Taylor Ortega

Biography

A writer, comedian, and actor based in NYC.

She plays Shego in Disney Channel Original Movie Kim Possible. She recently wrapped on This Country, a pilot presentation for FOX directed by Paul Feig. She can be seen in the HBO Max series Love Life starring Anna Kendrick, on HBO’s Succession and the upcoming A24 film After Yang. She has written for a Pilot Presentation for TruTV and starred in a Pilot Presentation for Paramount TV. Prior to that, she wrote and starred in an episode of Blank Meets Blank on TruTV’s late night block Late Night Snack and wrote for the TRL reboot on MTV.  Taylor has also been a host and correspondent for MTV News, E!, Billboard, Cosmopolitan and the gaming app Candy Crush. She is a pop culture expert and was an entertainment writer at Elite Daily. In 2019, Taylor was selected as a New Face at the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, where NPR called her a standout performer. You can see Taylor live at UCB where she performs with weekend house team What I Did For Love or around New York city where she performs characters, stand up, and musical comedy.