Background
Saylor was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother is a retailer at Retail and her father does renovations for Starbucks. They are divorced.
Saylor was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother is a retailer at Retail and her father does renovations for Starbucks. They are divorced.
She is known for portraying Dana Brody on the Showtime series Homeland from season one to three. Saylor moved to Villa Rica, Georgia at age two and Decatur, Georgia at age ten. Saylor signed up for acting camps with the Department of Recreation and played the title role in Alana at OnStage Atlanta.
She also starred as Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street.
In fourth grade, she moved to Los Angeles for the summer and started doing auditions and did a voice-over of young Meadow in The Sopranos in 2006. When Saylor was 11 years old, she auditioned for talent agent Joy Pervis and was signed.
She went on to a radio commercial and a television adjunct Saylor played Annie in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire"s Assistant in 2009 and young Claire in Father of Invention in 2010.
She auditioned for Homeland in December 2010 and played Dana Brody from season one to three.
In June 2014, Saylor made her stage debut at the Manhattan Club as Penny in When We Were Young and Unafraid, written by Sarah Treem and directed by Pam MacKinnon. Also in 2014, she played Gracie Highsmith in Jamie Marks Is Dead, an adaptation of Christopher Barzak"s 2007 novel One for Sorrow, directed by Carter Smith. Saylor played Kevin Costner"s character"s daughter Julie in the sports drama McFarland, United States of America, which was released on February 20, 2015.
She plays the role of Leah in White Girl, which was written and directed by Elizabeth Wood and, as of February 2015, is in post-production.
Saylor acted alongside Nick Robinson and Common in director Rob Reiner"s upcoming film Being Charlie. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Festival in September of that year.