The actress with Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi root Tamara Podemski married her husband, Jamie Thomas King, in 2013. Before tying the knot with Jamie, Tamara was married to Canadian actor Darrell Dennis.
Podemski was raised in Canada alongside two sisters. All three Podemski sisters are part of the movie industry, with Tamara, 46 making her acting debut in 1994.
Though they are a fairly private couple, Jamie and Tamara went through a difficult time in 2016 publicly. The couple had lost their son, Benjamin, due to the carelessness of NHS.
The actress will soon return to the TV screen alongside Imogen Poots and Shaun Sipos for the second season of Outer Range. Last month, Tamara also announced she is part of Apple TV+’s new show Murderbot.
Actress Tamara Podemski Husband: Who Was She Married To First?
The Outer Range actress Tamara Podemski second husband, Jamie Thomas King, 43, is an English actor with several projects under his belt. But during her early years in the entertainment industry, Tamara had tied the knot with another actor.
Many might not know, but Tamara was married before she met the Marchlands actor. The actress has never talked about her first marriage in any of her interviews.
We came to know about this fact through her website. Alongside being an actress, director, and writer, Tamara is also a singer. In 2006, she released five songs, and after a long break, Podemski returned to the singing world in 2021.
Within two years (2021 and 2022), Podemski released nine songs and gave a small description of all those songs on her website. One of her songs, Freedom, happens to be the song she wrote after her divorce in 2007.
On her website, Tamara stated that she wrote the song all by herself without the help of any co-writers. Podemski relates the song to a time when she was living in LA, post-divorce, in a converted garage while having difficulties booking acting roles.
With the actress rarely giving any interviews, it became easier for her to connect with her fans through her website. Tamara’s first husband was Canadian comedian and actor Darrell Dennis. The two were married from 2001 to 2006.
Before and during their marriage, the former couple was part of many shows together. The two first appeared together in the TV series The Rez in 1996 and later in Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Sciences.
During their divorce year, in 2006, Tamara and Darrell starred in the TV mini-series Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis. Dennis and Podemski never spoke about their relationship in the media while together and also not after their divorce.
Tamara Podemski And Husband Jamie Thomas King: Second Time’s The Charm
Tamara and Jamie met for the first time in 2010 during a birthday party of their mutual friend’s daughter. The two had been living in LA for several years and only met two days before Jamie planned to return to England and one month before Tamara returned to Canada.
The pair had an instant connection and decided to give love a chance. In her interview with Streets of Toronto, Tamara said it was difficult for them initially to maintain their long-distance relationship.
The two would do their best to meet each other during the holidays and tried interacting with each other’s friends and families during their brief visits. After dating for two years, the couple decided they were ready to take the next step.
Their proposal wasn’t a typical proposal that often happens. The actors decided to get engaged while having a heated conversation about their future during their visit to Yorkdale Mall in Canada.
After the conversation, Jamie’s brother sent their family heirloom engagement ring from LA. Jamie and Tamara exchanged their vows on September 1, 2013, in Grimsby, Ontario.
After their wedding, Tamara moved her family to England. But since 2017, the couple has been living in Leaside at Bayview and Eglinton.
Tamara Podemski And Jamie King Have A Son: The Couple Went Through Child Loss
Tamara Podemski was 35, when she tied the knot with Jamie King in 2013. The actress knew her biological clock was running out if she wanted to be a mom.
So, immediately after their wedding, the couple tried for a child. Their first son, Oliver, was born in 2014. His birth didn’t go as planned.
Tamara went into labor at 41 weeks, and after 25 hours, she was rushed to hospital and given an emergency Caesarean section. Jamie and Tamara’s son, Oliver, was born with meconium in his lungs and had to be respirated for 20 minutes.
Before Oliver’s birth, Jamie and Tamara had planned to give home birth to their son. But by seeing how the doctors saved their son, the couple decided their second child would also be born at the hospital.
But their second son, Benjamin, wasn’t as lucky as his older brother. Benjamin was born on May 5, 2016, and looked physically perfect.
But Benjamin had suffered brain damage due to oxygen deprivation. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust admitted liability for Benjamin’s death.
The couple decided to put down their son five days after his birth. Tamara shared the entire ordeal during her interview with Chatelaine in 2018.
On her Instagram, the actress can be seen sharing photos of her family. Last year, in October, Tamara shared a sweet photo of her husband and son looking out of the train. She has also shared a video of her son jamming to Lin Manuel songs in the back of their car.
Tamara Podemski Family
The actress Tamara Podemski comes from a family of Jewish and Anishinaabe roots. She is Jewish from her father’s side and has indigenous heritage from her mother’s side.
On Father’s Day, June 2023, Tamara shared a heartfelt Instagram post for her dad. The writer shared that her father raised Tamara and her two sisters as a single parent.
It was her dad who would drive her to dance lessons and gymnastics class and was front and center of her every performance. Tamara claimed her dad had always been her toughest critic, but most importantly he had been her biggest cheerleader.
The Reservation Dogs actress Tamara Podemski grew up as the middle child of her family. Her sisters, Jennifer, 51, and Sarah Podemski, 41, are part of the entertainment industry.
Jennifer works as an executive producer, and Sarah is an actress and previously starred in The Reservation Dogs alongside her sister.
The three sisters have been working in the entertainment industry for three decades, with Sarah and Tamara getting their first start in 1994. Last year, Tamara shared a video of celebrating The Orange Shirt Day.
Orange Shirt Day is a national movement and annual event in Canada, to honor the Indigenous children who were forced to attend so-called residential schools and were victims of physical, mental, and sexual abuse.
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