Jennifer Joan Taylor

Jennifer Joan Taylor is a French-American actress in film and television. She is best known for playing Police Detective Chris Egan in the American daytime television soap opera, The Edge of Night. She is sometimes credited as Jennifer Taylor.

Early life Taylor was born in Paris, France, but was raised in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. She graduated from Viterbo University in 1978 with a theater arts degree.

Acting career In 1979, Taylor began acting at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. In 1983, Taylor began her television career by appearing in a Hellman's mayonnaise television commercial. In the spring of that year, she was cast as Police Detective Chris Egan in the American daytime television soap opera, The Edge of Night. Her first appearance on the soap was on May 25, 1983, and she played that role until the soap's final episode on December 28, 1984. In the fall of 1983, she played the part of a soap opera actress in an ABC Afterschool Special episode.

Taylor's first film role was in Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and she starred as Karen Webb in the American thriller film, The Crude Oasis (1995). She has had parts in a number of other films, including Casualties (1997), White Chicks, Incorporated (1998), The Weather Man (2005) and Derailed (2005).

From 2005 to 2006, Taylor played Becky in Prison Break, and in 2008 she appeared in the film, The Lucky Ones. More recently, she has been seen in numerous episodes of Empire (2015–17) and Chicago Fire (2014–2020).

Personal life Taylor has been married to Garry Henderson since 1979 and they have two children

Partial filmography Year Title Role Notes 1983 ABC Afterschool Special Soap Opera Actress TV series (1 episode) 1983–84 The Edge of Night Police Det. Chris Egan TV series (55 episodes) 1986 Highway to Heaven Secretary TV series (1 episode) 1986 Tall Tales & Legends Polly TV series (1 episode) 1988 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Customer TV series (1 episode) 1988 Fright Night Part 2 Secretary/Receptionist Film 1989 Newhart Ellie TV series (1 episode) 1990 The New Adam-12 Mrs Collins TV series (1 episode) 1993 In the Company of Darkness Mother TV movie 1993 Missing Persons Ilyse Atema TV series (1 episode) 1995 The Crude Oasis Karen Webb Film 1997 Casualties Teacher Film 1997 Early Edition Vivian Dankowski TV series (1 episode) 1998 White Chicks, Incorporated Spoogle Girl #9 Film 2001 The Misanthrope School Teacher Film 2005 The Weather Man Register Worker Film 2005 Derailed Real Estate Agent Film 2005–06 Prison Break Becky TV series (7 episodes) 2008 The Lucky Ones Bob's Wife Film 2015–17 Empire Various TV series (5 episodes) 2017 Chicago Justice DeeDee Carter TV series (1 episode) 2014–20 Chicago Fire Various TV series (2 episodes) 2020 I Used to Go Here Hugo's mom Film