Taylor Swift is the biggest star on the planet thanks to her record-breaking The Eras Tour and chart-topping hits, but she’s proven herself an accomplished actress over the years.
The 34-year-old hitmaker Bad Blood made her acting debut in 2009 when she landed a “dream” job starring on her favorite show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, playing a troubled teen who becomes a murder victim and has a murky family history.
The musician, then just 19 and fresh off the success of his second album Fearless (and that interruption by Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards), played Haley Jones in the season nine episode, Turn, Turn, Turn.
The star, known for her fresh-faced look and signature blonde hair, debuted a striking gothic transformation with raven-black locks, smoky eye makeup and facial piercings.
More drama ensued when Haley was found stabbed to death in a parking lot, with Taylor playing a bloody corpse in the autopsy room, in scenes that shocked her mother.
Taylor Swift is the biggest star on the planet thanks to her record-breaking The Eras Tour and chart-topping hits, but she’s proven herself to be an accomplished actress over the years.
The episode began a year earlier when Haley befriended CSI Nick Stokes (George Eads) while investigating crimes at the motel she was living at.
The gritty role saw Haley falling out with her mother Nicole (Lisa Darr) and turning into a goth after being bullied online.
It is revealed that Nicole accidentally stabbed Haley to death with a pair of scissors in a fight over her behavior and reaction to the death of her biological mother, Tanya (Mim Carrow), from an overdose.
Nicole also killed Tanya after she accidentally caused the death of Nicole’s daughter years earlier, and gave her Haley as a result.
Taylor said of her mother Andrea’s reaction to the gore: “My (own) mom was a little freaked out. I was staring blankly at nothing and literally had to not breathe during the close-ups… not blink or anything.
‘I even met Jerry Bruckheimer and Cuba Gooding Jr.!
In a 2009 interview with MTV, she said: “All my friends know that my dream is to die on CSI. I always wanted to be one of the characters on the show and try to figure out what happened there.
“Nick Stokes’ character deals with his crime. It was really cool, because he’s my favorite character.
The 34-year-old hitmaker Bad Blood made her acting debut in 2009 when she landed a “dream” job starring on her favorite show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, playing a troubled teen who becomes a murder victim with a murky family history in the episode Turn, Turn, Turn.
The episode began a year earlier when Haley befriended CSI Nick Stokes (George Eads) while investigating crimes at the motel she was living at.
The gritty role saw Haley falling out with her mother Nicole (Lisa Darr) and turning into a goth after being bullied online.
It is revealed that Nicole accidentally stabbed Haley to death with a pair of scissors in a fight over her behavior and reaction to the death of her biological mother, Tanya (Mim Carrow), from an overdose.
In 2013, Swift also made a shocking cameo in the season two finale of New Girl.
The hit singer, who had just released her fourth album, Red, and was on the verge of stardom before its 1989 release, showed off her acting chops on the iconic show starring Zooey Deschanel.
Taylor made a glamorous appearance at Jess (Hannah Simone) and Shivrang’s (Satya Bhabha) nuptials and caused chaos.
The beauty played a woman named Elaine, who stood up in the middle of the wedding and loudly declared her love for her childhood friend Shivrang.
She said, “Oh Shivvy! I have loved you since the first grade. I feel so lonely without you. I stay up at night and write about you in my diary and paint portraits of you on my easel.
“Will you get me out of this madness? You are not too little for me, I don’t care what your mother says!”
The couple then embrace before Shivrang picks up Elaine and runs away with her.
New Girl had referenced the star several times in its story, even featuring her song 22 in one scene.
Taylor said of her mother Andrea’s reaction to the gory scenes: “My (own) mother was a little freaked out. I was dead with my eyes open, I literally had to stare into nothing and not breathe during the close-ups… not blink or anything – pictured with Andrea and her father Scott in 2013
Taylor was also a fan of the cast and was reciting her favorite quotes when she met them.
“He recited lines from the show to us. It was a very emotional night,” Liz explained.
Swift is currently in the final months of her The Eras Tour and is engaged in a high-profile romance with NFL star Travis Kelce, 34.
Shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs star joined the pop icon onstage at her Eras Tour concert in London last month, a source revealed that the lovebirds “are actually really, really happy together” as they approach their first anniversary.
“They take each other very seriously and the relationship feels different for both of them,” the source said. People.
The source close to the couple commented that “they have a lot of fun together.”
“Their friends find it funny because at first everyone wondered what they had in common, but then you realize how similar they are,” the source said. “They are both very sincere and give their all to everything they do, whether it’s their career, family or friends.”
The couple are currently making the most of their time together as she continues the UK and European leg of her world tour, before he returns to the Chiefs training camp on July 21.
Swift is currently in the final months of her The Eras Tour and is engaged in a high-profile romance with NFL star Travis Kelce, 34.
Shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs joined the pop star onstage at her Eras Tour concert in London last month (see above), a source revealed that the lovebirds “are actually very, very happy together.”
The source close to the couple praised that “they have a lot of fun together.”
“Football is definitely still his priority, but so is their relationship,” the source said. “He makes romantic gestures to show her he’s thinking about her when they’re apart. She’s going to try to attend as many games as she can.”
A second source told the outlet that the soccer player “loved being on stage” to join the 14-time Grammy winner.
“He’s confident and funny, and it was one of the highlights of his tour,” the source added.
Last month, while appearing on the Doing business with the boys In a podcast, Kelce gushed that he “really” started falling for Swift as soon as he saw “how genuine she is with her friends and her family.”
“It can get crazy for someone who gets so much attention, and she keeps it so calm and relaxed… She wants to be a part of it. She wants to support me,” he revealed.
The Chiefs tight end went on to say that while they want to “keep things private,” they aren’t hiding anything either.
“That’s my girl, you know what I mean? That’s my girl, so it’s like… I’m proud of that,” he said. “I’m not sitting here trying to juggle like, ‘how can I keep this a secret?’ You just don’t want to let everyone into your private life and be able to comment on it, knowing that everything she does is news.”
