There are triple threats, after which there's Teyana Taylor.

Taylor's banner yr included co-starring within the Tyler Perry crime drama movie Straw, in addition to arguably essentially the most talked-about tv present, in Ryan Murphy's authorized sequence All's Honest. But it surely was her electrical flip as Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After One other that actually received tongues wagging.

Buoyed by rave opinions from critics and audiences alike, the movie has since became this awards season's juggernaut, with Taylor's deeply bodily, uncooked, and emotionally improvisational efficiency receiving a lion's share of the reward.

The season solely simply began, and Taylor has already netted a slew of honors (together with a nomination for Finest Supporting Actress on the Critics Alternative Awards, and a win from the Los Angeles Movie Critics Affiliation), and simply this week she received her first Golden Globe nomination in the identical class.

As if all of that wasn't sufficient, her fourth studio album, Escape Room, which was launched in August, not too long ago nabbed a Grammy nomination for Finest R&B album.

To cap all of it off, Leisure Weekly is naming Taylor one in all our Entertainers of the 12 months, and who higher to have a good time than her One Battle After One other daughter, Chase Infiniti. Forward, Infiniti — herself a 2025 phenom and fellow Golden Globes and Critics Alternative nominee, amongst others — pays tribute to Taylor.

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Teyana Taylor. That identify alone. For the reason that second she got here onto the scene, she is all the time doing one thing new, all the time difficult herself and her creativity, as a result of she is able to a lot. She by no means stops working, and all the pieces she has performed is so admirable. Teyana is the last word entertainer; she will do something and all the pieces.

One of many stunning issues she does in One Battle After One other with Perfidia is her sturdy command of the display and her presence – similar factor when she’s acting on stage. She is so artistic on this position, and that's why you’re feeling her all through the movie, even when she’s not there.

As an actor, Teyana makes decisions with unbelievable confidence and is fast on her ft – I’ll always remember seeing that in dailies or from afar on set, soaking in all the pieces about how she operates as a result of I hope to sometime obtain even a fraction of what she’s in a position to do. In life, like Perfidia, she’s unapologetically herself, which she urged me to be on our press tour. As she says, “Stand 10 toes down.” It’s a life lesson I’ll all the time carry with me. I really feel so grateful that I received to spend that point along with her since we didn’t have any scenes collectively, sadly, however being in her presence, you shortly see how extremely passionate she is about her work. She is really the proper instance of any person who’s unbelievable at their craft, however by no means stops studying and by no means stops asking questions. I used to be simply in awe as a result of seeing any person at her degree, of her caliber, along with her magnitude of expertise, say, “I'm a scholar and I'm all the time studying,” and actually imply it, and likewise lead with a lot kindness, was unbelievable.

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Teyana, by the way in which, can be a jokester and she will all the time make everybody within the room chuckle, however particularly me. And when the 2 of us did interviews in London, we laughed all day — a day that was further particular and that I’ll always remember.

Teyana Taylor is the second. I’m not going to say she’s “in her prime” as a result of there’s a lot extra to return from her – she’s going to proceed to develop into extra greatness and encourage tens of millions of people that look as much as her from all walks of life. She is an icon, she is the lady, she is in her time, and she or he is relishing in it, and I'm so proud and so blissful for her as a result of it’s all fully nicely deserved.

—As instructed to Gerrad Corridor

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