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Tamara Podemski
Podemski in 2014
Born (1977-10-16) October 16, 1977 (age 46)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
RelativesJennifer 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]

Early life[edit]

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]

Career[edit]

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.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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
2023 Fancy Dance Ricky


Television[edit]

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
2022–2024 Outer Range Deputy Sheriff Joy
2022 Ghosts Psychiatrist Dr. Long
Reservation Dogs Teenie
2023 Essex County Joy
Monster High Coach Thunderbird (voice)
TBA Murderbot Bharadwaj [10]

References[edit]

  • ^ "Tamara Podemski". CBC Media Center. CBC. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  • ^ "'The power to save lives': Jennifer Podemski's must-read call for Indigenous representation in media | CBC Arts".
  • ^ a b ""Reservation Dogs" Actress Reflects on Indigenous and Jewish Roots, Humor and Healing". 30 September 2021.
  • ^ "Jewish Indigenous actress Sarah Podemski: 'It's a miracle just to exist'". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  • ^ A. R. Wilson."Coroner: Tamara Podemski on Alison’s backstory and why landing the role was a 'huge triumph' for her". TV, eh?, February 8, 2019.
  • ^ Kenneth Turan, "Latin roots supported at Sundance". Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2007.
  • ^ Bob Tourtellotte, "Hollywood gets in award show Spirit". Calgary Herald, November 28, 2007.
  • ^ Cordero, Rosy (2024-03-07). "Apple TV+'s 'Murderbot' Rounds Out Cast With Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna & Tamara Podemski". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  • https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/reservation-dogs-fetches-a-sister-act

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