Tara Slone

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Tara Slone
Born (1973-09-07) September 7, 1973 (age 50)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres Rock
Occupations Singer
Labels Orange Record Label

Tara Kamala Slone (born September 7, 1973) is a Canadian rock vocalist, actress and television personality. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Slone was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Wolfville and Halifax, Nova Scotia. [3] Her stepfather Dr. Tomacz Pietrzykowski was the Dean of the School of Computer Science at Acadia University. [4] She began pursuing classical voice training at the age of 12 with the goal of becoming an opera singer. Her first job was at a Second Cup in Halifax when she was in high school as a barista for a few months before working at Sam the Record Man. She connected with music lovers and indie musicians, which she credits as influencing her taste in music. [5] At the age of 18, she attended first Dalhousie University and then Concordia University to pursue a degree in music. While at Concordia, she switched her aspirations to acting and rock music, and subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario. [6]

Acting career

In the mid-1990s, Slone played Columbia in the theatre version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in front of sold-out crowds when it stopped at the Grand Theatre in Kingston, Ontario. [7] In 2016, Slone appeared on stage at the Stratford Festival in the play The Hypochondriac . [8]

In 1998, Slone landed a recurring role in La Femme Nikita . [9] She appeared in three episodes. In 2008, she appeared in an episode of the second season of The Border , titled "Prescriptive Measures", as an American pop star who dies early on in the episode, which sparks the main plot of the episode.

Music career

In 1996, Slone became the lead singer of Joydrop after discovering a wanted ad for a singer in the magazine Now . By 1997, Joydrop had a record deal [6] and released two albums. The band had chart hits in Canada with the singles "Beautiful" and "Sometimes Wanna Die," [10] (which also reached #20 on the American Billboard Alternative chart) [11] and was nominated for a Juno Award. [12]

Since the breakup of Joydrop, Slone worked on a solo album with Jordon Zadorozny. Her latest album, Just Look Pretty and Sing, was released on March 6, 2007, but was completed before appearing on the reality show Rock Star INXS in 2005. Singles released include "My Little Secret", "We Were Stars" and "The Perfect Girl." [10] Joydrop reunited on April 2, 2017, edition of Hometown Hockey in Guelph, Ontario with Slone performing "Beautiful". [13]

Slone competed on Rock Star INXS in 2005, a reality show that sought to find a replacement lead singer for the band INXS. [14] She was the sixth person eliminated from the competition. [15] She previously resided in Toronto, sharing a house with fellow Rock Star INXS contestant Suzie McNeil. [16] The two appeared in an episode of MTV Cribs , giving viewers a tour of their house. [17]

Broadcasting career

From August 9, 2010, to August 28, 2015, Slone served as the host of Breakfast Television on Citytv Calgary. [9]

Beginning in 2014, Slone joined Sportsnet, acting as an on-site co-host for its new Sunday-night Rogers Hometown Hockey broadcasts alongside Ron MacLean. [18] The show was cancelled in 2022 and Slone parted ways with Sportsnet. [19]

In 2020, Slone was named host of a new weekly Sportsnet docuseries called Top of Her Game , which focuses on women's rights through interviews with female athletes, builders and executives. [20] [21] In the same year she was host of the summer concert series Budweiser Stage at Home for the Citytv network, [22] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Talk Show or Entertainment News Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards. [23] In 2022, she accepted a position with the NHL's San Jose Sharks as a content contributor, and has also joined NBC Sports Bay Area on their Sharks broadcasts. [24] After Sharks goalie James Reimer didn’t practice with the team before their LGBTQIA+ Pride Night, Slone said in an interview with The Athletic, that it made her feel “sick to her stomach” that he didn’t participate with the rest of the team. [25] In June 2024, Slone announced she was moving back to Canada to work for Sirius XM radio. [26]

Personal life

She is separated and has a daughter named Audrey. [9] Slone now lives in California with former NHL defenceman Dan Boyle. [19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues [27]
1995 Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time Vivienne
1997 Night of the Demons III Lois
1998 Twist of Fate Melanie Sims
2003 Foolproof Maggie
2004The Straitjacket LotteryNancy Leah
2005 Rockstar: INXS ContestantDVD release
2009Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980sSelf
2014The Owen Hart Foundation: A Look BackSelf(Documentary short)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues LarissaEpisode "Dark Side of Chi"
1997 The Newsroom Episode "Meltdown: Part 3"
1997-98 La Femme Nikita Gail (and Gail as Tara Slone)Episodes "Inside Out", "Darkness Visible", "Noise"
2001 Special Unit 2 SelfEpisode "The Wall"
2005 Canoe Live Producer
2005 Rock Star: INXS SelfFinalist
2007Best! Movies! Ever!Self (Musician)Episode "Road Trips"
2007–2010Inside Jam [28] Co-host Sun TV
2008 The Border Kiley TristanoEpisode "Prescriptive Measures"
2010–2015Breakfast Television Calgary [29] Co-host
2014–2022 Hometown Hockey Co-host / Producer
2019 Hudson and Rex Greta Fermi [30] Episode "Bullet in the water"
2020 Budweiser Stage at Home Host8 episodes
2020–2021 Top of Her Game Host48 episodes

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