Tanya Fear
Tanyaradzwa Fear | |
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Born | Pauline Tanyaradzwa Adele Fear December 29, 1989 |
Other names | Tanya Fear (professionally to 2021), Pauline Fear |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1] |
Pauline Tanyaradzwa Adele "Tanya" Fear (born 29 December 1989) is a British actress and comedian. She had a recurring role on the 2015 television series Spotless and appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Arachnids in the UK" in 2018.[2]
Early life[]
Fear was born in London, UK. Her father, Andrew Stephen Fear, is English while her mother, Yvonne Zolisa Marimo, was born in Zimbabwe. Fear used the name Tanya from an early age, a shortened form of her name Tanyaradzwa, which means "we have been comforted" in her mother's native Shona language.[3]
While pursuing a degree in Comparative Literature at King's College London, Fear made the decision to pursue her dream of acting, moving to Los Angeles in 2009 to attend acting school.[3]
Career[]
Fear's first screen work was in the original 2010 television pilot for the British series The Fades; the pilot was unaired, but did lead to the series being picked up by BBC, with a different cast. She appeared in the 2013 movie Kick-Ass 2, as well as television series including Some Girls (2013), DCI Banks (2015), and Doctor Who (2018). In 2020, working with the precautions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in California, Fear wrote, directed and appeared in a series of three romantic comedy short films examining love during the pandemic: Shoot Your Shot, Shoot Your Shot 2: An International Affair, and Shoot Your Shot 3: The Wedding.[3]
In July 2021, Fear made her first appearances as a standup comedian, still working in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Awards and accolades[]
In 2019, BAFTA Los Angeles name Fear on its list of 25 Rising Stars.[3]
Personal life[]
In April 2021, Fear announced that she had chosen to follow the lead of fellow actress Thandie Newton, also of mixed Zimbabwean-British descent,[3] who had announced a few days earlier that she would use the full spelling of her Zimbabwean given name professionally, subsequently being credited as Thandiwe Newton.[4] Fear will now use the full spelling of her birth name in the name she uses professionally, subsequently being credited as Tanyaradzwa Fear.[3]
On 9 September 2021, Fear's UK-based family reported to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that Fear was missing from her Hollywood Bowl area apartment.[5] The family reached out to American and British media, which reported the story early on 13 September.[1][5][6] The family's own social media efforts resulted in a possible sighting at a Los Angeles grocery store at a nearby location on Santa Monica Boulevard on 12 September;[7] the LAPD reported that Fear was found safe in the afternoon of 13 September, with one news outlet stating that she was receiving undisclosed treatment in a local hospital.[8]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Harlow | feature film |
2020 | Shoot Your Shot | Tanya | short film; also writer and director |
2020 | Shoot Your Shot 2: An International Affair | Tanya | short film; also writer and director |
2020 | Shoot Your Shot 3: The Wedding | Tanya | short film; also writer and director |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | The Fades | Jay | Unaired Pilot |
2012 | The Midnight Beast | Sam | 1 episode: "Someone Called Sam" |
2013 | Some Girls | Morgan | 1 episode |
2014 | Boomers | Anna | 1 episode |
2015 | DCI Banks | Melanie Thomas | 2 episodes |
2015 | Spotless | Claire Wiseman | series regular |
2015 | Midsomer Murders | Orla Campbell | 1 episode: "The Incident at Cooper Hill" |
2018 | Doctor Who | Dr. Jade McIntyre | 1 episode: "Arachnids in the UK" |
2018 | Endeavour | Jasmine Grenouille | 1 episode + 1 uncredited episode |
2018 | My Dinner with Hervé | waitress | TV film |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Morgan, DeMarco; Marques, Suzanne (13 September 2021). Search for Missing Actress Tanya Fear. KCBS-TV. Los Angeles. Event occurs at 0:15. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
Description: 5ft4" ; 140lbs
- ^ "British Actress Tanya Fear Found Safe After Going Missing In Hollywood". CBS Los Angeles. 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "My name is TANYARADZWA - British Actress reclaims her name". GQ. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Diana (4 April 2021). ""I'm Taking Back What's Mine": The Many Lives of Thandiwe Newton". Vogue. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Tanya Fear: British actress reported missing in LA". BBC News. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Tanya Fear: Friends say British actress has gone missing from Los Angeles home". KABC-TV. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Graciette, Gigi (13 September 2021). "'Doctor Who' actress Tanya Fear found safe after going missing in Hollywood: LAPD". Fox News. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Mcgraw, Jennifer (13 September 2021). Missing British actress Tanya Fear is found. KTLA 5 News. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
External links[]
- Tanya Fear at IMDb
- 1989 births
- 2020s missing person cases
- 21st-century British actresses
- Black British actresses
- Alumni of King's College London
- English people of Zimbabwean descent
- English film actresses
- English television actresses
- Formerly missing people
- Living people
- Missing person cases in California