You may know Arlington native, actress and former fashion model Taylor Cole from her films such as The Green Hornet, 12 Rounds, Surrogates, The Violent Kind, and The Ganzfeld Haunting or her television series roles in Castle, The Event and Summerland.
Currently, Cole is preparing for a new TV show Ballers, ordered to series by HBO. Toplined by wrestling and movie star Dwayne Johnson, Ballers is expected to begin production later this year for a planned release in 2015.
Johnson is executive producing the series with his Pain & Gain co-star Mark Wahlberg.
Written by Steve Levinson in his pilot-writing debut, Ballers explores the lives of a group of former and current football players. Johnson stars as Spencer Strasmore, a retired athlete. Cole plays the role of Michaels, an ESPN sideline reporter who is romantically involved with Spencer.
The hazel-eyed beauty was born in Arlington on April 29, 1984. A gifted athlete, she attended Lamar High School where she traveled with the Junior Olympics volleyball squad. It was also in high school she got her start as a model.
Cole moved to New York to further her modeling career. She appeared in commercials and advertisements such as Crest toothpaste, Old Spice and Dooney & Bourke handbags.
When she visited her mother and stepdad actor Shawn Christian in Los Angeles, Cole landed an audition and eventually the role of Erika Spalding for the WB showSummerlandin 2004. She relocated to Los Angeles to film the series.
Cole started her film career with the sports dramaAll You've Got. She continued on with movies, receiving roles in the independent filmMovinGin 2007 and the action thrillerLoadedin 2008. Cole then joined the cast of the NBC showHeroes, where she played Rachel Mills.
After appearing in the films12 RoundsandSurrogates, Cole took a role on the Comedy Central series,Secret Girlfriend, in 2009. She followed up in 2010 with an appearance in the movieThe Violent Kindand guest roles onNCISandEntourage. That same year she was cast as Vicky Roberts inThe Event.
Cole has also appeared in Ryan Cabrera"sTruemusic video and Papa Roach's video for "Scars." She guest-starred in the WB showSupernaturalepisode titled Provenance, where she played Sarah Blake, an art collector. She has been seen playing guest roles in the CBS showNUMB3RS and in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI Miami in a recurring role as lab technician Samantha
Owens.
