Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer.Rick Garrick
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''Anishinabek News'', March 9, 2020. She is known for her supporting role as Alison Trent in the television series '' Coroner'', for which she won the

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for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the

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in 2021.

Early life

Podemski was raised in Toronto where she attended Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts. Her father is an Israeli Jew from

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, and her mother is an

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawat ...

from the Muscowpetung band of First Nations people in

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. Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after World War II. Her sisters,

Jennifer Podemski Jennifer Podemski (born January 1, 1974) is a First Nations (Canadian) film and television actress and producer. Her acting credits include starring roles in the television series '' Tin Star'', ''The Rez'', '' Riverdale'', ''Moccasin Flats'', ...

and

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are also actors. All three sisters appear together in the FX series ''

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''.A. R. Wilso
"Coroner: Tamara Podemski on Alison’s backstory and why landing the role was a 'huge triumph' for her"
''TV, eh?'', February 8, 2019.

Career

Podemski was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series at the

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''. She won a special jury award for dramatic performance at the

2006 Sundance Film Festival The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 19, to January 29, 2006. It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the ...

, and was an

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nominee for Best Supporting Female at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards in 2007,Bob Tourtellotte, "Hollywood gets in award show Spirit". '' Calgary Herald'', November 28, 2007. for her performance in the film ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/reservation-dogs-fetches-a-sister-act

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Podemski, Tamara Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses 20th-century First Nations people 21st-century First Nations people 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian television writers First Nations actresses Jewish Canadian actresses Canadian Métis people Actresses from Toronto Saulteaux people Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners 1977 births Canadian women television writers