Tania Raymonde | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tania Raymonde Helen Katz March 22, 1988 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Tania Raymonde (born Tania Raymonde Helen Katz,[1][2] March 22, 1988) is an American actress and artist. She began her career in the recurring character of Cynthia Sanders on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle between 2000 and 2002, followed by the role of Alex Rousseau in the ABC series Lost from 2006 to 2010. She has since played Carla Rinaldi on MTV's Death Valley (2011), starred in the horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), and portrayed Jodi Arias, the title role in the TV movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013). In April 2015, she joined the cast of the TNT series The Last Ship. Since 2016 she has starred in the Amazon Video series Goliath.
Early life
Tania Raymonde Helen Katz was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Anne-Marie and Jon Katz. Her father is a Jewish American of Polish-Jewish descent, and her mother is French, a Catholic from Corsica.[3][4][5] She attended the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, where she obtained her French baccalauréat.
Career
Raymonde's first television role was as Alice/Young Syd in the "Syd in Wonderland" episode of the TV series Providence. She subsequently appeared on other TV series, including The Brothers Garcia, The Nightmare Room, That's So Raven, The Guardian, Lost, Medium, Malcolm in the Middle, and NCIS.
She starred in the film Children on Their Birthdays (2002), her first feature film role. In 2003 she played Lauren O'Keefe in the sitcom The O'Keefes.
She is most known for her work on the ABC drama Lost, where she played Alex Rousseau, the adopted daughter of Benjamin Linus, played by Michael Emerson.
She also appeared in the films The Garage (2006), The Other Side of the Tracks (2008), Japan (2008), Chasing 3000 (2008), and Elsewhere (2009). She recurred opposite the late Dennis Hopper on the Starz series Crash. Raymonde also had a recurring role as Frankie Rafferty, Danny Pino's love interest, on season 6 of Cold Case.
At age 17, she wrote, edited and directed the short film Cell Division, which competed in film festivals around the country.
She appears in the music video for Maroon 5's "Won't Go Home Without You".
In 2013, Raymonde was cast in Chicago P.D., a spin-off of the NBC series Chicago Fire. She, along with co-star Scott Eastwood, left the show for creative reasons. Raymonde also portrayed the convicted murderer Jodi Arias in the Lifetime original movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013).
She is working on her first feature as a director—a crime thriller she wrote set in Orange County, California, called Little Saigon.
Since 2016 she has starred on the Golden Globe-winning Amazon series Goliath, alongside Billy Bob Thornton.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Children on Their Birthdays | Lily Jane Bobbit | |
| 2006 | The Garage | Bonnie Jean "B.J." | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2008 | Japan | Mae | |
| 2008 | Foreign Exchange | Anita Duarte | |
| 2009 | GoodSam and Max | Sam | Short film |
| 2009 | Elsewhere | Jillian | |
| 2009 | The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle | Ethyl | |
| 2009 | Wild Cherry | Helen McNicol | |
| 2009 | Still Waiting... | Amber | Direct to-DVD |
| 2010 | The Other Side of the Tracks | Amelia | TV to-DVD |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000 | Kelly | |
| 2011 | Chillerama | Zelda (segment "Wadzilla") | Direct to-DVD |
| 2011 | Losers Take All | Wendy Horowitz | |
| 2011 | Trophy Kids | Tiffany | |
| 2012 | Crazy Eyes | Autumn | |
| 2012 | Blue Like Jazz | Lauryn | |
| 2012 | Hatching Max | Shell | Short film |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Nikki[6] | |
| 2014 | Manson Girls | Leslie Van Houten | |
| 2017 | Dirty Lies | Amber | |
| 2019 | Cliffs of Freedom | Anna Christina | [7] |
| 2020 | Deep Blue Sea 3 | Dr. Emma Collins | Direct to-DVD |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Providence | Alice / Young Syd | Episode: "Syd in Wonderland" |
| 2000 | The Brothers García | Nicole | Episode: "No hablo Espanol" |
| 2000–2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Cynthia | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | The Nightmare Room | Beth | Episode: "Scareful What You Wish For" |
| 2003 | That's So Raven | Carly | Episode: "Saving Psychic Raven" |
| 2003 | The O'Keefes | Lauren O'Keefe | 8 episodes |
| 2003 | The Guardian | Petra | Episode: "Big Coal" |
| 2005 | NCIS | Anna Real | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| 2006 | Medium | Taylor Greene | Episode: "S.O.S." |
| 2006–2010 | Lost | Alex Rousseau | 21 episodes |
| 2008 | The Cleaner | Nika | Episode: "Five Little Words" |
| 2008 | CSI: NY | Laura Roman | Episode: "The Cost of Living" |
| 2008 | The Other Side of the Tracks | Amelia | TV movie |
| 2008–2010 | Cold Case | Frankie Rafferty | 8 episodes |
| 2009 | Bones | Lexi | Episode: "Mayhem on a Cross" |
| 2009 | Crash | Roxanne Thigpen | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Shelley Smith/Birgit Kaspers | Episode: "Revolution" |
| 2010 | The Forgotten | Sarah Poole | Episode: "Mama Jane" |
| 2010 | Look: The Series | Courtney | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Melanie Ayres | Episode: "Ma'eme'e" |
| 2011 | Death Valley | Officer Carla Rinaldi | 12 episodes |
| 2012 | 90210 | Sonia | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Switched at Birth | Zarra | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Chicago Fire | Nicole | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret | Jodi Arias | TV movie |
| 2014 | Intelligence | Emily | Episode: "Secrets of the Secret Service" |
| 2014 | The Big Bang Theory | Yvette | Episode: "The Locomotive Manipulation" |
| 2015 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tina | Episode: "Hero to Zero" |
| 2015–2016 | The Last Ship | Valerie Raymond | 4 episodes |
| 2016–present | Goliath | Brittany Gold | 24 episodes |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Won't Go Home Without You" | Maroon 5 |
| 2009 | "I Couldn't Love You" | Cursive |
| 2011 | "Red Alert" | Arshad Aslam |
| 2014 | "Killing Days, Living Nights" | Keram Malicki-Sánchez |
Director
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Cell Division | Short Also writer |
References
- ^ "Girls - CraveOnline". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Tania Raymonde Biography". www.buddytv.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Hollywood Now: Baby News from Adam Levine, Ashton Kutcher, Mila". www.interfaithfamily.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Tania Raymonde". fr-fr.facebook.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "MAHONING VALLEY Actress with local ties to attend film's opening here". www.vindy.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Lionsgate releases official Press Release for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3-D". Shocktillyoudrop.com. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ^ Joanna Kalafatis (January 10, 2017). "Greek Drama 'Cliffs of Freedom' Wraps Production in New Mexico". hollywoodgreekreporter. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
External links
- Tania Raymonde on Instagram
- Tania Raymonde at IMDb