Tanya Selvaratnam is a writer, actor, film producer and activist based in New York. She was a member of the Institute on Arts & Civic Dialogue under the
directorship of Anna Deavere Smith, and since 1996, she has been an associate of The Wooster Group. Most recently, she appeared in The Builders
Association/moti roti’s production of ALLADEEN, The Wooster Group’s production of
House/Lights, her own production
Remind Me at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2004, and Jennifer Reeves’ film,
Shadows Choose Their Horrors at the New York Film Festival in 2005. In addition to her ongoing collaborations, she has
been in numerous shows/readings at New Dramatists, La Mama, Soho Rep, Conway/Pratt Projects, and Lincoln Center Directors Lab among others, and has worked
with many directors including Fiona Templeton, Brian Mertes, Loy Arcenas, Tina Landau and Liz Diamond. She has produced four films, including
On_Line (which
premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, 2002) and
The F Word (which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, 2005). As an activist, Tanya has
worked with the United Nations, the Ms. Foundation, the Third Wave, Groundswell, the World Health Organization, and Artists for Tsunami Relief. Currently,
she is producing the film
Rendition for writer/director Eric McGinty and is writing a solo show
Quantum Theory Mata Hari and a novel
Paradise-oxical
about her native Sri Lanka.
In SUPER VISION, Tanya plays Jen and The Voice of Claritas (TM).