Taryn Manning is an American actress, fashion designer, dancer and singer/songwriter. She was born on November 6, 1978.

She has starred in films including Crossroads, crazy/beautiful, Hustle & Flow, Cold Mountain and 8 Mile. She is the vocalist for Boomkat, a band she is in with her older brother Kellin Manning.

In 2003, Manning and her brother Kellin formed the band Boomkat. Their debut album, Boomkatalog.One, was released on March 18, 2003. The album included 14 tracks. Boomkat released two singles "The Wreckoning" and "What U Do 2 Me". The first single, "The Wreckoning", hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Boomkat's music can also be heard in at least two other films: "The Wreckoning" in The Italian Job and "Now Understand This" in The Hot Chick. In an interview in October 2005's issue of Nylon magazine, Taryn mentioned that Boomkat would be back eventually, and that she is writing songs for the new album once they find another record label. DreamWorks Records was Boomkat's record label from 2002 to 2004. Taryn told: "They can shove it! They dropped us, and it hurt. They didn't like the fact that I was an actress, too."

In 2002 she sang a rendition of "I'll Take You There" with Tweet in several Gap commercials directed by Peter Lindbergh. Boomkat songs have also been included on the soundtracks to 8 Mile and Crossroads, two films Taryn also co-starred in.

Taryn recorded new songs for an anticipated upcoming solo album, tentatively titled A Million Trillion Stars. Recently on her MySpace page, she has stated it will be up on iTunes very soon. In late 2007 it was announced that the project is not going to be a solo album, but a new Boomkat record. In October 2007 Manning started shooting a new music video, the title is still unknown.