Taylor Ortega

TAYLOR ORTEGA IS A WRITER, COMEDIAN AND ACTOR BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. Most recently, she played Shego in the live-action Kim Possible movie for Disney Channel. She has appeared on Succession (HBO) and is a regular writer and contributor to How Stuff Work’s pop culture podcast "The Daily Zeitgeist." Taylor also wrote for a Pilot Presentation for TruTV and, prior, wrote and starred in an episode of "Blank Meets Blank" on TruTV’s late night block Late Night Snack. She wrote for MTV's TRL reboot and worked as an entertainment writer at Elite Daily where, for two years, she covered everything from Lamar Odom's cheating scandal to Lamar Odom's overdose to Lamar Odom's physical therapy journey. Aside from writing curated entertainment news posts, she wrote original commentary on entertainment and social media related topics for the site. Taylor conducted exclusive interviews with celebrities and appeared in several of Elite Daily's video series, including "GenWhy" and "Elite Weekly." Prior to Elite Daily, she co-hosted PIT TV's weekly internet roundup series, "Who Won The Internet?" and wrote and hosted Cosmopolitan.com's "The Cosmo Catch Up." You can see Taylor live at UCB’s Maude Night with her sketch team Presley. Taylor has never failed to Escape The Room.