Tamara Brown
Biography
Tamara Brown is a Canadian stage and screen actress, singer, director, and educator. In 2010 she co-founded Metachroma Theatre, the only independent English-language company of professional actors of colour in the city. Metachroma Theatre addresses the under-representation of visible minority actors in Canadian Theatre, challenging current perceptions by telling stories with a diverse cast in order to normalize the presence of these artists on stage.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Potential
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Agent #2
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • as Guidance Counselor
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Peggy Lillard
A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Dr. Sulemani
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Off Camera Reader
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Nathalie Richard
The day-to-day life of two unwilling partners of the Montreal Police Department, Officers Nick Barron and Ben Chartier. These two beat cops patrol the urban sprawl of downtown's 19th district, in cruiser No. 2. 19-2 is about the tensions and bonds that develop between two incompatible men of very different temperaments and life experiences. Over time, Nick and Ben's mistrust and antagonism for each other give way to moments of mutual respect and a wavering chance at a true partnership.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Myrna Landers
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried secrets of his own. Based on the novels by Louise Penny.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Radiology Technician
Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Nurse Baldwin
A working-class social climber finagles his way into the world of New York City auction houses by using the smuggling skills he learned as a soldier in Iraq.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Erin - Jeff's Date
Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna have many years of shared history in this small town. Like every other family on the planet, their history includes many mistakes. This is proven by the multiple marriages and many children in their close extended clan.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Sergeant
Modern day show that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Intake Worker
STOLEN follows troubled, 14-year old, Shayna Hill as she is admitted and runs away from her group-home. It is a small glimpse into a typical Native girl's life before becoming one of 1200+ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Candida
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.