Taryn Manning

Taryn Manning (born November 6 1978) is an American actress and singer/songwriter of the band Boomkat.

Early life

Manning was born in Falls Church, Virginia. Her parents divorced in 1981, and her mother Sharyn worked two jobs in order to support Taryn and her older brother, Kellin. Her father, a musician and hotel manager, was the cousin of Archie Manning, and died in 1993. Manning is the third cousin of Indianapolis Colts' Quarterback Peyton Manning and his brother Eli Manning. Taryn grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where her mother moved to after her divorce, and later in Los Alamitos, California, where she attended Orange County High School of the Arts. Manning started dancing at age twelve and won many competitions, including the Arizona state championship in karate.

Career

Manning began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in small roles in several film and television productions, including episodes of The Practice, Get Real, Boston Public, NYPD Blue and Popular. She tried out for WB's Popstars in 2001. Her first role in a major motion picture was in the Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez romantic-comedy crazy/beautiful which was followed shortly by a prominent role in the 2002 Britney Spears feature film, Crossroads, where she played one of the Spears' character's best friends. Her subsequent film roles included supporting parts in White Oleander, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love and the historical epic Cold Mountain.

In 2003, Manning and her brother formed the band Boomkat. Their debut album, Boomkatalog.One, was released on March 18th, 2003. She sang a rendition of "I'll Take You There" with Tweet in a Gap commercial, and a Boomkat song was included on the 8 Mile soundtrack.

In 2005, she appeared in the drama film Hustle & Flow, opposite Terrence Howard, playing a troubled prostitute in the Deep South. The film received critical acclaim [1] and was generally considered a success. Her next film will be Weirdsville, a comedy co-starring Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley.[2]

Currently, she plays Ivy Chitty on the Fox series Drive.

Flight 292 experience

On September 22, 2005, Manning discussed her experience as one of 140 passengers on JetBlue Airways Flight 292, which performed an emergency landing with faulty landing gear. Speaking as a guest on Craig Ferguson's late night talk show, she explained:

"When we saw our plane on TV as 'breaking news'... it was the most surreal, out of body experience I ever had... I just composed a little something so that if anything happened [family members] would know that our last goodbye wasn't on the phone... A lot of the women of course were crying... There was a gentleman across the way who was writing in his journal and crying, and seeing that isn't easy" [3].

Upon landing safely, she described the atmosphere of jubilant cheering and applause inside the airplane, "It sounded like the RCA Dome in there" (where her cousin Peyton plays football).

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Jack & Jill vs. the World	Jane
2007	Weirdsville	-
2006	The Breed	Sara
2005	Hustle & Flow	Nola
2005	A Lot Like Love	Ellen Martin
2004	Dandelion (film)	Danny
2002	Cold Mountain	Shyla
2002	8 Mile	Janeane
2002	White Oleander	Niki
2002	Crossroads	Mimi
2001	Crazy/Beautiful	Maddy

Discography

Boomkat - Boomkatalog.One - 2003

See also

• JetBlue Airways Flight 292

External links

• Taryn Manning at IMDb
• playboy.com - Taryn Manning
• VH1.com: Boomkat: Artist Main

Interviews

• TeenMusic interview (April 8, 2003)
• KidzWorld interview