Tanna Frederick, actress, 'Irene in Time' and "Hollywood Dreams"

Actress Tanna Frederick is director Henry Jaglom’s go-to-girl in Irene in Time and Hollywood Dreamsa!

Tanna Frederick, currently starring in Henry Jaglom’s Irene in Time, has a story right out of an old Hollywood fairy tale. A young actress from Iowa hoping for a break writes a letter to a famous director, which earns her an audition that leads to the part of a lifetime and rave reviews.

When she first wrote Jaglom, Frederick hadn't seen any of his films. But after meeting him and starring successfully in one of Jaglom's locally produced plays, she quickly became a fan and was thrilled when he wrote the role of Margie Chizek for his fifteenth feature, Hollywood Dreams. While there are some similarities between Margie and Tanna - both are from Iowa, and both are in love with films from the Hollywood's Golden Age -- Margie is a barely contained neurotic mess, at an emotional and professional breaking point when she happens to meet an industry power broker who thinks she could be a star. The New York Times noted that her "irresistible" performance is "as startling as it is touching."

This summer she will star in Queen of the Lot (which picks up Margie's career three years after the end of Hollywood Dreams and co-stars Noah Wyle), The Strange Case of Katie Q, Always and the short film Touch.

Tanna Frederick website

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