Portrait of Tara Mallen

Tara Mallen

Acting

Biography

Tara Mallen is an award winning actor, director, and the Producing Artistic Director at Chicago's acclaimed Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Her screen credits include the 2023 Sundance Breakout Ghostlight, The Last Shift, Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, and the indie feature Fools, as well as TV appearances on Dark Matter (Apple TV), Empire (Fox); BOSS (Starz), Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. (NBC), Sense8 (Netflix) the pilot Doubt (CBS/Sony). She was recently featured in the 2023 Coca Cola commercial "New Guy" directed by Chris Storer.

Born: September 1, 1964

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Filmography

2024
Ghostlight

as Sharon

2024
Dark Matter

as Alesia Cheney

2020
The Last Shift

as Angry Customer

2016
Fools

as Vera

2011
Contagion

as Minnesota Health #4

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Winter Hymns

as Bonnie