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
I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
Young women are now looking at me for cues. That's definitely been a responsibility. But I feel like I was ready to take on something like this because I wanted to be challenged and I wanted to be afraid, and that's definitely what it's done for me.
Film has always been where my heart is.
How you go about moving within the world you live in says so much about who you are.
I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.
I'm excited to work on something where I have a bit more time with it, to explore one personality. That's definitely exciting to me.
I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.
I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time.
I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.
Just to be on set with Amy Poehler, who's one of my heroes, was a total dream come true.
I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was.
I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them.