Tania Raymonde Helen Katz, is an American actress and artist. Her career first caught traction when she played the recurring character of Cynthia Sanders on the

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sitcom ''

Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American family television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes. The series follows a dysfunctional ...

'' between 2000 and 2002, followed by the role of

Alex Rousseau Alexandra Rousseau is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Lost'' played by Tania Raymonde. She was born 16 years prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, but was taken from her mother, Danielle Rousseau, by Ben Linus. She w ...

in the

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series ''

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'' from 2006 to 2010. She has since played Carla Rinaldi on

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's ''

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'' (2011), starred in the horror film ''

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'' (2013), and portrayed Jodi Arias, the title role in the TV movie '' Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret'' (2013). In April 2015, she joined the cast of the

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series '' The Last Ship''. Since 2016 she has starred in the

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series ''

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''.''''

Early life

Tania Raymonde Helen Katz was born in

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, to parents Anne-Marie and Jon Katz. Her father is a Jewish American of

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descent, and her mother is French, a Catholic from

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Career

Raymonde's first television role was as Alice/Young Syd in the "Syd in Wonderland" episode of the TV series ''

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''. She subsequently appeared on other TV series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Lost'', ''

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'', ''

'', and '' NCIS''. She starred in the film ''

Children on Their Birthdays ''Children on Their Birthdays'' is a 2002 American independent drama film directed by Mark Medoff, and starring Sheryl Lee, Jesse Plemons, Joe Pichler, Tania Raymonde, Christopher McDonald, and Tom Arnold. The screenplay written by Douglas Sloan ...

'' (2002), her first feature film role. In 2003 she played Lauren O'Keefe in the sitcom ''

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''. She is most known for her work on the ABC drama ''Lost'', where she played

, the adopted daughter of

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, played by

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. She also appeared in the films ''The Garage'' (2006), '' The Other Side of the Tracks'' (2008), ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2008), and '' Elsewhere'' (2009). She recurred opposite the late

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on the Starz series ''

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''. Raymonde also had a recurring role as Frankie Rafferty,

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's love interest, on season 6 of ''

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''. At age 17, she wrote, edited and directed the short film ''Cell Division'', which competed in film festivals around the country. She appears in the music video for

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's "

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". In 2013, Raymonde was cast in ''

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'', a spin-off of the

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series '' Chicago Fire''. She, along with co-star

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, left the show for creative reasons. Raymonde also portrayed the convicted murderer

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in the Lifetime original movie '' Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret'' (2013). Since 2016 she has starred on the

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-winning Amazon series ''

'', alongside Billy Bob Thornton.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Director

References

External links

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