Tami Stronach

Tami Stronach
Born Tamara Stronach
July 31, 1972
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Actress, Dancer
Spouse(s) Greg Steinbruner
(m.2010-present; 1 child)
Children Maya (b. 2011)

Tamara "Tami" Stronach (born July 31, 1972, Tehran, Iran) is an Israeli American dancer and choreographer who has also worked as an actress.

Early life

Stronach was born to Israeli and Scottish parents in Tehran. Her father, David Stronach, is a renowned archeologist of ruins of Ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) and a professor at UC Berkeley. David met his wife, an Israeli archeologist named Ruth Vaadia, in Tehran, where they both worked on excavations at a Tehran site. They got married shortly afterwards, and Tami is their second child.

The family fled to Israel during the Iranian Revolution[1] in 1978 where they lived for a few years until the family had to relocate again to America for a job David got as a professor of archeology.

Career

Stronach made her acting debut as "The Childlike Empress" in The Neverending Story (1984), a film adaptation of the novel Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) by Michael Ende. She has not since had many known acting roles; her parents preferred that she did not pursue any further acting to avoid the possible dangers many child actresses in both movies and television sometimes encounter.[2] She has nevertheless since acted in the play "Chambre" at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and she has further studied acting with Laura Esterman.[3] She has a leading role in the upcoming Czech fantasy film, Poslední z Aporveru, a tale of two children trying to save their world from destruction.[4]

She also released a 45 rpm single around the same time as The Neverending Story entitled Tami Stronach - Fairy Queen. The songs on the album are called "Fairy Queen" and "Riding On a Rainbow." The tracks are of similar synthpop orientation as the Giorgio Moroder/Limahl Neverending Story theme, and may have been an attempt to capitalize on its success.[5]

Since the days of her childhood role, she has become a member of a well-respected Israeli dance troupe based in the U.S, the Neta Dance Company, joining them in 1996, she performed with the company mostly in places like the U.S, Israel and Europe.[6] She has also choreographed and performed her own works, including "The Maid and the Marmalade" and "Contain yourself, darling." While her own work has typically been performed in New York City, she has begun more recently to take this abroad, such as with a tour of Australia in July 2006.[7]

She has been married to Greg Steinbruner since April 30, 2010. They have a daughter named Maya[8] (born in January 2011).

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "From the President: Gentleman and Scholar - Archaeology Magazine Archive". Archaeology.org. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Forgotten Never Ending Story Star Returns". Contactmusic.com. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Poslední z Aporveru". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑

Dance and choreography reviews

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to: Tami Stronach