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Tanya Moodie

Tanya Moodie

Actor · b. 1972 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tanya Moodie is a Canadian actress and producer, best known for her work on Motherland, The Clinic, and her many stage credits, which include productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, the National Theatre and the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Tanya Moodie was born on 16 April 1972 in Ottawa, Canada, to Jamaican parents. She moved to England at the age of 17, when she was offered a place at RADA, where she was later employed as an associate teacher and council member. Moodie's first television role was in the comedy So Haunt Me in 1994, followed by a starring role as Hunter in Neil Gaiman's 1996 fantasy mini-series Neverwhere (1996). She featured in guest roles in various series in the 2000s, and in 2008–9 had a regular role in Irish medical drama The Clinic. She also played the role of John Watson's therapist Ella Thompson in Sherlock. In 2016 she played Gertrude in Simon Godwin's production of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. From 2019, Moodie starred as Meg in the BBC comedy series Motherland. In a 2021 interview with the Huffington Post, Moody shared that she was proud of the feedback she had received about her character's cancer storyline: "There’s been people who have written me very personal messages saying that they’re going through [cancer] right now or their parents are, and they say we’ve really shown what it’s like. I’m really happy that that’s happened – I didn’t expect it to. I didn’t finish filming and say ‘I really feel like I’ve nailed what it’s like to go through this journey’, because it’s so subjective and unique to people." In 2020, Moodie starred in the third series of Tin Star as Catherine Mckenzie. The series was created by Rowan Joffé. In April 2022, Moodie featured as Regina in series 1 episode 4 of Ten Percent. Moodie appeared in Sam Mendes' film Empire of Light, released in the US in December 2022, and the UK in January 2023. Moodie appears alongside Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Micheal Ward. Also in December 2022, Moodie reprised her role as Meg in the Christmas special of Motherland, titled "Last Christmas". The episode garnered wholly positive reviews from critics. In March 2023, Moodie appeared as Serena in two episodes of the Cash Carraway-created Rain Dogs.

Series24

  • TV8.2

    Silo

    2023 · 2.7K votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV8.1

    Skins

    2007 · 1.4K votes

  • TV7.8

    The Sandman

    2022 · 2.7K votes

  • TV8.5

    Sherlock

    2010 · 6.7K votes

  • TV7.6

    Lewis

    2007 · 123 votes

  • TV7.2

    Dune: Prophecy

    2024 · 649 votes

  • TV8.0

    Good Omens

    2019 · 2.4K votes

  • TV7.3

    Absentia

    2017 · 407 votes

  • TV7.8

    A Discovery of Witches

    2018 · 895 votes

  • TV7.8

    Prime Suspect

    1991 · 105 votes

  • TV6.0

    Playhouse Presents

    2012 · 1 votes

  • TV7.3

    Patience

    2025 · 66 votes

  • TV7.4

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    2022 · 217 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Girlfriend

    2025 · 157 votes

  • TV6.6

    Tin Star

    2017 · 162 votes

  • TV7.0

    Dicte

    2013 · 51 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Mallorca Files

    2019 · 49 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Queen's Nose

    1995 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2

    Motherland

    2017 · 71 votes

  • TV8.0

    Sea of Souls

    2004 · 6 votes

  • TV
  • TV5.7

    The Pentaverate

    2022 · 118 votes

  • TV6.7

    Neverwhere

    1996 · 58 votes

Movies16

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.6

    Empire of Light

    2022 · 648 votes

  • Movie6.9

    JOY

    2024 · 185 votes

  • Movie5.2
  • Movie5.1

    Hostages

    2025 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie8.0

    Brook par Brook

    Brook by Brook

    2002 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.4

    Legacy

    2015 · 19 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Promoted to Glory

    2003 · 1 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.1

    Rabbit Fever

    2006 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Care

    2018 · 12 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.2

    RSC Live: Hamlet

    2016 · 4 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie9.0

    The Final Passage

    1996 · 1 votes