Tanya Fear
Pauline Tanyaradzwa Adele "Tanya" Fear (born 29 December 1989) 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. 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. While pursuing a degree in  Comparative Literature at King's College London, Fear made the decision to pursue her dream of acting, moving to Los Angeles in 2009 to attend acting school. 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". In July 2021, Fear made her first appearances as a standup comedian, still working in Los Angeles. Awards and accolades. In 2019, BAFTA Los Angeles name Fear on its list of 25 Rising Stars. Personal life. In April 2021, Fear announced that she had chosen to follow the lead of fellow actress Thandie Newton, also of mixed Zimbabwean-British descent, who  had announced a few days earlier that she would use the full spelling of her Zimbabwean given name professionally, subsequently being credited as Thandiwe Newton. Fear will now use the full spelling of her birth name in the name she uses professionally, subsequently being credited as Tanyaradzwa Fear. On 9 September 2021, Fear's UK-based family reported to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that Fear was missing from her Hollywood Bowl area apartment. 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.