Taylor Dearden Says She’s One of the ‘Least Recognized’ Stars of “The Pitt” for This Reason

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• Taylor Dearden revealed why she believes she’s one of the “least recognized” actors from The Pitt in a latest interview

• “I get away with a lot more anonymity than everyone else because everyone looks the exact same outside of the show, but dolled up,” she mentioned

• The actress performs Dr. Mel King in the HBO hit

Taylor Dearden is conserving a low profile.

The actress, 33, revealed why she believes she’s one of the “least recognized” actors from The Pitt in an interview with Glamor.

“I think my hair throws people off a lot. They darken it for the show,” Dearden informed the outlet. As seen on pink carpets and at occasions, she sometimes has honey-blonde hair. Her character, nonetheless, has mild brown hair.

“I get away with a lot more anonymity than everyone else because everyone looks the exact same outside of the show, but dolled up; they look like a glamorous version of their characters,” she continued.

The daughter of Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden mentioned that she generally goes acknowledged amongst her colleagues.

“Even on set, we’ll be waiting to rehear a trauma scene and the director will say, ‘We’re just waiting for Taylor to come down,’ and I’ll be right there in front of them. They always go, ‘Oh God. Yeah, sorry.’ It’s just like, ‘That’s all right. We’ll figure this out.’ I don’t know if that’s going to sustain, but I can get away with a lot,” she mentioned.

Dearden performs Dr. Mel King in the medical drama that additionally stars Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball and Katherine LaNasaamongst others. The present, created by R. Scott Gemmill, follows a bunch of staff at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center by means of a 15-hour shift.

The actress starred in the first season of the present, which premiered in 2025, and reprises her position in the present second season.

Dearden beforehand informed PEOPLE in an unique interview that she felt more comfortable on the set of the second season as a result of she was conscious “how the trauma scenes would go.”

“The first time we were like, ‘We have no idea or any context of how this is supposed to go or anything,’ ” she mentioned.

Dearden has additionally talked about how she incorporating her own experience with ADHD into the present.

“I’m on the ADHD spectrum so I gave myself recommendation in the mirror,” she said during a panel for season 2 in December 2025.

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While Mel has not been diagnosed with ADHD, the actress thinks her character has likely been affected by her sister having autism.

“If you have got a sibling who’s extra severely on a spectrum, the dad and mom usually do not even discover that their different little one is. That’s variety of at all times how I noticed it. With rather a lot of Mel, it is simply variety of unmasking and seeing what that appears like, after which additionally being like, ‘Wow, I’m variety of glad I masks generally,'” she said.

New episodes of The Pitt season 2 airs Thursdays at 9 pm ET on HBO Max.

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