Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor is no Tasmanian Devil.

And though both share a home in Australia's island-province of Tasmania, Taylor is far removed from the beauty-challenged marsupial. Rachael is in fact a fox; and so pretty that she stood out and got noticed in Transformers, where her co-star was Megan 'the' Fox:



Both the Transformers girls have green eyes. Rachael Taylor grew up in the small town of Launceston (born 11 July 1984) and was Miss Teen Tasmania in 1998; at age 16 she decided she wanted to be an actress and boarded a flight for Sydney. Thinking about that now Rachael says, "It was really stupid, but I wanted to be an actor right at that moment. It's funny; when you're young and you sort of just jump into things, you don't really understand the ramifications of how difficult it's going to be to do your own laundry and things like that."

Naturally Taylor did not find work immediately and had to continue her studies. But when film and TV roles came her way Rachael left her study of politics and history at the University of Sydney, to pursue acting full-time. She starred in the 2005 Aussie soap Headland and did some modeling before auditioning for the role of computer geek Maggie in Transformers. The 2007 movie opened many doors for Rachael, who was then featured in Vanity Fair:



"You know, I go off and then I come home to the house I was born in and we sort of talk about the dog," Rachael Taylor, who now lives in LA, told Vanity Fair. "(My parents) genuinely really like their life in Tassie. They have this simple thing going on. I'm sure they'd love to come and visit me at some stage, but at the moment it just sort of seems like daughter's off doing this kind of mystical thing out in the universe somewhere and it sort of involves movie-making."

Rachael Taylor with her "Bottle Shock" co-star Eliza Dushku at a screening for that movie

Rachael also starred in The Tourist, the horror flick Shutter, and will be seen next in Cedar Boys. The 5'8½" tall girl was never too much into working out but had to become more conscious of her body and appearance: "I am not super-disciplined because I don't think that is healthy, but I work out because I have to and I hate it. I detest lifting weights but I do it every now and then and I do some cardio. It's good for you and you need to do it as an actor and a young woman. So I do work out but I also give myself a break when I really can't bear to do it some days."



As for her appearance in clothes, Rachael says, "You often hear actors saying they only like jeans and tee shirts, but I really like to dress up. I like looking young and fun but ladylike as well. I like sophistication. If go out for dinner I want to put on a dress and high heels. I am not into the LA style of jeans and sneakers, although I do wear casual clothes during the day of course. I love Donna Karan and Alexander Wang and Phillip Lim and an Australian designer, Tony Maticevski."