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Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer.Rick Garrick, "Indigenous multidisciplinary artist to host 13th Annual Outside Looking In Gala in Toronto this Spring". 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 Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Zach Harper, "'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kim's Convenience' win big at 2021 Canadian Screen Awards". Hello! Canada, May 21, 2021.
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. Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after World War II. Her sisters, Jennifer Podemski and Sarah Podemski are also actors. All three sisters appear together in the FX series Reservation Dogs.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.
She won a special jury award for dramatic performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival,Kenneth Turan, "Latin roots supported at Sundance". Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2007. and was an Independent Spirit Award 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 Four Sheets to the Wind.
In 2016 Podemski gave birth to their second child Benjamin, who died just five days after birth, in Bath. A coroner's investigation later determined that the death was due to brain damage caused when a hospital delayed Podemski's caesarean section.Alys Gagnon, "Tragic death of Mad Men star Jamie King's son caused by delayed c-section". News.com.au, January 18, 2017. In September 2024, King announced that he was writing a screenplay adaptation of James Titcombe's book Joshua's Story: Uncovering the Morecambe Bay NHS Scandal, about Titcombe's own experience having a child die in infancy due to failures in the management of the National Health Service, which is planned for future release through Blackbird.Michelle Blade, "Mad Men actor adapting Morecambe Bay baby deaths book for the big screen". Lancaster Guardian, September 27, 2024.
Career
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.
Personal life
She is married to British actor Jamie Thomas King, with whom she launched the Blackbird Productions studio.Etan Vlessing, "‘Mad Men’ Actor Adapting UK Baby Deaths Probe Book as Feature". The Hollywood Reporter, September 26, 2024. The studio's first release, a short film titled The Light Before the Sun, premiered in 2024.Nicholas Sokic, "Blackbird Productions takes flight with Michael Greyeyes film". Playback, October 2, 2024.
Filmography
Film
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 2024 The Light Before the Sun Amanda Wolf Short film; also writer and producer 2025 Youngblood Ms. McGill
Television
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 2019–2022 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) 2024 The Legend of Vox Machina Uvenda (voice) 2025 Murderbot Bharadwaj
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Categories: 1977 Births, 20th-century Canadian Actresses, 20th-century First Nations People, 20th-century First Nations Women, 21st-century Canadian Actresses, 21st-century Canadian Screenwriters, 21st-century Canadian Women Writers, 21st-century First Nations People, 21st-century First Nations Women, Actresses From Toronto, Canadian Child Actresses, Canadian Film Actresses, Canadian People Of Lenape Descent, Canadian People Of Métis Descent, Canadian People Of Polish-jewish Descent, Canadian Television Actresses, Canadian Television Writers, Canadian Voice Actresses, Canadian Women Television Writers, Jewish Canadian Actresses, Living People, Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation People, Ojibwe Actresses
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