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My favorite actor on the planet is Gena Rowlands and she plays women who, to me, somehow defy gender. They are women, they are feminine, they are masculine, they are everything. There's something exciting about that. I don't know how to articulate it exactly. I guess it's busting out of the archetypes a little bit and not feeling restricted.

Tatiana Maslany

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Tatiana Maslany
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: September 22
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Film Actor
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany
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