Tanya Allen

Acting

Tanya Allen

Born

1975-01-01 (51)

Place of birth

Toronto, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Tanya Allen is a Canadian actress known for her versatile performances across film and television. She began her acting career in her teens and has appeared in various television shows and films, including TV series like "Degrassi: The Next Generation," "Wild Card," and "The Newsroom," as well as films such as "Happy Campers" and "Liberty Stands Still." Her dedication to her craft and her ability to portray diverse characters has made her a respected figure in Canadian entertainment. Allen continues to contribute her talent to various projects in film and television.

Known for

The Strain poster
7.5

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

The Strain

2014

The Outer Limits poster
7.7

Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

The Outer Limits

1995

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster
6.7

Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993

Silent Hill poster
6.6

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Silent Hill

2006

Starhunter poster
5.4

Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television

Starhunter

2000

The Newsroom poster
8.0

The tumultuous TV newsroom world of overbearing regional news director George Findlay, who is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.

The Newsroom

1996

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 9 titles

Silent Hill poster
6.6

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Silent Hill

2006

Liberty Stands Still poster
5.3

As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe", a sniper whose young daughter was a victim of gun violence, and who now has Liberty in his sights.

Liberty Stands Still

2002

Wish You Were Dead poster
5.0

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.

Wish You Were Dead

2002

Lone Hero poster
4.2

An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.

Lone Hero

2002

The Grind poster
3.2

Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and Josh, they come together to devise a plan that with a little blind luck just might get Luke out of the hole.

The Grind

2009

Chicks with Sticks poster
5.1

The story takes the battle of the sexes into the hockey arena, as Paula Taymore – who almost once made the Olympic team – finds herself drawn into a challenge match against an irritating local men's squad. Fresh from a painful divorce, and doubting herself, Paula must make a winner out of an explosive, irreverent crew of women hockey players who flock to her town, Red Deer Alberta, to assemble the team.

Chicks with Sticks

2005

Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone poster
7.4

When a freakishly hot summer at Yellowstone National Park creates the perfect conditions for the largest forest fire in American History... Look out!

Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

2006

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill' poster
5.8

6 part behind the scenes feature on making 'Silent Hill'.

Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

2006

Fancy Dancing poster
7.0

A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.

Fancy Dancing

2002

1990s · 9 titles

The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story poster
4.5

A husband and wife and their youngest son are murdered in this true story. Their two other sons are left to cope with their loss, but the local sherrif begins to suspect that one of the brothers committed the crime, and must convince the other to help him discover the truth.

The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story

1996

Regeneration poster
5.5

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting in the no man's land.

Regeneration

1997

Tail Lights Fade poster
4.3

A young woman rally races across Canada with her boyfriend and another couple to bail her brother out of a marijuana charge.

Tail Lights Fade

1999

Ultimate Betrayal poster
5.8

Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the father severely abused all six children, and committed incest with all four of his daughters.

Ultimate Betrayal

1994

Lives of Girls & Women poster
NR

A coming of age story for Del Jordan, growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small-town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother, who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee.

Lives of Girls & Women

1996

Spenser: Ceremony poster
7.0

Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.

Spenser: Ceremony

1993

Lyddie poster
9.0

Lyddie faces a daunting task: She's struggling to reunite her family and save their farm. To do that, she takes a job at a cotton mill and, with the help of Diana (who's toiled in the mills since age 10), learns that there are risks involved with being a factory girl -- namely, dangerous working conditions and low wages. Soon, Lyddie finds herself in the forefront of a suffrage movement to better those appalling conditions.

Lyddie

1996

White Lies poster
5.6

How can a smart middle class girl suddenly turn into a devoted right wing debater? That's what happens with Catherine when she meets the charismatic leaders of the neo-nazi organization NIM. Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.

White Lies

1998

Platinum poster
4.5

An up-and-coming indie band consider signing a record deal.

Platinum

1997

Series credits

The Strain poster
7.5

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

The Strain

2014

The Outer Limits poster
7.7

Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

The Outer Limits

1995

The Outer Limits poster
7.7

Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

The Outer Limits

1995

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster
6.7

Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993

Starhunter poster
5.4

Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television

Starhunter

2000

The Newsroom poster
8.0

The tumultuous TV newsroom world of overbearing regional news director George Findlay, who is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.

The Newsroom

1996

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Defender

1995

No artwork available
10.0

Side Effects is a Canadian television series

Side Effects

1994