Tanya Fear

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" in 2018. In 2021 she announced that she would use the name Tanyaradzwa Fear professionally, having previously been credited as Tanya Fear.

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. 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.

Career Fear's first screen work was in the original 2010 television pilot for the British series The Fades; the pilot was unaired, but did lead to the series being picked up by BBC, with a different cast. She appeared in the 2013 movie Kick-Ass 2, as well as television series including Some Girls (2013), DCI Banks (2015), and Doctor Who (2018). In 2020, working with the precautions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in California, Fear wrote, directed and appeared in a series of three romantic comedy short films examining love during the pandemic: Shoot Your Shot, Shoot Your Shot 2: An International Affair, and Shoot Your Shot 3: The Wedding.

Awards and accolades In 2019, BAFTA Los Angeles name Fear on its list of 25 Rising Stars. Fear will now use the full spelling of her birth name in the name she uses professionally, subsequently being credited as Tanyaradzwa Fear. The family reached out to American and British media, which reported the story early on 13 September. The family's own social media efforts resulted in a possible sighting at a Los Angeles grocery store at a nearby location on Santa Monica Boulevard on 12 September; the LAPD reported that Fear was found safe in the afternoon of 13 September, with one news outlet stating that she was receiving undisclosed treatment in a local hospital.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Kick-Ass 2 Harlow feature film 2023 Nessie Heather feature film

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 The Fades Jay Unaired Pilot 2012 The Midnight Beast Sam 1 episode: "Someone Called Sam" 2013 Some Girls Morgan 1 episode 2014 Boomers Anna 1 episode 2015 DCI Banks Melanie Thomas 2 episodes 2015 Spotless Claire Wiseman series regular 2015 Midsomer Murders Orla Campbell 1 episode: "The Incident at Cooper Hill" 2018 Doctor Who Dr. Jade McIntyre 1 episode: "Arachnids in the UK"