Taylor Delaney Hickson (born 11 December 1997)[1] is a Canadian actress raised in Kelowna, British Columbia.

At age 11, she began singing folk tunes alongside her father at talent shows and soon developed an affection for guitar and piano.

In a 2016 interview, Hickson discussed her fondness for performing music, noting, "you go to another place and you just can't find that adrenaline anywhere else.

[5] In an interview, Hickson noted that the scale of this movie, along with her speaking role, greatly increased her passion for acting.

"[9] Hickson also revealed that she bonded with co-stars Levi Meaden and Julia Sarah Stone, who played her siblings on Aftermath, which facilitated their work.

Hickson played the lead role in the independent dramatic film Hunting Pignut, based on a true story about a girl searching for a man.

[12] She was then cast as Raelle Collar, a lead character who is a conscripted witch in the 2020 supernatural drama show Motherland: Fort Salem.

Club highlighted that "the true standout is Hickson, whose Raelle is flinty and raw and convincingly conflicted about her power and how she wants to use it".

[18] The Advocate commented that: Motherland establishes its queer credentials early in the pilot episode when Raelle meets the mysterious and compelling Scylla [...].

The show's overt queerness and what appears to be an unbreakable bond between Raelle and Scylla made them one of the most shipped couples of the year in a series that is stylistically gorgeous and politically timely.

[20] In December 2016, while filming Ghostland, Hickson was told by director Pascal Laugier to bang her fists against a glass window and that it was safe to do so.

[24] Hickson stated that the experience left her with "trust issues"; however, when working on the show Deadly Class, the show's "executive producer Adam Kane met with her before filming to assuage her concerns, telling her that they'd halt production immediately if she ever felt uncomfortable".

[12] In a May 2020 interview conducted by fashion magazine Vanity Teen, Hickson discussed the influence of Tim Burton on her career.