Tania Emery was born in 1976 in Windsor, Berkshire, England and grew up in Buckinghamshire. The Cancerian, in 2006, will be turning 30.

One of Tania’s first ever jobs was as an assistant in a hair salon, but she soon realised that this was not the job for her. Tania attended the London Studio Centre where she studied drama along with a co-the bill star Alex Walkinshaw who plays PC Smith. Her mother was a performing dancer in the original West End Production of Cabaret and Tania followed in her footsteps, dancing at the age of three but later studying both dance and the dramatic arts. Tania has starred in numerous pop videos, which she can be recognized from, including those of Bryan Ferry, D-Ream and Cher. Back in 1996, Tania featured in a music video for Cher’s “One By One”. Screen captures of her appearance in this music video can be found in my SCREEN CAPTURES section. I managed to find an encode for download off the file sharing program, WinMX.

In 1996, Tania was in a film called "LAAJOOL", also titled "Pens, Guns and Global Funds". Tania played one of the main characters called Janet Yates. The film was shot in London and was a sci-fi comedy that followed a group of pals during their last 24 hours leading up to an international curfew.

Before joining The Bill in 2000, Tania filmed a trilogy of films about London life all under the same director, Simon Rumley. These movies include;  – “Strong Language”, “The Truth Game” and “Club Le Monde”. Tania has appeared in various shorts such as Dolls and Makers where she played lead character Anne, and Commercial Hairdressing for director Andy Isaacs. And she also appeared in the Model Raj at Waterman's Arts Centre and played three different characters in BBC Radio 4's - The Actress, The writer and The Censor.

Also before joining the cast of The Bill as a regular, she appeared in an episode of The Bill, in an episode called “Bad Habits”, playing a beat up prostitute named Dawn South. Captures image here. She joined the cast of The Bill in 2000 as DC Kate Spears (On The Hook Prt1). The start of the re-make over of The Bill with the addition of young, good looking police officers and a whole new CID team. Tania describes her character DC Kate Spears as: "a feisty kick ass kind of girl". Tania was delighted to land the role in, The Bill.

Unfortunately Tania’s time was cut short at The Bill and after two years was given the sack by the new executive producer who killed off the character of Kate Spears along with several other under-used / under-developed characters in the Sun Hill Fire (008). Tania was said to have been stunned by her sacking (SEE TRANSCRIPT ARTICLE HERE) but was quoted in the 2003 The Bill 20^th Anniversary Book as saying, at least she wasn’t being sent into the stationary cupboard never to be seen again.

Since leaving The Bill, Tania has been a part of the filming of an independent Horror film called “LD 50 Lethal Dose” in 2003, which stars Mel B (Spice Girl – Scary Spice). Although not a starring role for Tania, playing a supporting character named Jenny. According to NIXFLIX Reviews, who has told me that all up, Tania appeared for 5 minutes and she doesn't die. "I believe her character Jenny is the one who became an executive at a corporation, thus "selling out" to "the man" much to the group's chagrin. Her character appears in the beginning, disappears, then appears again for about 1 minute after that, and doesn't appear in the movie again. So I'd say she has about 5 minutes of screen time, and doesn't really have any impact on the story. And her character doesn't die."

Also recently Tania has had a guest spot on a UK program called "Doctors", playing a character named Sarah Nyland in an episode called "Trouble At The Bank".

Tania appeared in a 2003, American movie called "Den Of Lions", which was mostly filmed in Hung aria. Her character name in the movie is Rita. Tania plays an illegal immigrant who is separated from her family to be forced into prostitution. The movie is about a Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster who becomes a double agent for the FBI. The movie is directed by James Bruce and is a violent thriller.

Tania made an appearance on a UK sketch show called "Impressionable Jon Culshaw" credited, 2004. The skit involved ex-cast members of The Bill, which included Tania Emery reprising her role of DC Kate Spears. The skit was about DC Kate Spears and DC Rod Skase tracking down a mutant cyborg.

2004, Tania was a part of a London Stage production called "Henry IV". Her character name is called Frida, a 19-year old daughter to the main female character. The play is about an Italian nobleman who falls from his horse during a pageant. When he comes round, he believes he is his carnival character, the medieval German Emperor, King Henry IV. For twenty years he lives this illusion but today a plot is being hatched to shock him out of this ‘madness’ and into the twenty-first century. The play opened on May 4th 2004 and ran till June 26th 2004, featuring at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London, before touring in July to Salford, Bristol and Liverpool.

Here was the tour schedule:

 

Donmar Warehouse, London - 4th May - 26th June 2004

Lowry, Salford - 29th June - 3rd July 2004

Old Vic, Bristol - 6th July - 10th July 2004

Everyman, Liverpool - 13th July - 17th July 2004

Tania was one of 184 actresses who were auditioned to a film about casting actresses; The 2004 American release of "Casting About". "Casting About" is a feature-length, lyrical documentary that explores the captivating experience of casting actors. From the point of view of a filmmaker, we see and hear many of the 350 actresses who audition for three roles in a dramatic film. Casting About weaves together footage from casting sessions held in five cities (Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles), including actor interviews, monologues, and scene work to create an impressionistic collage of the casting experience. The viewer sits in the filmmaker's seat, watching the actors at work and learning about their lives, vulnerabilities, fears and dreams. In this setting, there is an implicit exploration of the boundaries between fiction and reality, as well as the dialectic between voyeurism and intimacy. The film includes footage of 184 actresses who interview and perform scenes from the fiction script, as well as monologues from the work of renowned contemporary playwrights. The film has been screening at film festivals all over the world. Checkout the official Casting About website for past and future screenings.

Tania was involved in a once only rehearsed reading of a play called "A Kind Of Justice" directed by Rania K. in London. The one time only performance took place in September and Tania read for the part of 'Clare'. The play was written by an Austrian author and is a monologue about race discrimination.

Also at the end of 2004, Tania played the character of Monica in a 30 minute short film titled "Road to Damascus", directed by Chris Munro. Filmed on location in London, the short was about a down and out actor who is trying to get back into the big time and his adventures with a script that keeps falling into his hands no matter what he does to try and get rid of it. (thanks to Belinda for the info, who did hair and make-up for the short). It is still un-known if this was a made for tv, or film festival short.

Tania has also been doing some commercial voice over work, signed with the London Voice Over company, Vocal Point. Commercials include Care Wipes, Olympus Digital Camera and more. Listen to these commercials in a compilation audio file, link found on my Audio Downloads Page.

2005, and Tania appeared in a British film titled "Brothers of the Head". The film is based off a novel about conjoined twins in the early 1970s, who are groomed into rock stars and soon launched on an unsuspecting music scene as the "next big thing." Tania plays a medical journalist named Laura Ashworth who has an attraction to one of the conjoined twins, Thomas. Directed by Louis Pepe and Keith Fulton. This film had it's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 10th 2005 and has continued to screen through 2006 opening in America on July 28th and in Australia on August 17th 2006.

2005, Tania was seen in a BBC1 UK documentary / drama titled "Egypt". The series screened as 3, hour long episodes in this mini series, which is based on 3 different stories. Tania featured in the storyline for the final episode titled "Secrets of the Hieroglyphs", which screened on December 4th. Tania played Rosine Champollion, wife of historian Jean-Francois Champollion who struggles to break the code of the hieroglyphs of Egypt's temples and tombs. Rosine (Tania) is pregnant and not happy about her husbands frequent trips to Egypt. Thanks to Tom Harrison for this information and help!