Tanya Rigley

History

Tanya Rigley has been involved in theatre since elementary school. She studied Theatre and Drama studies at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. During and since graduation she performed in dramas, comedies, experimental theatre, musicals and even burlesque. Tanya is co-founder of the theatre company Royal Porcupine Productions and was also a member of The Shameless Dames Comedy Burlesque Troupe. Tanya has been involved in many film and television projects including independent short films, features, internet and television series. Tanya is an avid yogi and has become certified to teach yoga and enjoys teaching at several studios around the city of Toronto.

Profile

Movies

Blood Child

Woman at Bar

Blood Child is horror thriller based on a true story. Bill and Ashely DiAngelo seem to have it all, an overseas posting to Singapore, life in paradise and a new baby on the way. But tragedy strikes when she loses the baby and sinks into a deep depression. Unbeknownst to Bill, Ashley decides that the only way for her to "be" with her miscarried child is to dabble in the South East Asian occult practice of raising her own "ghost child". She seeks the help of her Indonesian maid, Siti, tasking her to find a bomoh (witch doctor) who knows how to trap the spirit of unborn dead fetuses. Siti tries to dissuade Ashley from resorting to such dark magic but to no avail. In the meantime, in an effort to put the tragic events of the miscarriage behind them, Bill decides that it would be good for the couple to return home to Minnesota to start their lives over. Several months after their return to the US, Ashley and Bill are surprised to find themselves pregnant again....

The Legend of Jimi Lazer

Hex

Imagine a guitar that could make your wildest dreams come true... and "all you have to do is play." When Jimi Lazer, front-man guitarist of the up-and-coming rock band LAZER US gets wind of this six-stringed magic, he pays a visit to the House Where Dreams Come True. Inside, a cloaked witch presents an ordinary stratocaster. "Is this it?" he asks. "This'll make me as famous as Hendrix?" The witch smiles and Jimi takes what he came for. But there's a catch. The cost is more than he is willing to pay. Realizing she won't let him back out of the deal, he now lives under a curse. Jimi takes the guitar and disappears. No one hears from him again. Twenty-seven long years pass.