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Taylor Parks also known by stage name Tayla Parx
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Born |
Dallas, Texas, United States |
September 16, 1993
Occupation | Actress, singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2006–present |
Taylor Parks (born September 16, 1993, Dallas, Texas, United States), also known by the stage name Tayla Parx, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Little Inez in the 2007 film Hairspray.
She has also appeared in the television series Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Carpoolers, Bones, Victorious, and had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP starring Keke Palmer. Parks is also a personal friend of Palmer's.
Parks now lives in Los Angeles, and has had a career that has taken the music industry by storm, landing cuts on Ariana Grande, J-Lo, Jason Derulo, Pentatonix, Mariah Carey, The Internet, Fifth Harmony, and Chris Brown (featured on the track "Anyway" from his Royalty album). She has written with various artists/producers including Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Leanne Rimes, DJ Mustard, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and Meghan Trainor. Parks has also written hits for Kpop artists Red Velvet, f(x) and Tao. As a voiceover actor, she also voices one of the characters for the SIMS OLYMPUS game (Electronic Arts). Parks was signed as a songwriter by Jon Platt at Warner Chappell Publishing at age 19.