Taylor Kalupa was born and raised in San Dimas, CA. She began dancing at the age of 3 and became involved with competitive dancing at the age of 7. She danced and competed at Just Plain Dancin & Co which was named the Number 1 dance studio in North America. She was discovered by International Fashion and Editorial Photographer Kimberly Metz during a photo shoot for a specialized dance troupe called Team Rave L.A. which was designed to perform at non-competitive, non-profit venues in California. Shortly after she signed with Bobby Ball Talent Agency's kid division for dance and modeling. She was cast as a principal actress in Dave Navarro's music video Rexall which was produced by Emmy Award winning Honey. She was picked by renowned fashion photographer, Robert Erdmann, for a Japanese Vogue photoshoot with actor Tobey Maguire. Taylor was then cast in the BBC's Drew Barrymore Story as one of Drew Barrymore's childhood friends in dance class. In 2015, Taylor along with actress Gabriela Lopez (Teen Spirit, The 5th Wave) wrote, produced, and acted in the film Unrelated which has been very successful in the film festival market. Taylor is the lead in the feature film Dance in Flight. Taylor is in the upcoming Pure Flix feature film I'm Not Ashamed which is based on the life and journals of Rachel Scott who was the first victim of the Columbine shootings. Taylor plays one of Rachel's best friends. The film will be in theaters everywhere September 9, 2016.
Taylor is represented by The House of Representatives (theatrical Los Angeles), Houghton Talent (theatrical Atlanta), BBA (commercial), MSA (dance), and Vision Los Angeles (print).
She has worked with such photographers as New York's Sinden Collier, internationally published fashion photographer, Michael Almeida, Rodney Ray, Nick Horne, and Internationally published fashion photographer Dominic Petruzzi. She appeared in an episode of Lifetime's "Blush: The Search for America's Greatest Makeup Artist" in which she was made to look like Marilyn Monroe. Taylor has studied acting at Playhouse West, Doug Warhit's On-Camera Cold Reading & Scene Study, Leigh Kilton Smith's Scene Study & Audition Theory Class, Jonathon Trent's Scene Study Class, IO West Improv, and Upright Citizen's Brigade. Taylor also sings and has trained with Berklee School of Music graduate Dustin Hyatt.
