Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana Gabriele Maslanyis a Canadian actress. She has starred in television series such as The Nativity, Being Erica, Heartland, and Orphan Black. In 2013, she won an ACTRA for her role as Claire in the film Picture Day, and a Phillip Borsos Award for her performance in the film Cas & Dylan. Other notable films starring Maslany are Diary of the Dead and Eastern Promises, the latter of which she narrated...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth22 September 1985
CityRegina, Canada
CountryCanada
Going to set, every day, and working with the incredible actors I get to work with is fulfilling. I've been doing this since I was nine years old, so it's always been something that I've been passionate about. It's always fed me.
As artists, you always want to push yourself. There's always new territory.
You're revealing something about yourself in a more exaggerated, more fleshed-out way, and it awakens something in you that maybe you didn't know you had.
Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.
My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.
Dance has always been a really important thing for me, so being able to physically express the characters through music and dance is like another layer to things.
Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.
Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.
You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.
I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.
I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.