Tinsel Korey
| Tinsel Korey | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 25, 1980 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | |
| http://www.tinselkorey.com | |
Tinsel Korey (born March 25, 1980)[1] is a Canadian actress and musician.
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[edit] Life and career
Korey is a Canadian musician and actress. She portrayed the Makah Emily Young in the Twilight Saga films New Moon and Eclipse. She is set to return as Emily Young in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Part 1 was released in November 2011, and Part 2 is scheduled to be released in November 2012.
Prior to moving to Vancouver, Korey had already appeared in some ads. 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."[2]
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 Native American women. The film's director, Carl Bessai, recalls: "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.'"[3]
Korey performed as a singer at the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards.[4]
Korey currently lives in Los Angeles.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | It Waits | Lark Rainwater | Straight-to-DVD |
| 2006 | Divided by Zero | Ashley | |
| Unnatural & Accidental | Blue Girl | Grossed $5,420 | |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Maura | Grossed $5,371,181 |
| 2008 | Mothers & Daughters | Cynthia | |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Emily Young | |
| Fathers & Sons | |||
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Emily Young | |
| Manitouwabi | in development | ||
| Stained | Isabelle | post-production | |
| 2011–2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn | Emily Young |
[edit] Television
| Year | TV | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tru Calling | Jen (Bridesmaid) | Episode: Murder in the Morgue |
| Da Vinci's Inquest | Sheila | Episode: A Man When He's Down | |
| 2005 | Into the West | Blue Bird | TV Mini-Series |
| 2006 | Godiva's | Chantal | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Hybrid | Lydia | TV movie |
| Luna: Spirit of the Whale | Annie | TV movie | |
| I Know What I Saw | Alicia | TV movie | |
| Intelligence | Felicia | 2 episodes | |
| Tin Man | Airofday | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2008 | The Quality of Life | Anna Navarez | TV movie |
| The Guard | Martine | 4 episodes 2007-2008 | |
| Rabbit Fall | Zoe | 7 episodes | |
| 2009 | Wyvern | Hampton | TV movie |
[edit] References
- ^ "Just to set it straight... my bday is NOT march 20th. Its March 25th, also I was not born in '79, I am an '80s Baby.". Twitter-Tinsel Korey. March 19, 2010. http://twitter.com/tinselkorey/status/10734679036. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
- ^ [1], "Tinsel Korey as Anna Navarez in Dominic da Vinci's 'The Quality of Life'
- ^ "New Moon's Emily may be in the Twilight of her anonymity". The Province. May 3, 2009. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090622201440/http://www.theprovince.com/Moon+Emily+Twilight+anonymity/1559037/story.html. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ National Aboriginal Achievement Awards 2008, Tinsel Korey & Jason Burnstick on YouTube
[edit] External links
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