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Tammy Gillis

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Tammy Gillis
Born
Manitoba, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Websitetammygillis.com

Tammy Gillis is a Canadian actress who works on television and film projects across the country.

Early life and education

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Gillis was born in Dauphin, Manitoba.[1] She studied pre-law at the University of Manitoba.[2]

Career

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Tammy Gillis grew up in rural Manitoba and got her start on the stage in her hometown playing Grandpa in her first school play. While attending University, she was discovered by a modelling agency. Shortly after signing with them, she booked a series of commercials for Greenkids starring Lyle Lovett and landed her first film role in the award-winning[3] short film The Heart of the World directed by cult film director, Guy Maddin.

Her onscreen credits include roles in White Noise 2 starring Nathan Fillion[4] and Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg. Tammy played a leading role in the indie feature film Under the Apple Box, which received an honorable mention at the New Jersey Film Festival[5] and also screened at the Women's International Film Festival in Miami in March 2013. She appeared on the Bravo series Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, as well as the romantic comedy A Novel Romance starring alongside Amy Acker and Dylan Bruce and the Lifetime thriller Stolen from the Womb starring alongside Laura Mennell and Larisa Oleynik.[6]

She has guest starred on CTV's drama Motive[7][8] as well as her recurring guest starring role on the HBO Canada series Less Than Kind and the Douglas Coupland CBC comedy "jPod"[9] TV series Less than Kind.[7] She has appeared in roles on the CW's Supernatural,[1] Showcase's Lost Girl, SpikeTV's Blue Mountain State, Showcase's Endgame, Reaper, The L Word, and the final season of Battlestar Galactica.[10] and many more. Her MOW's include Stealing Paradise starring Rachel Leigh Cook,[11][12] The Mermaid Chair starring Kim Basinger and Home by Christmas starring Linda Hamilton.

Gillis was a spokesmodel for Canadian underwear company Ginch Gonch. She travelled with the line to France, to El Salvador and Russia.[13] She was named one of Femme Fatale's 'Fresh Faces of the Year' in 2007[10] and has been seen in the magazines UMM and Sharp for Men.[14]

In 2016, Gillis appeared in the sixth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time as Jill.

Gillis appeared in the Hallmark Channel original movie Frozen in Love,[15] which stars Rachael Leigh Cook and Niall Matter. The film was broadcast on the channel in January 2018.[16] As of 2018, she is currently playing a police officer named Marissa Staub in Freeform’s drama-fantasy series Siren.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Heart of the World Mary Magdalene (Uncredited) Short
2001 Culture of Silence Victim Short
2002 Cemetery Love Story Daisy Short
2004 Din Female Cyclist Short
2004 Lucky Stars Kelly
2005 Jilted The Sister Short
2007 White Noise: The Light Scooter Girl
2007 Shooter Waitress (Uncredited)
2007 Blood Brothers: Reign of Terror Kim
2008 The Valet The Hostess Short
2008 Sanguine Aunt Lucy Short
2010 Another Brief Moment Cynthia Short
2012 Under the Apple Box Leila (Adult)
2014 The Timekeeper Georgina Short
2015 No Men Beyond This Point Female Pundit
2015 Kindergarten Da Bin Inch Wieder Clara Ragnarson Short
2016 Menorca Claire/Wife
2018 Violentia Marie Anderson
2018 Sonder Katia Short
2019 A Dog’s Way Home Officer Leon
2019 37-Teen Claire
2020 Torn: Dark Bullets Detective Omari

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Inside the Osmonds Mary Television Film
2002 The Chris Isaak Show Shelly Episode: “The Hidden Mommy”
2006 The L Word Tammy Episode: “Lifeline”
2006 Trophy Wife Libby Television Film
2006 The Mermaid Chair Young Kat Television Film
2006 Home by Christmas Donna Television Film
2007 Reaper Holly Actor Episode: “Love, Bullets and Blacktop”
2008 JPod Sarah Guest
2 episodes
2009 Battlestar Galactica Marine #2 Guest
2 episodes
2011 Shattered Dr. Weston Episode: “Finding the Boy”
2011 Endgame Lexis Episode: “The Caffeine Hit”
2011 Stealing Paradise Elise Shayne Television Film
2011 Blue Mountain State Karen Gilday Episode: “One Week”
2011 Supernatural Kelly Episode: “Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!”
2012 Lost Girl Marissa Episode: “Table for Fae”
2012 Less Than Kind Barbara Guest
3 episodes
2013 Motive Claudia Powell Episode: “Detour”
2014 Stolen from the Womb Paula Television Film
2014 Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce Kath Episode: “Rule #21: Leave Childishness to the Children”
2015 A Novel Romance Nina Hallmark Television Film
2015 Ties That Bind Carla Martin Episode: “Ghosts”
2015 Continuum Doctor (Uncredited) Guest
2 episodes
2015 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told Randilynn Amidon Hallmark Television Film
2015 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream Randilynn Amidon Hallmark Television Film
2016 The Support Group Julia Coles Guest
2 episodes
2016 Unleashing Mr. Darcy Jenna Scott Hallmark Television Film
2016 Wedding Bells Amy Hallmark Television Film
2016 Once Upon a Time Peasant Wife Episode: “Changelings”
2017 Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts Michele Bishop Hallmark Television Film
2017 The Arrangement Jen Guest
2 episodes
2017 Tiny House of Terror Lindsay Television Film
2017–2018 Ghost Wars Jane Guest
4 episodes
2018 Frozen in Love Erica Parker Hallmark Television Film
2018 Deadly Deed: A Fixer Upper Mystery Whitney Sloane Hallmark Television Film
2018 The Sweetest Heart Sarah Hallmark Television Film
2018 Marrying Mr. Darcy Jenna Scott Hallmark Television Film
2018 Dead Inside Cristina Dunn Pilot
2018–2020 Siren Deputy Marissa Staub Recurring (Season 1–3)
16 episodes
2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse Bree Carson Hallmark Television Film
2019 Van Helsing Monica Guest
2 episodes
2020 The Detectives Detective Debbie Harris Guest
2 episodes
2020 The Case That Haunts Me Detective Debbie Harris Guest
2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b "Interview Tammy Gillis". entertaim.net [dead link]
  2. ^ Vancouver actress Tammy Gillis interview
  3. ^ "Canada's Genies snatched by The Fast Runner". screendaily.com. February 8, 2002.
  4. ^ White Noise: The Light (2007) Movie Review from Eye for Film
  5. ^ "New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2013 Competition Winners Announced". patch.com. February 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "From Pet Rocks to Pinocchio for Tammy Gillis". hnmag.ca. June 22, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "ABC Motive’s “Detour”: Addiction as Motivator for Bad Behavior". ScreenSpy
  8. ^ "Motive moves to Thursdays". TV, eh?. March 12, 2013 Diane Wild
  9. ^ "Press Release: Tammy Gillis continues busy year with world premiere of feature film 'Menorca' at the Whistler Film Festival". wireservice.ca. November 8, 2016.
  10. ^ a b A true team player | Niagara Falls Review Niagara Falls Review.
  11. ^ Stealing Paradise | Film review and movie reviews | Radio Times
  12. ^ Stealing Paradise (2011) The Movie Scene.
  13. ^ "Tammy Gillis to film guest starring role on 'Less Than Kind'". vancouverobserver.com. December 8, 2010.
  14. ^ "Sharp Woman: Tammy Gillis" by Greg Hudson, Sharp for Men
  15. ^ Gillis, Tammy [@RealTammyGillis] (December 9, 2017). "That's a wrap on #FrozenInLove ❄️ So much fun working with talented director @HDalhousie, the very special @jimheadjr, @RachaelLCook, @niallmatter, DOP extraordinaire @ronstannett 💕💕💕 & the rest of our #hallmarkfamily 😘" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Frozen in Love". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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