Tania Emery

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Tania Emery
Tania Emery as D.C. Spears in The Bill
Born	1976 Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Notable roles	D.C. Kate Spears in The Bill

Tania Emery is a British actress who is best known for her role as DC Kate Spears in the UK police drama, The Bill.

[edit] Biography

Emery was born in 1976 in Windsor, Berkshire, England and grew up in Buckinghamshire.

Before joining The Bill in 2000, she filmed a trilogy of films about London life all under the same director, Simon Rumley. These movies include; The Truth Game, Strong Language and Club Le Monde. Tania has appeared in various shorts such as Dolls and Makers where she played lead character Anne, and Commercial Hairdressing for director Andy Isaacs. And she also appeared in the Model Raj at Waterman's Arts Centre and played three different characters in BBC Radio 4's - The Actress, The Writer and The Censor.

Before joining the cast of The Bill as a regular, she appeared in an episode of The Bill, in an episode called “Bad Habits”, playing a beat up prostitute named Dawn South. She joined the cast in 2000 as DC Kate Spears (On The Hook Prt1). The start of the make over of the show with the addition of young, good looking police officers and a whole new CID team. Emery describes Spears as: "a feisty kick ass kind of girl". After two years, Emery was given the sack by the new executive producer who killed off Spears along with several other under-used / under-developed characters in "The Sun Hill Fire" (008).

Since The Bill, Emery has made a guest appearance in an episode of the series Doctors. She reprised her role as Kate Spears for a spoof skit show, Jon Culshaw. She has had roles in the films LD-50, and Den of Lions, and has performed in a London play called Henry IV.