Tinsel Korey
{{Short description|Canadian actress and singer-songwriter}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tinsel Korey
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|03|25}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = {{Plainlist|
- Actress
- Singer-songwriter
}}
| years_active = 2003–present
| website = {{URL|tinselkorey.com}}
}}
Tinsel Korey (born March 25, 1980) is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for portraying Emily Young in The Twilight Saga film series.{{cite news |last1=Radish |first1=Christian |title=Tinsel Korey Exclusive Interview THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE |url=https://collider.com/tinsel-korey-interview-the-twilight-saga-eclipse/ |publisher=Collider}}
Life and career
Prior to her move to Vancouver, Korey had already found work through her multiple appearances in commercial advertisements. She then decided in late 2002 to move to Hollywood, but was "stopped at the border because she couldn't prove she was going to come back to Canada. She couldn't go home though so she called her friend and got on a flight to Vancouver and she's been there ever since."[http://www.davincisinquest.com/cast_qol.php?castID=41], "Tinsel Korey as Anna Navarez in Dominic da Vinci's 'The Quality of Life'
In 2006, Korey was given a small role as a rape victim opposite Callum Keith Rennie in the film Unnatural & Accidental, which told the story of a series of murders of mostly First Nations women. The film's director, Carl Bessai, recalled: "It was one of her first gigs and it was harrowing. She was terrified and Callum is so method, so intense. It was one of those moments where you watch a young actor and you think, 'This will either really give them the power to act or it will just alienate them.'""New Moon's Emily may be in the Twilight of her anonymity". The Province, May 5, 2009.
Korey performed as a singer at the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| It Waits | Lark Rainwater | |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Divided by Zero | Ashley | Short |
| Unnatural & Accidental
| Blue Girl | |
| rowspan="4"| 2007
| {{sortname|The|Lookout|The Lookout (2007 film)}} | Maura | |
| Luna: Spirit of the Whale
| Annie | TV movie |
| I Know What I Saw
| Alicia | TV movie |
| Hybrid
| Lydia | TV movie |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| {{sortname|The|Quality of Life|nolink=1}} | Anna Navarez | TV movie |
| Mothers & Daughters
| Cynthia | |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| Wyvern | Vinyl Hampton | TV movie |
| {{sortname|The|Twilight Saga: New Moon}}
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| {{sortname|The|Twilight Saga: Eclipse}} | Emily Young | |
| Stained
| Isabelle Clarke | |
| 2011
| {{sortname|The|Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 }} | Emily Young | |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| Black Box | Kate | |
| Black Forest
| Karin | TV movie |
| 2014
| Bullet | Vanessa | |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| Fishing Naked | Jen | |
| {{sortname|The|Native and the Shrink|nolink=1}}
| Rachel | Short |
| Single in South Beach
| Sandra | |
| 2016
| Guns of Purgatory | S.S. Abbey | Short |
| 2018
| Eagle | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| Jen | Episode: "Murder in the Morgue" |
| Da Vinci's Inquest
| Sheila | Episode: "A Man When He's Down" |
| 2005
| Bluebird | Recurring Cast |
| 2006
| Godiva's | Chantal | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Tin Man | Airofday | Recurring Cast |
| Intelligence
| Felicia | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| Zoe | Main Cast: Season 2 |
| {{sortname|The|Guard|The Guard (TV series)}}
| Martine | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2011
| Sioux | Episode: "One Night" |
| 2013
| Roberta | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2014
| Diane | Episode: "Demons" |
| 2015-18
| Z Nation | Ayalla | Guest Cast: Season 2 & 5 |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Longmire | Tina | Episode: "The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of" |
| {{sortname|The|Young and the Restless}}
| Evan | Episode: "Episode #1.11036" |
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Detour, The" | The Detour | Megwyn | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2018-19
| Emily Sessions | Guest Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2020
| Kimi (voice) | Episode: "Episode #12.1" |
| 2021
| Lilirara (voice) | Episode: "And Hao!" |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|1535188}}
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Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian singer-songwriters
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