Tamzin Outhwaite (full name Tamzin Maria) is an English actress. She began her film career in 1998 with the television series East Endians, playing the role of Melonie Healy for four years. Since 2005 he has been filming in Hollywood.
In the creative biography of Tamzin, there are more than three dozen roles in television and film projects. In the 2000s, she became the face of the cosmetics company AVON, concluding a long-term contract with her. In 2004 she worked as a model for a network of large department stores of the British company "Debenhams", presenting the line of lingerie "Spirit".
Biography facts
The future actress was born in England in the fall of 1970. Her father was a native Englishman, her mother was Italian. Tamzin is the eldest of three children. She has two brothers: Kees Colin Jake and Andrew Frank.
Tamzin received her primary education at Trinity High Catholic School in Woodford, where she achieved great success in sports. But not only sports fascinated the girl. She dreamed of becoming an actress. At the age of twelve, she began studying at the Stagestruck Theater Company.
When Tamzin was sixteen, she continued her education at the London Studio Center. There she studied acting and drama.
Tamzin performed her first roles in theatrical productions during her school years. Then, becoming a student of a theater studio, she performed on the stage of several theaters and took part in staging famous musicals. Outhwaite also worked with the Stephen Joseph Theater until she started acting.
Film career
Outhwaite made her film debut as Melanie Healy in the British television crime drama series East End. A project about the life of ordinary Englishmen living in a fictional part of London - Walford County, began to appear in screens in 1998. It has become one of the most beloved and popular projects among the audience.
Outhwaite played one of the main roles in the series. Her regular filming partner was the famous actor Martin Kemp. After he decided to stop working on the project, Tamzin also decided to complete the filming of the series. True, a few years later, in one of her interviews, Tamzin said that there is a possibility of her returning to the project after a long break.
For Tamzin, participating in the film for four years provided an opportunity to demonstrate her acting skills and receive new invitations from producers and directors.
Outhwaite got the next leading role almost immediately after leaving the previous project. She began acting in the BBC series Little Red Riding Hood as Corporal Joe McDonagh. The project was closed in 2004.
Outhwaite decided to continue her further film career in Hollywood. She went to Los Angeles. Soon, after passing the casting, she got the main role in the action movie "7 Seconds". The famous Wesley Snipes became her filming partner.
The plot of the picture unfolds in America, where the professional thief John Tulliver, who is able to open any locks and enter any premises, makes a mistake for the first time. A painting by the famous artist Van Gogh falls into his hands. From this moment, unpleasant events begin to occur in the life of the protagonist.
Outhwaite's next job was the role in the movie "Go, and I'll Be Delayed." She then joined the main cast of Babylon Hotel as Rebecca Mitchell, the hotel manager.
Tamzin played one of the main roles in the thriller "Bog". According to the plot of the picture, the wife of the protagonist Andy Becker gets into a terrible accident. Doctors cannot help a woman. Then Andy goes with his wife to India to healers. There they have hope, but suddenly the wife disappears. Soon she is found killed. Andy becomes the suspect in the murder of his wife. To prove his innocence, he decides to find the killer on his own.
Outhwaite performed her best roles in the films: "Cassandra's Dream", "Hotel Babylon", "Doctor Who", "Virtuosos", "Purely English Murder", "Foyle's War".
Personal life
Tamzin married actor Tom Ellis. They met on the set of the East Endians. The wedding took place in 2006.
In 2008, the couple had a daughter, whom their parents named Florence Elsie Ellis. Four years later, Tamzin gave birth to her second daughter, Marnie May.
The husband and wife lived together for almost ten years, but divorced in 2014.
