- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Born and raised in the suburbs of New Jersey, Tanya Wheelock is a Central Florida based actress, voice-over actor, and singer (SAG-AFTRA Eligible and AEA Membership Candidate) with a theatrical history spanning more than two decades. Tanya has performed at multiple regional theatres in New Jersey and Florida since she began acting in 2000.
Tanya most recently co-starred as a Ravager in Marvel Studio's What If...? (2021) and was featured as Rachel in Unsheltered (2022) (Indie Thriller). She has also partnered with Will Phillips, developing and co-writing THE MOONSTRUCK. Her short films Better Uses for the Infinity Gauntlet: A Super Satire (2019) and Free Pudding (2017) played the festival circuit in the United States and Internationally in 2019 and 2020.
Tanya has a Bachelor's degree in Theatre with a concentration in Acting from Centenary University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Of note, she have also studied improv at SAK Comedy Lab (where Wayne Brady began his career), on-screen acting under The Walking Dead (2010)'s Jordan Woods-Robinson, and Acting Through Song with Judy Kuhn. Before moving from New Jersey to Florida, Tanya was directed in Oliver! the Musical by Michael Blevins (Mark in 1985's film adaptation of A Chorus Line (1985)).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Last Updated: 23, April 2022
- Parents
- RelativesAutumn Wheelock(Sibling)Chris Palmieri(Cousin)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Cheek Dimples
- Green-Hazel Eyes
- Studied Intimacy for Stage & Screen under Tonia Sina Campanella (Intimacy Directors International Co-Founder & Executive Director). Tanya was thrilled to encounter Intimacy Coordination on set for the first time while working on That's a Wrap (2019), where she got to perform in the care of Alicia Rodis (Intimacy Directors International Co-Founder & Associate Director). In June 2023, Tanya received her Consent-Forward Artist certificate through Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC).
- In Marvel comics, Dr. Jane Foster received her chemotherapeutic treatments at the Maria Wheelock Cancer Center - named after Tanya Wheelock and Autumn Wheelock's mom. Since its first appearance in Mighty Thor Vol 2 #1 (January 2016), The Maria Wheelock Cancer Center has appeared in multiple Marvel comic issues.
- Tanya's favorite films are Moulin Rouge! (2001), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Big Fish (2003), and Mean Girls (2004).
- Proud to share a July 12th Birthday with Malala Yousafzai, Rachel Brosnahan, Cheyenne Jackson, and Oscar Hammerstein II. Often jokes about being an emotional Cancer sign.
- Tanya ran the 2014 Run Disney Avenger's Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, raising $1,936. She called it her "Shield Sock Cancer" campaign.
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