Tania Verafield is a native Angeleno, actress and the granddaughter of blacklisted Abbott & Costello screenwriter Robert Lees. She began her career as a Ford model at age 10. She made her feature film debut in 2005 opposite Christian Bale in "
Harsh Times (2005)", the directorial debut of David Ayer, screenwriter of Academy Award-winning "
Training Day (2001)". Since then, she has played opposite Tilda Swinton in foreign thriller "
Julia (2008)" and appeared in 3 Sundance Film Festival hits - Destin Daniel Cretton's "
Short Term 12 (2008)" (Short Film Grand Jury Prize 2009) & "
I Am Not a Hipster (2012)" and Justin Chon's "
Ms. Purple (2019)". Television credits include "
24 (2001)", "
Ghost Whisperer (2005)", "
Standoff (2006)", and "
Strong Medicine (2000)", as well as the award-winning web-series "
Namaste, Bitches (2014)". Theatre credits include "Othello", "For The Love Of (or the roller derby play) (LA); "Lobby Hero", "The Little Dog Laughed" (NY), "Twenty50" (World Premiere at Denver Center for the Performing Arts) & originating the role of Bug in the world premiere of the now published "Treefall" (LA). Tania is bi-coastal, residing in her hometown Los Angeles, as well as NYC.