Via Guadalajara, Tijuana, Dallas, and Los Angeles - Mirelly Taylor Has Arrived

A graph of Mirelly Taylor's professional acting career would depict a nice steady uptrend. And after many years of persistence and hard work, it now seems possible that Taylor’s leading role in the upcoming romantic comedy, Roswell FM, could finally catapult her towards international stardom. If this new role does serve as a catalyst, it couldn't possibly happen to a more deserving person.

Most successful young actresses can share personal stories of their experiences. Typically they will involve a bump here and a bruise there. Mirelly's trials and tests in early life included one very serious setback that very few human beings are ever able to completely overcome. 

Taylor's life began in Mexico in the city of Guadalajara. 

Raised by her mother, Mirelly’s family moved from Guadalajara, Jalisco to the northern border city of Tijuana when she was just three years old. Young Mirelly's earliest childhood memories are associated with the famously tough border town just south of San Diego, California. For the first eleven years of her life, Taylor spoke only Spanish. At age eleven, Mirelly and her family moved to Dallas, Texas. Knowing shortly after her arrival in Dallas that she wanted to be a singer and an actress in America, she spent the next few years making it her priority to learn to speak English fluently. She also committed to speaking her second language with no accent.

A lifelong pattern of gradually accomplishing lofty goals emerged shortly after her move to Dallas. Unfortunately for Mirelly, her adolescent years in Texas would not be easy ones. Pressures at home overwhelmed her at the age of fourteen, leading her to make the decision to run away. Somehow, while she was living with various friends and often sleeping on couches, Taylor managed to keep her eyes on her academic priorities. Despite the all of the turmoil, Mirelly maintained a lofty grade point average throughout high school. And seven years after her arrival in the United States, the petite girl from Guadalajara and Tijuana graduated with honors from Thomas Jefferson High in Dallas, Texas.

Taylor’s academic achievements paved the way for her to gain admission to nearby Southern Methodist University. There she decided to major in Cinema and double-minor in both Psychology and Spanish.

It was at this point that Mirelly Taylor’s promising young life nearly came to a tragic end. At age eighteen she was involved in a terrible accident that left her nearly fatally injured. Somehow Taylor managed to survive a sixteen inch skull fracture that left her in a deep coma for three days. Emerging from the coma, Mirelly soon began to perceive everyday life as a series of risks, even for those who are supposedly playing it somewhat safe. After some agonizing soul searching that involved determining precisely where her heart was, she made the monumental decision to immediately abandon her studies at SMU and pursue her true calling as a performing artist.

Not long after her arrival in California, Taylor’s acting talent and elegant appearance enabled her to become heavily involved in theater and independent films. Her theater credits quickly mounted, including leading roles in productions such as "Les Miserables" and "The Odyssey."

Thanks to her promising potential as a young actress, Taylor was able to gain admittance to acting coach Alan Miller's exclusive private master's class. There she continued to grow and expand her professional abilities. At the time, Miller was one of the most highly sought after acting coaches in the world, having mentored many of cinema’s most talented performers including Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, and Al Pacino. Mirelly learned her craft well and her career continued its gradual ascension.

Taylor’s remarkable performance in "Kiss Me Again" (2006) demonstrated her potential for star power as well as her eye-catching allure. In that film, Mirelly was cast as an ultra-sexy student who caught the lustful eye of her professor, played by Jeremy London. Coincidentally, one of the lead roles in Roswell FM will be played by London’s accomplished twin brother Jason London (Dazed and Confused).

In recent years Mirelly Taylor has stayed busy. She has guest-starred on hit shows such as, "CSI NY", "Numb3rs" (CBS), PunK'd (MTV), "Las Vegas"(NBC), "Lovespring International Inc." (LifeTime), and "Crash" (2009) (Starz!). Just recently she appeared on "Terriers" on FX.

The processes at work in Mirelly Taylor’s life finally began to come full circle in 2007 when Mirelly met her birth father for the first time in New York. These days, the little girl who spent the first eleven years of her life in Guadalajara and Tijuana has become somewhat of a world traveler. Taylor has visited Ireland, Argentina, China, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Portugal, Germany, England, Czech Republic, Austria, Israel, Italy, and many countries on the continent of Africa. Mirelly has also enjoyed return visits to her native Mexico.
In Roswell FM Mirelly will find herself surrounded by a cast of seasoned actors with outstanding comedic timing. In many ways, Mirelly's character as Lacey Del Rio is perfectly suited for her own down-to-earth personality. The character of Lacey is a role that calls for an attractive woman to play opposite the shy but remarkably handsome Jay Rathbone (Brendan Fehr). In this script the physical beauty of Mirelly's character will be rather understated, especially when compared to the overwhelming allure she projected in Kiss Me Again. While the character of Lacey is one of an elegant and beautiful woman, Lacey does not seem to know how extremely attractive she actually is. And it is likely that in this romantic setting, Mirelly Taylor will finally have a role that takes maximum advantage of all her theatrical sweet spots.

In Roswell FM, Taylor will also be presented with the unique opportunity to return quite comfortably to her Hispanic roots. She will play a radio talk show host who performs the show in Spanish. Each of Taylor's brief on air scenes will feature English subtitles. The script also surrounds Mirelly with a mostly male cast including: Brendan Fehr (TV Series' CSI-Miami and Bones), Jason London (Dazed and Confused), Mirelly's real life fiance Brian Tee (The Fast and the Furious: 3), Don Stark (TV Series - That 70’s Show), Kevin Farley (An American Carol), and Hugh Elliot (Running Girl). ---- Roswell FM begins shooting on July 25th in the summer heat of the southwest. For someone who has already overcome a severe skull fracture, a three day coma, and many other unique obstacles, for Taylor the heat will seem like a stroll in the park. Early indications seem to suggest this indy film will capture the imagination of distributors and then filmgoers. If Roswell FM does catch fire, Mirelly Taylor may finally draw the worldwide attention she deserves.
                                                                       Cynthia Renee Thurm