Tammy Gillis is a Canadian actress who works on television and film projects across the country.

Early life and education

Gillis was born in 1971 in

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."Interview Tammy Gillis"
''entertaim.net'' She studied pre-law at the

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. Shortly after signing with them, she booked a series of commercials for Greenkids starring Lyle Lovett and landed her first film role in the award-winning short film ''

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'' directed by cult film director,

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. Her onscreen credits include roles in '' White Noise 2'' starring Nathan Fillion and ''

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'' starring

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. Tammy played a leading role in the indie feature film ''Under the Apple Box'', which received an honorable mention at the

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and also screened at the Women's International Film Festival in

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in March 2013. She appeared on the Bravo series ''Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce'', as well as the romantic comedy '' A Novel Romance'' starring alongside Amy Acker and Dylan Bruce and the Lifetime thriller ''Stolen from the Womb'' starring alongside Laura Mennell and Larisa Oleynik. She has guest starred on CTV's drama ''

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''ScreenSpy'' as well as her recurring guest starring role on the HBO Canada series ''

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'' and the

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CBC comedy "jPod" TV series ''Less than Kind''. She has appeared in roles on the CW's ''Supernatural'', Showcase's ''Lost Girl'', SpikeTV's ''Blue Mountain State'', Showcase's ''Endgame'', ''Reaper'', ''The L Word'', and the final season of '' Battlestar Galactica''. and many more. Her MOW's include ''Stealing Paradise'' starring Rachel Leigh Cook,Stealing Paradise (2011)
''The Movie Scene''. ''The Mermaid Chair'' starring Kim Basinger and ''Home by Christmas'' starring Linda Hamilton. Gillis was a spokesmodel for Canadian

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company Ginch Gonch. She travelled with the line to France, to El Salvador and Russia. She was named one of Femme Fatale's 'Fresh Faces of the Year' in 2007A true team player , Niagara Falls Review
''Niagara Falls Review''. and has been seen in the magazines UMM and Sharp for Men. In 2016, Gillis appeared in the sixth season of ABC's ''

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'' as Jill. Gillis appeared in the

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original movie '' Frozen in Love'', which stars

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and

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. The film was broadcast on the channel in January 2018. As of 2018, she is currently playing a police officer named Marissa Staub in Freeform’s drama-fantasy series

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillis, Tammy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian television actresses Canadian film actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Manitoba University of Manitoba alumni People from Dauphin, Manitoba