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Tania Raymonde
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Raymonde in 2017
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Tania Raymonde Helen Katz

(1988-03-22) March 22, 1988 (age 37)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000–present

Tania Raymonde Helen Katz (born March 22, 1988) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in popular TV shows and movies.

Tania played Cynthia Sanders on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle from 2000 to 2002. Later, she joined the ABC series Lost as Alex Rousseau, appearing from 2006 to 2010. She also starred in the MTV show Death Valley in 2011. In movies, she was in the horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013). From 2016 to 2021, Tania starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Goliath.

Early Life and Background

Tania Raymonde Helen Katz was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Anne-Marie, is French and from Corsica. Her father, Jon Katz, is American with Polish-Russian Jewish family roots.

Tania went to the Lycée Français de Los Angeles. This is a French school in Los Angeles. She learned to speak French very well there. She even earned a French baccalaureate, which is a diploma from the French education system.

Tania's Acting Career

Tania Raymonde started her acting journey on television. Her very first TV role was in an episode of the series Providence. After that, she appeared in many other TV shows.

Some of these shows include The Brothers Garcia, The Nightmare Room, and That's So Raven. She also had roles in The Guardian, Medium, and NCIS.

Early Film Roles

Tania' also started acting in movies. Her first feature film role was in Children on Their Birthdays in 2002. In 2003, she played Lauren O'Keefe in the TV show The O'Keefes.

Famous TV Roles

Tania is most recognized for her work on the ABC drama Lost. In this show, she played Alex Rousseau. Alex was the adopted daughter of a character named Benjamin Linus, played by Michael Emerson.

She also appeared in films like The Garage (2006) and Japan (2008). She had a recurring role in the Starz series Crash. Tania also played Frankie Rafferty on season 6 of Cold Case. Frankie was a love interest for the character Danny Pino.

Music Videos and Recent Work

Tania Raymonde has also appeared in music videos. She was in the music video for Maroon 5's song "Won't Go Home Without You".

In 2013, Tania was in two episodes of the NBC series Chicago Fire. She also played the main role in the Lifetime TV movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret in 2013.

From 2016 to 2021, she starred in the Amazon series Goliath. In this show, she acted alongside Billy Bob Thornton.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Children on Their Birthdays Lily Jane Bobbit
2006 Garage, TheThe Garage Bonnie Jean "B.J." Direct-to-DVD
2008 Japan Mae
Foreign Exchange Anita Duarte
2009 GoodSam and Max Sam Short film
Elsewhere Jillian
Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, TheThe Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle Ethyl
Wild Cherry Helen McNicol
Still Waiting... Amber Direct to-DVD
2010 The Other Side of the Tracks Amelia TV to-DVD
Chasing 3000 Kelly
2011 Chillerama Zelda (segment "Wadzilla") Direct to-DVD
Losers Take All Wendy Horowitz
Trophy Kids Tiffany
2012 Crazy Eyes Autumn
Blue Like Jazz Lauryn
Hatching Max Shell Short film
2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D Nikki
2014 Manson Girls Leslie Van Houten
2017 Dirty Lies Amber
2019 Cliffs of Freedom Anna Christina
2020 Deep Blue Sea 3 Emma Collins Direct to-DVD
2022 Futra Days Nichole
2023 Walden

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Providence Alice / Young Syd Episode: "Syd in Wonderland"
Brothers García, TheThe Brothers García Nicole Episode: "No hablo Espanol"
2000–2002 Malcolm in the Middle Cynthia 4 episodes
2001 Nightmare Room, TheThe Nightmare Room Beth Episode: "Scareful What You Wish For"
2003 That's So Raven Carly Episode: "Saving Psychic Raven"
O'Keefes, TheThe O'Keefes Lauren O'Keefe 8 episodes
Guardian, TheThe Guardian Petra Episode: "Big Coal"
2005 NCIS Anna Real Episode: "An Eye for an Eye"
2006 Medium Taylor Greene Episode: "S.O.S."
2006–2010 Lost Alex Rousseau 21 episodes
2008 Cleaner, TheThe Cleaner Nika Episode: "Five Little Words"
CSI: NY Laura Roman Episode: "The Cost of Living"
Other Side of the Tracks, TheThe Other Side of the Tracks Amelia TV movie
2008–2010 Cold Case Frankie Rafferty 8 episodes
2009 Bones Lexi Episode: "Mayhem on a Cross"
Crash Roxanne Thigpen 2 episodes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Shelley Smith/Birgit Kaspers Episode: "Revolution"
2010 Forgotten, TheThe Forgotten Sarah Poole Episode: "Mama Jane"
Look: The Series Courtney 3 episodes
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Melanie Ayres Episode: "Ma'eme'e"
Death Valley Officer Carla Rinaldi 12 episodes
2012 90210 Sonia 3 episodes
Switched at Birth Zarra 10 episodes
2013 Chicago Fire Officer Nicole Sermons 2 episodes
Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret Jodi Arias TV movie
2014 Intelligence Emily Episode: "Secrets of the Secret Service"
The Big Bang Theory Yvette Episode: "The Locomotive Manipulation"
2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tina Episode: "Hero to Zero"
2015–2016 The Last Ship Valerie Raymond 4 episodes
2016–2021 Goliath Brittany Gold 24 episodes
2023 S.W.A.T. Abby Episode: Witness
NCIS Chloe Marlene Episode: Evil Eye
2024 The Lincoln Lawyer Trina Rafferty Episode: Strange Bedfellows

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2007 "Won't Go Home Without You" Maroon 5
2009 "I Couldn't Love You" Cursive
2011 "Red Alert" Arshad Aslam
2014 "Killing Days, Living Nights" Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Director

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Cell Division Short Also writer
2017 "Without You" (by Dream Dama featuring Pheona) Music video

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tania Raymonde para niños

  • List of Corsican people
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