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 like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time.
Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
I'm a huge 'Futurama' fan, so that's my closest sci-fi tendency.
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.
Film has always been where my heart is.
So much of how you look at yourself in the mirror reflects how you feel about yourself, and how you comport yourself.
I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do.
Just to be on set with Amy Poehler, who's one of my heroes, was a total dream come true.
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.
You learn from the actors that you're working with.
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'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.
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.
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.