Tanis Parenteau
Appearance
| Gender | Female |
| Pronouns | |
| Height | 5' 7'' |
| Body Type | Thin |
| Weight | 125 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Hair length | Long |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Age range | 20-24, 25-29 |
| Ethnic appearance | Caucasian, Mixed, Native American |
| Trained Singing Voice | Yes |
| Unions | SAG, AFTRA |
| Representation |
325 W 38th Street #1203 New York, NY 10018 T: 212 840-4100 F: 212 967-4567 nyinfo@cleartalentgroup.com |
About Me
Tanis is a Native American actress from Alberta, Canada. She has extensive experience in film, theatre and commericals and recently acquired her MFA in Acting at The New School for Drama in May 2011.
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2227153/
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All That Glitters - Scene Clip
Film | ||
| Snuff the Movie | Lead | dir: Joanna Fernandez |
| Stuck at Home | Lead/Director/Poducer | dir: Tanis Parenteau |
| A Big Black Space | Lead/Writer/Poducer | dir: Alexandra Lazarowich |
| Landlocked | Lead | dir: Steven Becker |
| And We Wait | supporting | dir: Shannon C. Lanier |
| 50 Dollars | supporting | dir: Juliana Isa |
| November Lies | supporting | dir: Shannon C. Lanier |
| GLO | supporting | dir: Tanyeno Wotorson |
| Sketch | supporting | dir: Gregory Delaney |
| The Usual Way | lead | dir: Eun Suk Choi |
| Jobert's Painting | under 5 | dir: Derrick Judge Early |
| Love Song | lead | dir: Tanyeno Wotorson |
| Mask | supporting | dir: Tanyeno Wotorson |
| Cold Side of the Pillow | supporting | dir: Attilla Kallai |
| Kayfabe | actor | dir: Mike Scully |
| 'Spect Your Elders | supporting | dir: Jason Pawlett |
| Seasons | lead | dir: Beth Gonzalez |
| Shadow Adult | lead | dir: Krista Jang |
| Free Ride | lead | dir: Nathan Kinnear |
| Walter and the Muse | lead/title role | dir: Mark Braude |
| Adult Content | lead | dir: Dianna Morley |
| A Passion for Passion | lead | dir: Irene Karas |
| The Final Act of Charity | lead/title role | dir: Leigh Pennington |
| Western Holocaust Years | lead | dir: Marcel Fayant |
| Interviewing City Employees | lead | dir: Marcel Fayant |
| That Effing Zippy | supporting | dir: Marcel Fayant |
Television | ||
| Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Costar | TBS/Nihar Patel |
| Billy & Billie | Guest Star | DirecTV/Neil LaBute |
| House of Cards | Guest Star | Netflix/James Foley |
| Jake Does Stuff (web) | series regular | dir: Alex Caputo |
| 3L (web) | series regular | dir: Francesca Andre |
| Weekend Warriors (web) | recurring | NYU/Jackie Bernon |
| Parker & Maggie (web) | supporting | dir: Jason Buim |
| Hank William's First Nation | actor | dir: Aaron J. Sorensen |
| The Twilight Zone | principal | dir: John P. Kousakis |
Theater | ||
| The President Plays, Part 1 | John Quincy Adams/Seminole | Ars Nova ANT Fest/Liz Thaler |
| Smoke | lead | Signature Theatre/Richard C. Aven |
| Informed Consent (reading) | supporting | Geva Theatre/Sean Daniels |
| What Would Crazy Horse Do? (10 day workshop) | lead | William Inge Center for the Arts/Sheila Tousey |
| Informed Consent (reading) | supporting | Ensemble Theatre Studio/Lisa Peterson |
| Love in a Time of Blood Quantum | lead | Wild Project/Alex Mallory |
| Veritas (reading) | supporting | New Dramatists PlayTime/Leah C. Gardiner |
| Superbug | supporting | Manhattan Rep/Karen Raphaeli & Jonathan Wallace |
| The Land of Snow and Ghosts (reading) | lead | Klmat Lounge/Rick Mowat |
| What Would Crazy Horse Do? (reading) | lead | The Bridge Theatre/Ben Arredondo |
| A Brief History of Thyme | Thyme/lead | Culture Project/Tatiana Gomberg |
| Worldwide Plays Festival | Company Member (6 plays) | 59E59 Theaters/Kyle Jarrow, Terry Berliner, Sash Bischoff, Christopher Sanderson, Avital Asuleen, & Jonathan Cerullo |
| Without A Net: Intermission | supporting | Roy Arias Theater/Brian-Paul Mendoza |
| Sacagawea: Bird Woman (1 woman show) | Sacagawea | Urban Stages/Rachel Sullivan & Steve Elm |
| Mangled Beams | lead | The Public Theater/James Shubinski |
| Frontier | Raven/mother/supporting | Robert Moss Theater/Joan Kane |
| The Cradle Will Rock (musical) | Professor Mamie/Folie/supporting | Theatre 80/Sean Elias |
| Oops, Bloody, Bloody, Oops | lead | La Mama E.T.C./Muriel Miguel |
| The Black Swans Song | Lubavitcher Woma/supporting | DiversityWorks/Mason Beggs |
| the devil plays a mean guitar | lead | Amerinda Theater/Steve Elm |
| Stand Off at Highway 37 | supporting | Amerinda Theater/Steve Elm |
| Don Juan comes back from the war | 2nd Girl of Easy Virtue & 2nd Lady | NSD/Tim Butterfield |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Mustardseed | NSD/Arin Arbus |
| Carbon Black | lead | Mixed Phoenix/Murial Borst-Turrant |
| A History of Kites | lead | The Lion/Paul Takacs |
| Adelaide's Ice Cream Dreams | lead/title role | Montréal Fringe & Paul Robeson Center (Princeton)/Rob Thompson |
| In the Meantime, Happy Hour | supporting | Manhattan Rep/Barrett Hileman |
| Are We There Yet? | lead | NSD/Moira Boag writer: Bekkah Brunstetter |
| Smoke | lead | Mixed Phoenix/Danielle Soames |
| The Kong Show (sketch) | lead | The Sage/Powell Leonard |
| Deconstructing Veils | supporting | NSD/Katie McHugh |
| Waiting for Lefty | Edna/lead | The Cell/JJ Elfar |
| Free Bowl | chorus | NSD/Web Begole |
| The Dutchman | chorus | NSD/JJ Elfar |
| One Night Stand | Sharon/supporting | Peace Players/Michelle Lonsdale-Smith |
Commercials | ||
| Urban Body | Brand Voice | The Peak 100.5 |
| Urban Body-Female Focus | voiceover | The Beat 94.5 |
| Urban Body-Male Focus | voiceover | Team 1040 |
| Cherry Berry | featured | NYFA/Thomas McNamara |
| Men's Warehouse | featured | NYFA/Steven Hupp |
| Space Pluz | featured | On the Mark Productions |
| 'Invisible' 2010 US Census PSA | featured | Kayci Baldwin |
| Vancouver Opera (print) | featured | Robert Kenney |
| Nokia (print) | featured | Grey Worldwide |
| Home Show Canada | featured | Robert Lennon |
| The Brick (Edmonton) | featured | Robert Lennon |
| Edmonton Power | featured | Mike Hamm |
| Crowne Plaza Hotel | featured | Bryan Reisberg |
Internet | ||
| Divorced | Lead/Director/Poducer | TDEP Productions/Tanis Parenteau |
Other | ||
| The House of Language and Meat (voice over) | co-lead | dir: Mark Breedlove |
| Sink of Swim (music video) | featured | NYFA/Steven Hupp |
| Monday Justice feat. Kevin Lyttle & Spragga Benz (music video) | featured | |
| Shoppers Drug Mart (industrial) | featured | |
| Painting Daises - Carpal Tunnel (music video) | featured | Yan Latour |
| Danny Hooper - (I wanna live in a) Beer Commercial (music video) | featured | Mike Oulette |
Training | ||
| Master of Fine Arts - Acting | The New School for Drama | Ron Leibman, Robert Walden, Kathy Rossetter, Karen Ludwig, Linda Gillen, Gene Lasko, Casey Biggs, Nova Thomas, Chris Rosselli, Keith Buhl, Tom Vasilliades, Patricia Fletcher, Erica Fae, Jean Taylor |
Skills | ||
| Dialects - Classic, British RP, Cockney, French, Irish, NY/NJ/Brooklyn, Southern, Russian, Italian, Australian, German, Jamaican | ||
| Sports - basketball, volleyball, figure skating, weight lifting, water skiing, snowboarding, softball, rollerblading, yoga | ||
| Class 5 Driver's License, PADI Open Water Scuba Diving, stage combat, sexy eyebrow lift |