She is known for her regular role as Kady in the Syfy television series The Magicians (2015–2020), and for starring in the 2018 film Higher Power.
In 2010, she portrayed the lead role in Karma, an Indian Telugu-language film directed by Adivi Sesh.
[1][2] Regarding her performance, a critic noted that "Jade Tailor should be complimented for acting in a Telugu film.
[8][better source needed] From 2015 to 2020, Tailor played Kady in the SyFy television series The Magicians, based on Lev Grossman's book trilogy, and was promoted to main character status starting with the series' second season.
[1] Her American mother, Sally Pansing Kravich, was a former figure skater and an actress in the 1970s, and her brother is an attorney.