Biography
Taylour Paige is an American actress and dancer. Born on 5 October 1990 in Santa Monica, California, she trained in ballet and other dance forms from a young age, studying at the Westside Ballet Academy and with choreographer Debbie Allen from 2001. She appeared as a featured dancer in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) and later attended Loyola Marymount University.
Paige gained recognition for her role as Ahsha Hayes in the VH1 series Hit the Floor (2013–2016). Her film credits include Jean of the Joneses (2016), White Boy Rick (2018), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) and the lead in Zola (2020), for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She played Mariah in the 2026 film I Love Boosters and has appeared in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) and the series IT: Welcome to Derry (2025). In 2022 she featured on Kendrick Lamar's track "We Cry Together", which received a Grammy nomination.
