Taryn Manning Biography

Name : Taryn Manning

Date of Birth : 6 November 1978, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Height : 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Occupations : Singer-songwriter, actress, fashion designer

Born on November 6, 1978, in Tucson, AZ, she moved with her family to California at the age of 12. There she attended Orange County High School of the Arts, and would go on to find career success in show business just a few years after graduation. Her ties with music began early, as she would collaborate on song compositions with her brother, a practice which would itself be incorporated into a film in which Manning appeared. In 1999, she was featured in an independent film called Speedway Junkies, which gave rise to later roles on television. Besides appearances in episodes of the TV series The Practice, NYPD Blue, and Boston Public, Manning had a starring role on the series Get Real in 1999. Television stardom led to roles in major motion pictures, and she made her film debut with a part in Crazy/Beautiful starring Kirsten Dunst in 2001.

Much of Manning's career has revolved around music, from a cameo as a groupie in the 1999 ABC movie "Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story" to supporting roles opposite Britney Spears and Eminem in their feature debuts (2002's "Crossroads" and "8 Mile", respectively). 2002 also saw the actress take on a role alongside such luminaries as Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn and Renee Zellweger in "White Oleander," Peter Kominsky's feature adaptation of Janet Fitch's bestseller.

Manning was center stage, alongside co-star Vincent Kartheiser, in the indie drama "Dandelion" (2004), as a pair of star-crossed small town lovers. Along with supporting roles in the minor films "Lucky 13" (2004) and "Debating Robert Lee" (2004), Manning had notable appearances in A-list productions as well: she appeared briefly in Anthony Minghella's acclaimed Civil War melodrama "Cold Mountain" (2003) as part of a family of would-be seductresses, and had an amusing reappearing role in the Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet romantic comedy "A Lot Life Love" (2005) as Kutcher's annoying sister who makes the most out of the line "You're a dick, Oliver."