Taylor Momsen

Taylor Michel Momsen is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. She is known for portraying the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Jenny Humphrey on The CW’s teen drama series Gossip Girl. After her retirement from acting, she became widely known for being the frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless. She has also been the face of Samantha Thavasa’s handbag line and John Galliano’s new women’s fragrance campaign.

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Summary Taylor MomsenTaylor Michel Momsen is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. She is known for portraying the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Jenny Humphrey on The CW’s teen drama series Gossip Girl. After her retirement from acting, she became widely known for being the frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless. She was signed with Ford Models at a very young age and is included on the list of Unclaimed Coogan accounts for performing children whose partial childhood earnings are mandated to be put in a special fund but who have yet to claim their earnings. She appeared on the cover of Seventeen when she was 15 years old in 2009. In October 2012, it was reported that she would be returning to GossipGirl for its final episode. She also made her debut for Maxim in the November 2013 issue. She has said that when asked about posing for Playboy, she said, ‘I was at the mansion last week and took some pictures that count? Does that count?’ She has also been the face of Samantha Thavasa’s handbag line and John Galliano’s new women’s fragrance campaign.

In 2010, she appeared in a video for Galliano’s \”Parlez-Moi d’Amour\” fragrance ad campaign. Her parents are Michael and Collette M momsen and she has a younger sister, Sloane Momsens, who is also an actress. She has Russian ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic and attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School for elementary school and later Herbert Hoover Middle School in Potomac, Maryland but is now non-religious. She began acting professionally at three years of age in a 1997 national commercial for Shake ‘n Bake. In 2002, she played Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Alexandra, the President’s daughter, in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams.