Tatiana Gabriele Maslany (/məˈslÉ'Ë ni/; born September 22, 1985) is
a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple
characters in the science fiction thriller television series Orphan
Black (2013â€"2017), which won her a Primetime Emmy Award (2016), a
TCA Award (2013), two Critics' Choice Awards (2013 and 2014), and five
Canadian Screen Awards (2014â€"18). Maslany is the first Canadian to
win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian
series.Maslany also appeared in television series such as Heartland
(2008â€"2010), The Nativity (2010), Being Erica (2009â€"2011), and
Perry Mason (2020). In 2013, she won an ACTRA Award for her lead role
in the film Picture Day and the Phillip Borsos Award for her
performance in the film Cas and Dylan. Her other notable films include
Diary of the Dead (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), The Vow (2012),
Woman in Gold (2015), Stronger (2017), and Destroyer (2018). For
starring in the romantic drama The Other Half (2016), she won the
Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress.Maslany was born in Regina,
Saskatchewan, the daughter of Dan, a woodworker, and Renate, a
translator. She has two younger brothers, including fellow actor
Daniel Maslany. She has Austrian, German, Polish, Romanian, and
Ukrainian ancestry. For elementary school, Maslany was in French
immersion, and was taught in German by her mother before learning
English. Additionally, her grandparents spoke German around her as a
child. She also speaks some Spanish. She has danced since age four and
started community theatre and musicals at the age of nine.
a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple
characters in the science fiction thriller television series Orphan
Black (2013â€"2017), which won her a Primetime Emmy Award (2016), a
TCA Award (2013), two Critics' Choice Awards (2013 and 2014), and five
Canadian Screen Awards (2014â€"18). Maslany is the first Canadian to
win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian
series.Maslany also appeared in television series such as Heartland
(2008â€"2010), The Nativity (2010), Being Erica (2009â€"2011), and
Perry Mason (2020). In 2013, she won an ACTRA Award for her lead role
in the film Picture Day and the Phillip Borsos Award for her
performance in the film Cas and Dylan. Her other notable films include
Diary of the Dead (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), The Vow (2012),
Woman in Gold (2015), Stronger (2017), and Destroyer (2018). For
starring in the romantic drama The Other Half (2016), she won the
Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress.Maslany was born in Regina,
Saskatchewan, the daughter of Dan, a woodworker, and Renate, a
translator. She has two younger brothers, including fellow actor
Daniel Maslany. She has Austrian, German, Polish, Romanian, and
Ukrainian ancestry. For elementary school, Maslany was in French
immersion, and was taught in German by her mother before learning
English. Additionally, her grandparents spoke German around her as a
child. She also speaks some Spanish. She has danced since age four and
started community theatre and musicals at the age of nine.
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