Biography
Tatiana Fontes was born in Florianópolis, Brazil, on November 14, to Fernando Fontes and Rosa Maria Bastos, who are of Italian and Brazilian descent respectively. Her father is a nightclub owner and her mom a homemaker. Tatiana has one sister and three brothers. Despite her parents divorce when she was two years old, her family is very close and supportive of each other.
Tatiana started taking ballet lessons when she was 5. At 12 she used to write, direct, and star in her own theater productions, inviting her friends to be part of it. She also started a singing / dancing group called "Paquitas de Floripa", with which she would travel around the state performing in fairs, birthday parties and children's hospitals. At the age of 15 she started to get offers for modeling jobs in her hometown. She really liked the idea of being a model, and when she was 16 a trip to the mall changed her life. A lady invited her to participate in a modeling contest called The Look Of The Year created by Elite Models. Tatiana was one of the finalists, she didn't win first place, but she got a contract to work in Japan.
Japan was the first of many countries Tatiana worked in. She went on to do campaigns, commercials, editorials, fashion shows and billboards in Paris, Milan, Switzerland, Germany and Brazil. In 1999, she was cast as a model in the Oliver Stone's film Any Given Sunday. Tatiana continued to model for a while and in 2001 decided to move to Los Angeles to be a full time actress. She went to Joanne Baron - D.W. Brown Studio to study acting. She finished the two year program, and only after that she got herself a manager, an agent and started the auditioning process. After some roles in student films, in 2003 she was cast as the lead in the short Diamond Hearts. In 2004 came along her first dramatic role in the feature film Sharkskin 6, where she plays a mother struggling to protect her son from an abusive stepfather. In 2005, she did with Eva Langoria a Pepsi commercial called "the new neighbor". Also in 2005 Tatiana appeared in the comedy Characters as Chloe, where she played the girl next door and Zach's (Lucas Haas) love interest. In 2006 she gained further small screen experience with a part in the TV Show Las Vegas, where she got to work alongside former superman Dean Cane.
Tatiana lives in Los Angeles with Eric Chambers, her husband of 5 years. She is currently studying with the legendary acting couch Eric Morris. She practices Pilates and runs when time allows, is a fan of the band The cure and likes to read Henry Miller's books. Her favorite actors are Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman.
