Taryn Manning Biography

The American actress Taryn Manning was born in 1978 in Falls Church, Virginia. Manning grew up in a single parent home after her parents split up, and her mother often struggled to make ends meet. Despite their challenges, Taryn harbored a love of acting and dance from the time she was very young, and her mother always found a way to enroll her in classes so that she could further her ambitions.

In her early twenties, Taryn Manning began appearing in small roles on an umber of television shows, including The Practice, NYPD Blue, Boston Booking Agency & Management" href="https://www.bookingentertainment.com/cities/boston.php"> Boston Public, and Get Real. Her first role on the big screen was in the film Crazy/Beautiful, followed by a role in Crossroads with Britney Spears. But Mannings biggest breakthrough came with her performance as Nola in the film Hustle & Flow, a performance which earned her multiple award nominations and critical acclaim. After Hustle & Flow, Taryn appeared in a number of films, including: Lucky 13 (2005), The Breed (2006), After Sex (2007), The Devil’s Tomb (2009), The Job (2009), Love Ranch (2010), and Low Down (2014). Since 2013, Manning has also appeared in the role of Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett on the hit series Orange is the New Black.

In addition to her work as an actor, Taryn Manning and her brother are the duo behind the band Boomkat, which was founded in 2003. Boomkat released a debut album, Boomkatalog.One, in 2003, featuring the singles “The Wreckoning” and “What U Do 2 Me.” A second album, A Million Trillion Stars, followed in 2009, featuring the moderate hit “Run Boy” and additional singles “Stomp,” “Lonely Child,” “Don’t Be So Shy,” and “Runaway.”

Taryn Manning continues to act and perform with Boomkat. Although the duo has not released an album since 2009, Manning states that another is in the works and scheduled to arrive very soon. Taryn Manning most recently appeared in the film Experimenter, in 2015.