Tamara Podemski | |
|---|---|
 Podemski in 2014 | |
| Born | October 16, 1977 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Relatives | Jennifer Podemski (sister) Sarah Podemski (sister) |
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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2023 | Essex County | Joy | |
| Monster High | Coach Thunderbird | (voice) | |
| TBA | Murderbot | Bharadwaj | [10] |
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