Tiya Sircar
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Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | May 16, 1982
Occupation(s) | Actress, voice actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Tiya Sircar (born May 16, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in The Internship, 17 Again, Star Wars Rebels, and The Good Place.[1]
Early life
Sircar is of Indian descent.[2] She attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving two bachelor's degrees: one in Business/Marketing, the other in Theater & Dance. After college, she moved to Los Angeles to realize her dream of being a professional actress.[3]
Career
Sircar's television appearances include Master of None, House MD, Hannah Montana, Greek, Moonlight, Numbers, Privileged, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and she has played recurring characters on The Suite Life on Deck[citation needed] and The Good Place. In 2008, she played a Mac Genius as part of Apple’s national ad campaign. The following year, she voiced an animated character for the Disney show Phineas & Ferb. She was cast in New Line Cinema's 17 Again as "Samantha"–a high school senior with a crush on the lead character played by Zac Efron.[1]
Sircar also appeared in the 2013 theatrical release The Internship, comedy also starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, and Rose Byrne.[1]
Sircar's voice acting for animation include the feature film Walking with Dinosaurs 3D[4] and the television series Star Wars Rebels, which began airing on Disney XD in October 2014. Sircar provides the voice of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian graffiti artist and explosives expert.[5]
On March 24, 2014, it was announced that Sircar would star in the CBS pilot How I Met Your Dad, a spinoff of the successful How I Met Your Mother; however, CBS passed on the proposed project.[6][7]
In 2018, Sircar began a starring role opposite Zach Braff in ABC's Alex, Inc..
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Heavenly Beauties | Indian Dancer | Short film |
2007 | The Insatiable | Lisa | |
2008 | The Rock Paper Scissors Show | Cecily | Video short |
2008 | Wings of Fear | Amy | |
2009 | Hotel for Dogs | Marianne | |
2009 | 17 Again | Samantha | |
2009 | Just Peck | Becca | |
2011 | Friends with Benefits | Hostess | |
2012 | The Domino Effect | Sirisha | |
2012 | Breaking the Girls | Piper Sperling | |
2013 | The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone | Mohea | |
2013 | The Internship | Neha Patel | |
2013 | Walking with Dinosaurs | Juniper (voice) | |
2015 | Miss India America | Lily Prasad |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2007 | Acceptable.TV | Running Bear | Episode: "Red Carpet Bros/Mister Sprinkles/Gar/Who's Gonna Train Me?/Operation Kitten Calendar" | |
2007 | House | Student #1 | Episode: "Human Error" | |
2007 | Hannah Montana | Natasha | Episode: "Achy Jakey Heart: Part 1" | |
2007 | Moonlight | Doctor #2 | Episode: "Dr. Feelgood" | |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Zoey | Episode: "The Turk" | |
2008 | Greek | Emma | 2 episodes | |
2008 | Numb3rs | Shaza Rafiq | Episode: "When Worlds Collide" | |
2008 | Privileged | Precious | Episode: "All About Appearances" | |
2008–2009 | The Suite Life on Deck | Padma | 2 episodes | |
2009 | Phineas and Ferb | Mishti (voice) | Episode: "Hide and Seek/That Sinking Feeling" | |
2010 | Make It or Break It | Morgan Webster | Episode: "Are We Having Fun Yet?" | |
2010 | Better with You | Reena | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2010 | The Vampire Diaries | Aimee Bradley | 3 episodes | |
2011 | Georgetown | Harper Hawley | Unaired ABC pilot | |
2011 | NCIS | Lauren Donnelly | Episode: "Freedom" | |
2012 | Touch | Veronique / Nandu | Episode: "Zone of Exclusion" | |
2013 | Emily Owens, M.D. | Chloe | Episode: "Emily and... the Perfect Storm" | |
2013 | Betas | Divya | Episode: "Waiting for a Girl Like You" | |
2013 | Witches of East End | Amy Matthews | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
2014 | The Crazy Ones | Allie | 3 episodes | |
2014–2018 | Star Wars Rebels | Sabine Wren | Main Voice role[8] | |
2016–present | The Good Place | "The Real Eleanor"/Vicky | Recurring role | |
2017 | Master of None | Priya | 2 episodes | |
2017 | The Mindy Project | Claire | Episode: "Bat Mitzvah" | |
2017 | Star Wars: Forces of Destiny | Sabine Wren | Main Voice role | |
2017–present | Spirit Riding Free | Miss Flores | Main Voice role | |
2018 | Alex, Inc. | Arunima 'Rooni' Schuman[9] | Main role
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Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Sabine Wren | [10] |
References
- ^ a b c Brittany Frederick (November 6, 2013). "Tiya Sircar Talks About Landing 'The Internship'". Starpulse. Star Pulse. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ Antara Mason (August 26, 2014). "7 Facts You Didn't Know about Actress Tiya Sircar". Browngirlmagazine. Brown Girl Magazine. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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timestamp mismatch; May 15, 2014 suggested (help) - ^ Jeffrey Thomas DeSocio (June 7, 2013). "Tiya Sircar: I Laughed All Day Long". My Fox Atlanta. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ "Tiya Sircar Lends Her Voice to 'Walking with Dinosaurs 3D'". News India Times. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ kevinfitzpatrick (February 19, 2014). "'Star Wars Rebels': Meet Mandalorian Graffiti Artist Sabine!". ScreenCrush. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ Tim Kenneally (March 26, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' Spinoff Casts 'Crazy Ones' Actress Tiya Sircar as Replacement". The Wrap. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ James Hibberd (March 26, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' spinoff scoop: 'Crazy Ones' actress to replace Krysta Rodriguez". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ "Spark of Rebellion". Star Wars Rebels. October 3, 2014. Event occurs at 43:07. Disney Channel.
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External links
- Tiya Sircar on Twitter
- Tiya Sircar at IMDb
- 1982 births
- American film actresses
- Living people
- Actresses from Texas
- People from Fort Worth, Texas
- American television actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American people of Bengali descent
- American actresses of Indian descent
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- American environmentalists
- Activists from Texas
- American voice actresses
- American video game actresses