TARA MALLEN
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
Résumé Print Résumé
FILM | ||
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GHOSTLIGHT |
Sharon |
Kelly O'Sullivan/Alex Thompson |
THE LAST SHIFT |
Supporting |
Sony Pictures |
CONTAGION |
Supporting |
Warner Bros. |
FOOLS |
Supporting |
Meyer Prods/Indie Rights |
TELEVISION | ||
DARK MATTER |
Guest Star |
Apple TV |
EMPIRE |
Guest Star |
FOX |
CHICAGO PD |
Guest Star |
Universal Television/NBC |
CHICAGO FIRE |
Guest Star |
Universal Television/NBC |
SENSE8 |
Co-Star |
Netflix |
BOSS |
Co-Star |
STARZ |
DOUBT (Pilot) |
Co-Star |
Sony Television/ABC |
COMMERCIALS | ||
"New Guy" (Mom) |
Featured |
Coca Cola |
"Heck On Wheels" (Superbowl spot) |
Featured |
Toyota/Saatchi & Saatchi |
THEATRE - representative roles | ||
MOTHERHOUSE |
Aunt Lizzie |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
THE LUCKIEST |
Cheryl |
Raven Theatre |
SPAY |
Aubrey |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
THE CAKE |
**Della (Lauren Shouse, dir.) |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
**2018 Jeff Award /Best Actor |
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HOW LONG WILL I CRY |
Joy (Ed Torres dir.) |
Steppenwolf Theatre |
THE WALLS |
Alice (Megan Carney dir.) |
Rivendell /Steppenwolf Garage |
SELF DEFENSE |
*Jo (Ed Sobel dir.) |
Rivendell /Steppenwolf Garage |
*After Dark Award/Ensemble |
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SHEAR MADNESS |
Barbara (Bruce Jordan, dir.) |
The Kennedy Center |
SWEAT |
Jessie (Kate Whorisky dir.) |
Arena Stage |
PICASSO AT LAPIN AGILE |
Germaine (MPThornton dir.) |
Noble Fool |
INDULGENCES IN THE LOUISVILLE HAREM |
Viola (Kimberly Senior dir.) |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
MY SIMPLE CITY |
Alfhilde (Karen Kessler dir.) |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
Nominee: Jeff Award |
Best Actress |
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WRENS |
**Gwyneth (Karen Kessler dir.) |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
**1996 Jeff Award / Best Actor |
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RASHEEDA SPEAKING |
*Eileen (Sandy Shinner, dir.) |
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble |
*After Dark Award / Best Ensemble |
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TWELFTH NIGHT |
Maria |
Iowa Shakespeare Festival |
KING LEAR |
Regan |
Iowa Shakespeare Festival |
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM |
Titania |
Iowa Shakespeare Festival |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING |
Beatrice |
Iowa Shakespeare Festival |
MACBETH |
Lady MacDuff |
Iowa Shakespeare Festival |
RAMONA QUIMBY |
Mrs. Quimby |
First Stage Milwaukee |
THE DEATH & LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES |
Wiggens |
The Open Eye: New Stagings |
TAMING OF THE SHREW |
Katherine |
Queen City Stage Company |
TRAINING | ||
The Royal National Theatre, London |
Summer Professional Program |
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Mabou Mines |
Intensive Workshop series |
Ruth Maleczech & Sharon Fogart |
Brooklyn College |
BFA Acting |
Graduated Magna Cum Laude |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'3" |
Weight: 160 lbs |
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Boxing, Cycling, Equestrian - Dressage, Equestrian - English, Equestrian - General, Equestrian - Show Jumping, Equestrian - Western, Swimming - ability - general, Licensed Driver, Voiceover, Whistler, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Irish Accent, Scottish Accent, Welsh Accent
Tara Mallen is an actor, director, and the Artistic Director at Chicago's acclaimed Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. She is a 2016 3Arts Awardee and won Jeff Awards for "Ensemble“ (Motherhouse 2023) Best Actor” (The Cake 2018), Supporting Actor and Ensemble (WRENS 1996). Screen credits include Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion; The Last Shift; Empire; Boss; Chicago Fire; Doubt; Chicago P.D.; Sense8 and the indie feature FOOLS. She has produced, directed or acted in over 60 professional theatre production