Tanna Frederick - Career and Passions

tanna frederick is irresistible! her no-boundaries performance is as startling as it is touching!
(jeanne catsoulis, the new york times)

you’ll fall in love with tanna frederick as she finds love in henry jaglom’s very funny and very moving ‘irene in time’!

the adorable, charismatic and brilliant actress tanna frederick gives a heartfelt and beautiful oscar worthy performance!
(tim sika, kgo radio)

tanna frederick's brilliant performance is worth writing home about!
(stephanie rushia, interview magazine)

tanna frederick is spellbinding! an impressive and brave new talent who can really hold the screen!
(michael wilmington, chicago tribune)

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    About Tanna

    In Los Angeles, Tanna Frederick has just wrapped playing the lead in Henry Jaglom’s Just 45 Minutes From Broadway at the Edgemar Center For The Arts. Alongside Judd Nelson, Tanna is reprising her role and is currently shooting a film version of the play, set to premiere in the fall of 2011. Tanna has also starred in three other Los Angeles plays: A Safe Place, directed by Kim Furst at the Skylight Theatre;Echoes, directed by Neno Pervan at The Coronet Theatre; and Always...But Not Forever, directed by Gary Imhoff at The Edgemar.

    In film she starred in Jaglom's Hollywood Dreams, Irene in Time and the upcoming Queen of the Lot, which Jaglom describes as a "sequel of sorts," to Hollywood Dreams, in which her character, Margie Chizek, now renamed Maggie Chase, becomes involved in love, D.U.I arrests and family intrigues among the rich, powerful and famous. Noah Wyle co-stars.

    Ms. Frederick recently hosted the third annual Iowa Film Festival—an event she founded three years ago—to great success in her home town of Mason City (of "Music Man" fame).

    Ms. Frederick, along with famed surfer Shaun Tomson, also founded "Project Save Our Surf," an annual event which raises tens of thousands of dollars for oceanic conservation.

    She recently received the 2009 Maverick Award from the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival and the Performer to Watch Award, at the 2009 Method Fest. Earlier awards include Best Actress for her performance in Hollywood Dreams at The Fargo Film Festival, The Montana Film Festival and the Houston International Film Festival.

    Ms. Frederick resides in Los Angeles.