Biography
Tamara Podemski (born October 16, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actress and writer. 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. Podemski was raised in Toronto where she attended Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Blood Lines
Character: Pehmee
MOVIE • 2025
Youngblood
Character: Ms. Mcgill
MOVIE • 2025
Murderbot
Character: Bharadwaj
TV • 2025
The Light Before the Sun
Character: Amanda Wolf
MOVIE • 2024
Fancy Dance
Character: Ricky
MOVIE • 2024
Essex County
Character: Joy
TV • 2023
Monster High
Character: Coach Thunderbird (voice)
TV • 2022
Outer Range
Character: Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk
TV • 2022
The Legend of Vox Machina
Character: Uvenda (voice)
TV • 2022
Ghosts
Character: Dr. Long
TV • 2021
Unsettled
Character: Tara Wasnoday
TV • 2021
Reservation Dogs
Character: Teenie
TV • 2021
Guest of Honour
Character: Detective Grove
MOVIE • 2020
Coroner
Character: Alison Trent
TV • 2019
Never Saw It Coming
Character: Detective Rona Wedmore
MOVIE • 2018
The Lesser Blessed
Character: Verna Sole
MOVIE • 2012
New Amsterdam
Character: Young Lenape Woman
TV • 2008
Heartland
Character: April
TV • 2007
Four Sheets to the Wind
Character: Miri Smallhill
MOVIE • 2007
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
Character: Deborah 'Chicky' Etienne
TV • 2006
Crew