Pauline Tanyaradzwa Adele "Tanya" Fear (born ) is a British actress and comedian. She had a recurring role on the 2015 television series ''
Spotless'' and appeared in the ''
Doctor Who'' episode "
Arachnids in the UK
"Arachnids in the UK" is the fourth episode of the eleventh series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who''. It was written by showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall, directed by Sallie Aprahamian, and first ...
" in 2018. In 2021 she announced that she would use the name Tanyaradzwa Fear professionally, having previously been credited as Tanya Fear.
After not being offered any roles since 2018, Fear announced in August 2022 that she was leaving the film and television industry.
Early life
Fear was born in London,
UK. Her father, Andrew Stephen Fear, is English while her mother, Yvonne Zolisa Marimo, was born in
Zimbabwe
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. Fear used the name Tanya from an early age, a shortened form of her name Tanyaradzwa, which means "we have been comforted" in her mother's native
Shona language.
[
While pursuing a degree in ]Comparative Literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...
at King's College London, Fear made the decision to pursue her dream of acting, moving to Los Angeles in 2009 for a few months.[ She then trained at ]Identity School of Acting
Identity School of Acting is a part-time drama school that was founded in London, England by Femi Oguns in 2003. A second branch and campus opened in Los Angeles, California in 2018.
Identity School of Acting began in 2003 with 10 students at ...
back in London.
Career
Fear's first screen work was in the original 2010 television pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distr ...
for the British series ''The Fades
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History
The Fades were formed 2 ...
''; the pilot was unaired, but did lead to the series being picked up by BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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, with a different cast. She appeared in the 2013 movie ''
'' (2018). In 2020, working with the precautions implemented during the
examining love during the pandemic: ''Shoot Your Shot'', ''Shoot Your Shot 2: An International Affair'', and ''Shoot Your Shot 3: The Wedding''.
name Fear on its list of 25 Rising Stars.