Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer.[1] She is known for her 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]
Tamara Podemski | |
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![]() Podemski in 2014 | |
Born | (1977-10-16) October 16, 1977 (age 45) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1994–present |
Relatives | Jennifer Podemski (sister) |
Podemski was raised in Toronto where she attended Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.[3]
Her father is an Israeli Jew from Kfar Saba, and her mother is an Anishinaabe from the Muscowpetung band of First Nations people in Saskatchewan.[4][5] Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after World War II.[6] Her sisters, Jennifer Podemski and Sarah Podemski are also actors. All three sisters appear together in the FX series Reservation Dogs.[5][7]
Podemski was 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,[8] and was an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Supporting Female at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards in 2007,[9] for her performance in the film Four Sheets to the Wind.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | ||
2022 | Outer Range | Deputy Sheriff Joy | |
Ghosts | Psychiatrist Dr. Long | ||
Reservation Dogs | Teenie |
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