Angelina Meyer is a Flight 828 passenger who is introduced in Season Three. She is portrayed by Holly Taylor, a Canadian actress.
Little is known about Angelina's past other than the fact that she was born in 1990 and hails from a deeply religious Long Island, New York family. Her parents enjoyed taking her to King Kone, an ice cream shop, when she was younger. She attended a Catholic school in Syosset, New York. She meets Jace and Pete Baylor when she is just a young girl. Her missionary parents have real estate holdings in Costa Rica and Idaho.
At first, Angelina is incredibly reserved and distrustful of people, but over time, she gradually learns to be more approachable. Olive (Grace’s daughter) adopts Angelina, and the two become close. After being brought together by a “Calling,” Angelina and Pete Baylor start dating. However, Pete passes away which leaves Angelina heartbroken.
Due to Angelina's belief that Eden (Grace’s daughter) is her guardian angel, she murdered Grace Stone and abducted Eden Stone. However, in the season three finale, Holly Taylor was subjected to a barrage of hate messages from people, mostly Grace Stone fans or netizens, who believe Grace's death is unnecessary and serves no purpose in the plot.
Who is Holly Taylor?
American and Canadian actress and dancer Holly Taylor has been working since the age of eleven; she made her Broadway debut in the role of Sharon Percy and stayed in the part for nearly two years.
She was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019 for her work as Paige Jennings in the FX television series The Americans throughout its entire run. Additionally, she portrays one of the plane survivors, Angelina Meyer, in the science fiction series Manifest on NBC and Netflix.
Taylor was performing in eight shows a week as a dancer in the Billy Elliot production at the Imperial Theatre in New York City by the time she was eleven years old. Taylor continued her academics while still attending middle school in her native New Jersey.
She received an invitation to the Johns Hopkins program for gifted and talented kids, and the following year she received an invitation to the gifted kids' International Student Exchange program.
Later on, she began to consider acting more, though at first it was challenging because of her extreme shyness. "But then, the more I started to do it, the more I came out of my shell, and the more I enjoyed it," Holly said. She recorded an audition tape for the spy drama television series “The Americans” in Los Angeles, and after meeting the producers in New York, she was cast. Taylor starred as Angelina Meyer in the third season of “Manifest” in 2021.
Why did Angelina Meyer kill Grace Stone in Manifest?
Due to Pete's passing and the psychological harm her religious parents had already inflicted on her, Angelina lost all motivation and went blank. Because of her now-distorted view of religion and after witnessing Eden sob prior to an earthquake, Angelina interpreted this to mean that divine intervention had taken place, saw her as a guardian angel, and attempted to demonstrate this by setting their room on fire.
When Angelina (Holly Taylor) first appears on Manifest, her zealot parents lock her up because they think her "callings" are evil. She is saved by Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) and Zeke (Matt Long), and ultimately, the Stone family adopts her.
She appeared to believe she was Olive (Grace’s daughter) at this point because her perception was so distorted. With time, her attachment to Eden worsened, leading Angelina to murder Grace and abduct Eden.
She is even more mentally unstable as of Season 4 as Angelina no longer harbors any remorse for killing Grace and makes Eden believe that she is her mother. Angelina began to show signs of further cracking after losing Eden to the Stones and being exposed to her religious zealot parents once more. After obtaining the Omega Sapphire, she made an effort to persuade Ben to return Eden, but the boy could sense something was wrong with Angelina.
Then, Angelina started to believe that she was an angel in human form, sent to save the world. Unaware of what she was doing, she was condemning it to the "Death Date" that would end everything. Even after her plans failed due to Cal's disobedience, Angelina's focus was solely on her irrational plan to save the world.
Why is Holly Taylor getting hate?
Grace Stone (Athena Karkanis), the matriarch of the Stone family, is frightened by Angelina's obsession with the notion that baby Eden is her guardian angel, and the family decides to kick her out. But Angelina isn't stopped, and she returns for Eden while fatally stabbing Grace and stealing the child.
"A lot of the fans have been very angry at me since they finished Season 3, rightfully so," Taylor explains to Tudum. "I definitely get a lot of hate messages on Instagram and Twitter; my comment section is not the nicest place to be on Instagram, to be honest. But it also just means that people are that invested in the show and they really care about the characters that much."
Taylor is the total antithesis of the villain she portrays on screen. "She’s the sweetest girl to be playing a villain," says Luna Blaise (Olive), "so it’s insane; she’s, like, the littlest ball of joy ever."
FAQs
Q. Who is Angelina in Manifest?
A. Angelina was introduced in season three of Manifest, her negative past events have made her mentally unstable and she is the villain by the finale of season three.
Q. Who portrays Angelina Meyer?
A. Angelina Meyer is portrayed by Holly Taylor.
Q. What is the net worth of Holly Taylor?
A. The net worth of Holly Taylor is estimated to be $4 million, as of 2023.
