Maddie Taylor Bio
Maddie Taylor (born December 31, 1966) is an American actress and storyboard artist known for a long-running career in animation and voice work. She began her professional career as a storyboard artist and later became widely recognized for voice roles in feature animation, television animation and video games.
Early Life and Background
Maddie Taylor was born on December 31, 1966, in the United States. Public records in the provided sources confirm her date of birth and United States nationality, while other early personal details are not publicly documented in the verified inputs.
Taylor entered the entertainment industry after training and early professional work that led her to storyboard work for major animation studios. Her background in storyboarding provided a foundation in timing, character and performance that informed her later voice work.
Her formal education and family background are not specified in the verified source material provided for this profile, so only publicly confirmed career beginnings are described here.
Path to Actress
Maddie Taylor began her career in the animation industry as a storyboard artist, a role that connected her to the production side of animated features and series. That early work at Sony Pictures Animation led to opportunities to audition for and perform supporting vocal roles in studio projects.
She transitioned from storyboarding into steady voice work by lending character voices in feature films and by taking roles in television animation. Her practical experience behind the scenes and her familiarity with animated storytelling helped her adapt to voice performance for multiple character types.
Over time Taylor expanded her on-screen credits to include video game voice acting and recurring television parts, establishing a dual career as both a storyboard artist and a voice actress across projects for studios and networks.
Maddie Taylor Career
Early Career (1997–2005)
Taylor’s career is documented as beginning in 1997, with years active listed as 1997–present. During her early professional years she worked as a storyboard artist for Sony Pictures Animation and other production teams, building hands-on experience with animated production workflows.
Her early storyboard work positioned her within feature animation pipelines and led to initial voice assignments on studio projects. These formative years provided Taylor with technical grounding and industry contacts that supported a gradual shift toward regular voice performance work.
Breakthrough (2006–2016)
Maddie Taylor’s voice work in feature animation became widely known with her contributions to the Sony Pictures Animation feature Open Season (2006), in which she voiced the characters Deni the duck and Buddy the porcupine. The Open Season work extended to the film’s subsequent sequels and related projects, and she also voiced the character Elliot in the video game adaptation of Open Season, replacing the prior credited actor for that role in the game version.
Following her feature work, Taylor took on recurring and notable roles in television animation. She voiced Verminious Snaptrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy and Sparky in The Fairly OddParents, roles associated with major children’s animation properties. Her television work broadened her profile within the animation community and among younger audiences.
During this period Taylor also moved into interactive and video game voice acting. In December 2020 Taylor provided the voice for Claire Russell, a transgender bartender at the Afterlife bar in the video game Cyberpunk 2077. This role received attention as a prominent video game credit in her filmography and is confirmed in the verified inputs.
Notable Works and Milestones
Maddie Taylor’s signature credits include roles in Open Season and its sequels, Verminious Snaptrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy, Sparky in The Fairly OddParents and the video game role of Claire Russell in Cyberpunk 2077. In 2023 she voiced Torga, a recurring character in My Dad the Bounty Hunter. Across these projects she moved from supporting and ensemble parts to recurring and named character roles in both television and video game formats.
Maddie Taylor Award Nominations
There are no verified public award nominations listed in the provided sources for Maddie Taylor. The confirmed inputs do not cite specific industry award nominations associated with her career to date.
Maddie Taylor Awards Won
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Maddie Taylor Family
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Personal Life
Maddie Taylor publicly came out in 2016 as a bisexual trans woman, a fact confirmed in the verified source material. Taylor’s transition is documented as part of her public biography, and since that time she has voiced an increasing number of female characters, including the character Dana Dufresne on The Loud House, whose portrayal was adjusted to reflect Taylor’s own transition.
Taylor’s public identification as a bisexual trans woman has been part of her public narrative and has informed media coverage of later roles. Other personal details such as residential information, partners or children are not publicly documented in the verified inputs for this profile and are therefore omitted.
Across more than two decades of professional activity, Maddie Taylor has maintained a dual career as a storyboard artist and a voice actress working in feature animation, television series and video games. Her verified credits span studio animated feature work, recurring television roles and notable video game characters through 2023.