Write1997 · as Emma Jeffreys
- Betty1997 · as Crystal Ball
- One Fine Day1996 · as Rita
- Last Summer in the Hamptons1995 · as Davis Mora Axelrod
- How to Make an American Quilt1995 · as Mrs. Rubens
- Steal Big Steal Little1995 · as Mona Rowland-Downey
- To Die For1995 · as Carol Stone
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester1995 · as Janice
- Awake to Danger1995 · as Dr. Joyce Lindley
- A Walton Wedding1995 · as Aunt Flo
- The Favor1994 · as Maggie Sand
- The Counterfeit Contessa1994 · as Wallace Everett
- In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness1994 · as Florence Newsom
- Betrayal of Trust1994 · as Mary Shelton
- With Hostile Intent1993 · as Lois Baxter
- Cop & ½1993 · as Captain Rubio
- The Rape of Doctor Willis1991 · as Dr. Greenway
- Alice1990 · as Helen
- People Like Us1990 · as Dolly
- She's Having a Baby1988 · as Sarah Briggs
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson1987 · as Ernestine King
- The Saint in Manhattan1987 · as Fran Grogan
- Perry Mason Returns1985 · as Paula Gordon
- Key Exchange1985 · as Mrs. Fanshaw
- The Jewel of the Nile1985 · as Gloria
- Romancing the Stone1984 · as Gloria
- I Was a Mail Order Bride1982 · as Dottie Birmingham
- The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana1982 · as Frances Shand Kydd
- My Mother Was Never a Kid1981 · as Felicia Martin
- Fame1980 · as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
- O Youth and Beauty!1979 · as Beverly Trencher
- The Sorrows of Gin1979 · as Beverly Trencher
- The Next Man1976 · as TV Interviewer
- J.T.1971 · as Mrs. Arnold
All TV Shows (49)
- Brothers2026 · as Ma Mac
- The Chair2021 · as Joan Hambling
- The Great North2021 · as Goldie (voice)
- Hollywood2020 · as Ellen Kincaid
- Stars in the House2020 · as Self
- The Morning Show2019 · as Cybil Richards
- The Orville2017 · as Jeannie Mercer
- Mr. Mercedes2017 · as Ida Silver
- Speechless2016 · as Andrea
- The New Yorker Presents2016 · as Truman's Moher
- Billions2016 · as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- American Dad!2005 · as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
- The L Word2004 · as Peggy Peabody
- Two and a Half Men2003 · as Evelyn Harper
- E!'s 1012003 · as Self
- Fillmore!2002 · as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
- Monk2002 · as Peggy Davenport
- Baby Bob2002 · as Madeline Collins
- Strange Frequency2001 · as Marge Crowley
- DAG2000 · as Kathering Twigg
- Strong Medicine2000 · as Lillian Pynchon
- Big Brother2000 · as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
- The Lot1999 · as Letitia DeVine
- Hercules1998 · as Queen Myrrha (voice)
- The Wonderful World of Disney1997
- Veronica's Closet1997 · as Millicent
- Ally McBeal1997 · as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- The Practice1997 · as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- The Naked Truth1995 · as Camilla Dane
- ER1994 · as Phyllis Farr
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Agent Gretchen McCord
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years1993 · as Dean Susan McMann
- The Powers That Be1992 · as Margaret Powers
- Going Places1990
- Wiseguy1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse1987 · as Fran Grogan
- Harry1987
- Me & Mom1985
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Winifred Thayer
- Kate & Allie1984
- Bosom Buddies1980 · as Ruth Dunbar
- The Love Boat1977 · as Kathy Brighton
- Beacon Hill1975 · as Marilyn Gardiner
- Kojak1973 · as Elizabeth
- ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Felicia Martin
- Great Performances1971 · as Ernestine King
- The Edge of Night1956