Holland Taylor

Holland Virginia Taylor born January 14 1943 is an American actress She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABCs The Practice 19982003 For her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men 200315 she received a total of four Primetime Emmy Award nominations Taylors other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies 198082 The Powers That Be 199293 and The Naked Truth 199598 She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children 198183 as Peggy Peabody on The L Word 200408 and as Ida Silver on Mr Mercedes 201719 In 2020 she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood Taylors feature film credits include Romancing the Stone 1984 and its sequel 1985 Alice 1990 To Die For 1995 One Fine Day 1996 George of the Jungle 1997 The Truman Show 1998 Happy Accidents 2000 Keeping the Faith 2000 Legally Blonde 2001 The Wedding Date 2005 Baby Mama 2008 Gloria Bell 2018 Bill Ted Face the Music 2020 and The Stand In 2020 Taylor wrote and starred in the onewoman play Ann based on the life and work of Ann Richards For this she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia