Tasya Teles

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Tasya Teles
Tasya Teles by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Teles in March 2018
Born (1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 39)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Known for The 100
Website tasyateles.com

Tasya Teles (born February 1, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Echo [1] in The CW's The 100 . [2] Teles has also played Kendra in DirecTV's Rogue , Nat in the Crave series Shoresy , and Daniella in BBC America's Intruders .

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Biography

Teles was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her mother was born in Edmonton, Alberta, while her father is Brazilian from Minas Gerais state. She and her family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, when she was five years old. Teles studied theatre at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.

Career

Teles played a recurring role on DirecTV's Rogue and was a series regular on The CW's The 100 in the role of Echo. She has appeared on Showcase's Continuum , Lifetime's Witches of East End , USA Network's Rush, BBC America's Intruders and The CW's Supernatural and iZombie . Teles has also been featured in the Lifetime television film Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever , as well as having had a lead role in the Lifetime movies Damaged and Autumn Dreams. She has worked on several indie features, including starring roles in Leila, Regret, Magdalena, Eat Me and Skin Trade . [3] She also voices Sitara in the video game Watch Dogs 2 . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013MirrorsLeah
2013 Afflicted Maria
2014 Skin Trade Rosa Cassidy
2015Autumn DreamsJovanna
2016Thirty-SeventeenCarrie
2018The Perfect Pickup Tracy
2018The Girl in the Bathtub Terri
2020Break EvenJaq Varick

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Untold Stories of the E.R. CharleneEpisode: "Deep Trouble"
2014 Package Deal Hot WomanEpisode: "Danny's New Job"
2014 Continuum Freelancer #2Episode: "The Dying Minutes"
2014 Witches of East End NurseEpisode: "A Moveable Beast"
2014 Rogue Kendra4 episodes
2014 Rush Officer MeganEpisode: "Learning to Fly"
2014 Intruders Daniella2 episodes
2014 Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever NicoleTelevision film
2014 The Christmas Secret Female ParamedicTelevision film
2014DamagedKate LuckTelevision film
2015 iZombie Holly WhiteEpisode: "Flight of the Living Dead"
2015 Supernatural NannyEpisode: "The Bad Seed"
2015Autumn DreamsJovannaTelevision film
2015–2020 The 100 Echo / AshGuest (seasons 2–3); recurring (season 4); main (season 5–7)
2017 Prison Break TriciaEpisode: "Phaecia"
2017–2018 Travelers Pike / Traveler 0092 episodes
2022 Shoresy NatMain role
2022 Legacies Lynn1 episode
2022The Secrets of Bella VistaLourdesTelevision film

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Watch Dogs 2 Sitara Dhawan [4] Also motion capture
2018 Far Cry 5 Mary May Fairgrave

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References

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  2. "Tasya Teles talks 'Skin Trade' and playing Echo on 'The 100'". The Movie Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
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