Tamara Podemski
Tamara Podemski | |
|---|---|
 Podemski in 2014 | |
| Born | October 16, 1977 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | film and television actor |
| Known for | Four Sheets to the Wind, Coroner |
Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer.[1] She is most noted for her regular supporting role as Alison Trent in the television series Coroner, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[2]
The younger sister of actress Jennifer Podemski,[3] she was also a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for her work on her sister's documentary series Future History.[1]
She won a special jury award for dramatic performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival,[4] and was an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Supporting Female at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards in 2007,[5] for her performance in the film Four Sheets to the Wind.
Her father is Jewish from Kfar Saba, Israel and her mother is of Anishinaabe from Muscowpetung First Nation in Saskatchewan.[6][7] Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after WWII.[8]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Dance Me Outside | Little Margaret | |
| 2000 | Johnny Greyeyes | Rox | |
| 2007 | Four Sheets to the Wind | Miri Smallhill | |
| 2012 | The Lesser Blessed | Verna Sole | |
| 2018 | Never Saw It Coming | Detective Rona Wedmore | |
| 2019 | Guest of Honour | Detective Grove |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Rez | Lucy Pegahmagabow | |
| 1996-97 | Ready or Not | Carla Slovinsky | |
| 2003 | Another Country | Jane Crowe | |
| 2006 | Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis | Deborah 'Chicky' Etienne | |
| 2007 | Rabbit Fall | Gabrielle | |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Young Lenape Woman | |
| 2010 | Making a Scene | The A.D. | |
| 2012 | Heartland | April | |
| 2013 | Cracked | Kaya Grey | |
| 2019 | Holly Hobbie | Dr. Manning | |
| 2019–present | Coroner | Alison Trent | |
| 2020 | Run | Babe Cloud | |
| Unsettled | Tara | ||
| 2021 | Outer Range | Deputy Sheriff Joy |
References[]
- ^ a b Rick Garrick, "Indigenous multidisciplinary artist to host 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala in Toronto this Spring". Anishinabek News, March 9, 2020.
- ^ Zach Harper, "'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kim's Convenience' win big at 2021 Canadian Screen Awards". Hello! Canada, May 21, 2021.
- ^ A. R. Wilson, "Coroner: Tamara Podemski on Alison’s backstory and why landing the role was a 'huge triumph' for her". TV, eh?, February 8, 2019.
- ^ Kenneth Turan, "Latin roots supported at Sundance". Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2007.
- ^ Bob Tourtellotte, "Hollywood gets in award show Spirit". Calgary Herald, November 28, 2007.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-power-to-save-lives-jennifer-podemski-s-must-read-call-for-indigenous-representation-in-media-1.4553720[bare URL]
- ^ ""Reservation Dogs" Actress Reflects on Indigenous and Jewish Roots, Humor and Healing". 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Jewish Indigenous actress Sarah Podemski: 'It's a miracle just to exist'".
External links[]
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- 20th-century First Nations people
- 21st-century First Nations people
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian television writers
- First Nations actresses
- Jewish Canadian actresses
- Canadian Métis people
- Actresses from Toronto
- Saulteaux people
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners
- 1977 births