Tamara Podemski
Acting • Born 1977-10-16
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
26 credits
Dance Me Outside
Movie • 1995
Little Margaret
Fancy Dance
Movie • 2024
Ricky
The Lesser Blessed
Movie • 2012
Verna Sole
Johnny Greyeyes
Movie • 2000
Rox
Another Country: A North of 60 Mystery
Movie • 2003
Jane Crowe
Four Sheets to the Wind
Movie • 2007
Miri Smallhill
Never Saw It Coming
Movie • 2018
Detective Rona Wedmore
Guest of Honour
Movie • 2020
Detective Grove
The Light Before the Sun
Movie • 2024
Amanda Wolf
Blood Lines
Movie • 2025
Pehmee
Youngblood
Movie • 2026
Ms. Mcgill
The Temple
Movie
Essex County
TV • 2023
Joy
Reservation Dogs
TV • 2021
Teenie
The Rez
TV • 1996
Lucy Pegahmagabow
Ghosts
TV • 2021
Dr. Long
Unsettled
TV • 2021
Tara Wasnoday
Coroner
TV • 2019
Alison Trent
Monster High
TV • 2022
Coach Thunderbird (voice)
Murderbot
TV • 2025
Bharadwaj
Heartland
TV • 2007
April
New Amsterdam
TV • 2008
Young Lenape Woman
Outer Range
TV • 2022
Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk
The Legend of Vox Machina
TV • 2022
Uvenda (voice)
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
TV • 2006
Deborah 'Chicky' Etienne
The Borderline
TV • 2026
Erica Ross