Tanya Fischer is an American actress best known for her role as Zoey Waters on the crime-lawyer series The Defenders

The Defenders (2010 TV series)

The Defenders is a 2010 American legal comedy-drama that was ordered to series by CBS for the 2010–11 television season. The series originally ran from September 22, 2010 to March 11, 2011....

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Career

Fischer began her career in 2008 in the independent film Assassination of a High School President

Assassination of a High School President

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co-starring Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

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 and Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

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After starring in two short films, Fischer joined the cast of the short-lived Life on Mars

Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)

Life on Mars was a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC...

remake as Windy for 5 episodes.

Fischer then joined The Defenders, the James Belushi

James Belushi

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-Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

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 vehicle, as their assistant, Zoey Waters. The show was cancelled on May 15, 2010.

Fischer is an alumna of the Flea Theater's Bats Theater Company.

Fischer is a member of the revolutionary vaudevillian punk group the Bambi Killers www.bambikillersnyc.com

External links

• Tanya Fischer at the Internet Movie Database
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