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July 26, 1993 in St. Louis, MO
Biography:It would be difficult to imagine a more conspicuous or thrilling big-screen debut for a child actress than that of St. Louis-born Taylor Momsen, selected out of innumerable hopefuls at six years old to play Cindy Lou Who in Ron Howard's colorful holiday fantasy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). The Momsen was already an on-camera veteran when she signed for the part (given her appearance in a Shake 'n Bake commercial at three years old, and one-shot roles on the series Early Edition and Cosby), The Grinch nevertheless heightened her exposure.

Not long after The Grinch, Momsen stuck with the same genre: the family-oriented fantasy Hansel & Gretel (2002), which sported Lynn Redgrave. That very same year, however, the pint-sized ingenue returned to A-list material with small contributions to two acclaimed blockbusters: Mel Gibson's military drama We Were Soldiers and the can't-miss sequel Spy Kids... Full Biography

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Leighton Meester, Jessica Szohr, Taylor Momsen and Blake Lively attend the CW Network Upfront event...
Taylor Momsen and Penn Badgley work on the set of "Gossip Girl" in New York on Aug. 11, 2009.
Actors Taylor Momsen, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Blake Lively and Penn Badgley at the 2008 CW...
Set at an exclusive prep school, "Gossip Girl" follows the intrigues, schemes, and scandals of the...
"Gossip Girl"The snarky, manipulative teens of Manhattan's Upper East Side are still up to their...
Actress Taylor Momsen arrives at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival's premiere of...
Actress Taylor Momsen arrives at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival's premiere of...
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