Tanja Reichert is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 actress. She got into acting when she was 15 years of age, but she first appeared on the TV only seven days after she turned 17 years old, when she had the role of "Shelley-Girl #2" in Breaker High

Breaker High

Breaker High was a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.-Synopsis:...

for two episodes ("That Lip-Synching Feeling" and "Rooming Violations"); and she has appeared in many more films/programmes since then.

But she is probably most well known for her role in Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third...

, when she was Sydney Fox's assistant, Karen Petrusky, for the third and final season.

Reichert has starred in movies like Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde

-External links:*...

, as Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...

's Delta-Nu sister; in Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard is an American comedy troupe, consisting of five friends, best known for its films, including Super Troopers and Beerfest. Its five members are Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and...

's Club Dread

Club Dread

Club Dread is a 2004 comedy horror film written by the comedy group Broken Lizard, who also created Super Troopers...

as Chef Kelly; Head over Heels (from Universal

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

) as the undercover

Undercover

Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...

 FBI partner of Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...

; and Scary Movie

Scary Movie

Scary Movie is a 2000 comedy-parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, as part of Warner Bros. Entertainment. It is an American dark comedy which heavily parodies the horror, slasher, and mystery genres...

(from Miramax/Disney), with the Wayans brothers.

Reichert's other notable television series credits include guest starring roles on Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...

, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...

, The Immortal

The Immortal (TV series)

The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled...

(starring Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful...

), and Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...

's sci-fi series First Wave. Most recently, she had roles on the popular CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

’s series CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

, as well as The Chris Isaak Show

The Chris Isaak Show

The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems...

.

In late 2006 / early 2007 she appeared in MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 Wicked Wicked Games

Wicked Wicked Games

Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, P. David Ebersole, Jeff Hare and Jeremy Stanford. ...

, playing the secretary Jennifer Harrison.

Filmography

Year	Film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects... /TV show	Episode(s)	Character
1997	Breaker High Breaker High Breaker High was a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.-Synopsis:...	2 episodes – "Rooming Violations" and "That Lip-Synching Feeling"	Girl Girl A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...  #2 / Shelley-Girl Girl A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...  #2
1997	(TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Suzie (as Tanja Reichart)
1998	Fatal Affair		Mack's Secretary Secretary A secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication & organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit...
1998	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )
1998	Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Melanie
1998	Sweet Deception (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Anita Gallagher
1998	Millennium Millennium (TV series) Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington...	1 episode – "...Thirteen Years Later"	Ruby Dahl
1998	Perfect Little Angels (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...		Lois Morgan (as Tanya Reichert)
1998	First Wave	1 episode – "Breeding Ground"	Nikki
1998		1 episode – "Sample"	Blonde Girl Girl A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
1999	Requiem for Murder		Lola St. John
1999	Cold Feet Cold Feet (U.S. TV series) Cold Feet is an American television series produced by Kerry Ehrin Productions and Granada Entertainment USA for NBC. Based on the British TV series of the same name, the series follows three Seattle couples, each at different stages of their romantic relationships. It premiered on September 24,...	1 episode – "I've Got a Crush on You, Frigidaire"	Trudi
1999	Revenge		TV Reporter
1999	Free Fall Free Fall (film) Free Fall is a 1999 American/Canadian made-for-television action / drama film directed by Mario Azzopardi with a screenplay by Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat based upon a story by Mark Homer.- Background and release :...		Stewardess Holly Nesbitt
1997–1999	Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...	2 episodes – "Black Widow" and "Unholy Congress"	Sally / Suzanne
1999	Don't Look Behind You Don't Look Behind You Don't Look Behind You is a 1990 young adult thriller novel by Lois Duncan.-Plot summary:Because of April's father's work in the Federal Investigation Bureau, a hitman in a black camaro is after her family so they have to be put under the Federal Witness Protection Program... (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		April Corrigan
2000	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...	1 episode – "Caitlin's Candle"	Caitlin
2000	Sanctimony (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Eve
2000	Scary Movie Scary Movie Scary Movie is a 2000 comedy-parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, as part of Warner Bros. Entertainment. It is an American dark comedy which heavily parodies the horror, slasher, and mystery genres...		Miss Congeniality
2000	2ge+her 2ge+her 2gether was an American fictional boy band whose composition, songs, and formation story is a satirical approach to the boy bands of the 1990s, such as New Kids on the Block, 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys...	1 episode – "Fat"	Roxy
2000	Seven Days	1 episode – "Olga's Excellent Vacation"	Melissa Torborg
2000	Cameras Rolling: 20 Days on Set (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Herself
2001			Isobel Carter/Kate
2001	HRT (TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Rebecca
2001	Head over Heels		Megan O'Brien (as Tanya Reichert)
2001		1 episode – "Learning Curve", 2001	Melissa
2001–2002	Relic Hunter Relic Hunter Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third...	22 episodes	Karen Petrusky
2001	(TV Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... )		Herself
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde		Delta-Nu (uncredited)
2003	CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....	1 episode – "Hurricane Anthony"	Heather Burton
2004		1 episode – "Home Improvement"	Chantal
2004	Club Dread Club Dread Club Dread is a 2004 comedy horror film written by the comedy group Broken Lizard, who also created Super Troopers...		Kellie
2005	Bad Girls from Valley High Bad Girls From Valley High Bad Girls from Valley High is a 2004 direct-to-video comedy horror film starring Julie Benz, Monica Keena, Nicole Bilderback, Jonathan Brandis, and Janet Leigh...		Charity Chase
2005	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 crime/dark comedy film, which engages many conventions of the classic film noir genre in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. It is based, in part, on the novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday. The cast includes Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan...		B-Movie B-movie A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....  Actress
2005	Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...	1 episode – "Color and Light"	Allison
2006			Dream Girl
2006	One on One One on One (TV series) One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from its September 3, 2001 premiere until May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter...	1 episode – "The Reel World"	Sassy
2006	Bottoms Up (V Direct-to-video Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television... )		Party Party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well....  Girl Girl A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...  #1
2006–2007	Wicked Wicked Games Wicked Wicked Games Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, P. David Ebersole, Jeff Hare and Jeremy Stanford. ...	46 episodes	Jennifer
2008	Green Flash		Tina
2008	Valentine Valentine (TV series) Valentine is a romantic comedy/drama television series created by Kevin Murphy, who also serves as executive producer alongside Courtney Conte. The show is produced by Media Rights Capital. It premiered on October 5, 2008 at 8:00pm on The CW Television Network and Citytv in Canada and after four...	1 episode – "Pilot"	Courtney
2009	2 Dudes and a Dream		April Stevenson (post-production)

External links