Taylor has written and performed five stand-up comedy shows: Elliementary (2015), Infidelliety (2016), This Guy (2017–2018), Cravings (2019) — also shown on Netflix as part of Comedians of the World[1] — and Don't Got This (2019–2021). In 2021, she published her debut book, My Child and Other Mistakes, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.
She was spotted by a model agency scout while interning for FHM magazine,[3] and signed with ISIS Models[8] She did campaigns for Matalan, Asda and Pantene.[3] Taylor decided she would rather not be a model, so she began working on corporate events.[3] In her mid-twenties, Taylor began doing stand-up comedy.[3]
Taylor was discovered on ITV series Show Me the Funny, an X Factor-style contest for aspiring stand-up comedians. In 2014, she performed her debut show Elliementary at the Laughing Horse as part of the Edinburgh free fringe programme.[9]
In 2014, she hosted a radio show on London-based Fubar Radio alongside comedian Simon Feilder.[10]
In June 2015, she made her debut in the 14th series of BBC Two's Mock the Week,[11] and appeared in every series until the 18th.[12]
In March 2016, Taylor appeared in the third series of CBBC's panel show The Dog Ate My Homework.[13] She appeared a second time later that month.[14]
In September 2016, Taylor had a recurring role in The Lodge as Christina. Taylor also plays Gloria, the next-door business-owner to the main characters in ITV2 Ancient Roman comedy series Plebs.[12][5]
In 2017, Taylor became a regular fill-in for Emma Bunton on London's Heart Radio breakfast show.
Since July 2017, she has been a regular on BBC2 satirical comedy sketch series The Mash Report, appearing as Susan, a newsreader.[3] A clip of her performance later went viral, after it was posted across social media by musician Madonna.[15]
On 5 July 2018, it was announced Taylor and Anna Whitehouse would host a new talk show on radio station Heart FM on Sunday nights from 10pm to 1am.[17] The show later became available as a podcast, Ellie and Anna Have Issues.[18]
Taylor has been a regular on the BBC TV stand-up-comedy programme Live at the Apollo, both as a featured act and as a host.[19]
In 2019, she again became a fill-in presenter on Heart, this time for Amanda Holden, on the national breakfast show alongside regular host Jamie Theakston.
In December 2019, it was announced that Taylor would step down from her Heart FM show to focus on her TV commitments. However, her podcast with Anna Whitehouse, Ellie & Anna Have Issues, is still released every Tuesday.[20]
In July 2021, Taylor published her debut book My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.[21]
Taylor married reporter Phil Black in London in 2014 and has one daughter.[24] In September 2023, she announced that she was expecting her second child.[25]