Taylor Russell McKenzie, who was born in Vancouver on the 18th of July 1994, was raised in Toronto and Vancouver. Russell was the daughter of a black dad and a white mother. She grew up with her mother's family. She told me that as a young girl she was viewed as unwelcome by her peers due to the color of her skin. The family was struggling financially and were forced to move sixteen times in order to take on her father's work. Russell spoke out about how despite this hardship, Russell said that she was always a creative person as a child. She wanted to be a dancer, and later to become an artist. At eighteen, she took her first acting class, and finally found her place. She used her work savings to buy a car, and would drive to Los Angeles, to audition. When her funds ran out, she would return to work until she had enough income to audition again. The process went on for four years before she landed her first major television role.
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