Background
Taylor was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
Taylor was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
She attended Willpower Youth Theatre in Wigan as a teenager and with that, she got her first audition for Coronation Street as Toyah Battersby.
Since leaving Coronation Street, she has appeared in episodes of Where the Heart Is, New Street Law, Lilies, Red Cap, the British Broadcasting Corporation"s The Afternoon Play series and Life on Mars. In 2003, she appeared with Duncan Bannatyne in the Tyne Tees Television comedy pilot Girls" Club. In May 2005, Taylor appeared in The Woman Before at the Royal Court opposite Helen Baxendale.
In the same year, she received rave reviews for her role in Christmas is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and the Bush Theatre in London.
In 2006, Taylor played Fiona in the film version of the transatlantic stage hit The History Boys. She appeared in an independent short film Soul Shutter in 2008 and also had a small role in the 2008 feature film The Bank Job.
Her radio credits include Dakota of the White Flats by Phillip Ridley on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 7. She left Casualty in December 2011, along with co-star Ben Turner, who played her main love interest in the show.
Since 2013, Taylor has played Junior Crown Prosecutor Kate Barker on Law & Order: United Kingdom.