Tara Spencer-Nairn

Tara Spencer-Nairn

actress, producer

Tara Spencer-Nairn was born on Jan 06, 1978 in Canada. Tara Spencer-Nairn's big-screen debut came with The Inspectors directed by Brad Turner in 1998. Tara Spencer-Nairn is known for Starlink: Battle for Atlas directed by Richard Carrillo, Annick Obonsawin stars as Startail and Bill MacDonald as Eli Arborwood. Tara Spencer-Nairn has got 1 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Tara Spencer-Nairn achieved is Gemini Awards. The upcoming new movie Tara Spencer-Nairn plays is Robbery which will be released on Oct 15, 2019.

Tara Spencer-Nairn's big breakout role came in 1999 when she was cast as the tough Bronx-raised teen in the festival darling, New Waterford Girl (1999). The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and received seven Genie Award nominations including Best Picture. In 2002, she starred alongside Don McKellar in the indie film Rub & Tug (2002), where she introduced audiences to her flair for comedy and acquired her first Canadian Comedy Award nomination.For six years she captured the hearts of audiences with her role as the straight-faced police officer Constable Karen Pelly in the long-running series Corner Gas (2004). Tara has become a fixture in Canadian film and TV landscape now and has appeared in the recurring role of Sandy in The Listener (2009), and guest starred on Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue (1995), Les enquêtes de Murdoch (2008), Flashpoint (2008), Degrassi: La Nouvelle Génération (2001), The Strain (2014), and in the short film Bastards (2014). In 2014, she reprised her role as Karen Pelly in the feature film Corner Gas: The Movie (2014), which landed her a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Female Performance.Tara also appeared in the Lifetime movie A Husband's Confession (2015) and was in Gabrielle Miller's short film Claudette (2015). Born in Montreal, raised in Vancouver, Tara now calls Toronto home where she lives with her husband and two young sons.

  • Birthday

    Jan 06, 1978
  • Place of Birth

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Also known

    Tara Spencer Nairn

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 4 nominations

Gemini Awards
2007
Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Winner - Gemini

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