Tanis Parenteau

Tanis is an actor/producer and member of the Métis Nation of Alberta (Cree). TV: Billions, FBI: Most Wanted, Gossip Girl, Designated Survivor, House of Cards and Tribal. New York theatre: The Public Theater, Signature Theater, 59E59 Theaters and La Mama. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As a producer, her debut short film, 'A Big Black Space', garnered a broadcasting deal on ARTÉ in Europe, won best Canadian Short at Dreamspeakers Film Festival and the Royal Reel Award at the Canada International Film Festival. Tanis has been funded by Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Media Fund, Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society, Vision Maker Media and is developing a short form digital series for APTN Lumi. Tanis is a board member at Peace Region Independent Media Artists Association, a member of Alberta Media Production Industries Association, on the SAG-AFTRA National Native Americans Committee and has had mentorships with Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices, Banff Spark Accelerator, NSI Art of Business Management - Indigenous Edition, ISO/Netflix Indigenous Production Apprenticeship, Whistler Film Festival Producers Lab, The Genre Film Lab, AMAAS One2One and AMPIA. Master of Fine Arts in Acting from The New School for Drama. www.tanisparenteau.com