Tania Raymonde

Tania Raymonde Helen Katz (born March 22, 1988)^[1][2] is an American actress. Her roles have included Cynthia Sanders on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle between 2000 and 2002, followed by Alex Rousseau in the ABC series Lost from 2006 to 2010.^[3] She has appeared on MTV's Death Valley (2011), in the horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013),^[3] and in the title role of the TV movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013).^[3] In April 2015, she joined the cast of the TNT series The Last Ship. From 2016 to 2021, she starred in the Amazon Prime Video series Goliath.^[3]

Tania Raymonde
Raymonde in 2017
Born	Tania Raymonde Helen Katz (1988-03-22) March 22, 1988 (age 37) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present

Early life

Tania Raymonde Helen Katz was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Anne-Marie and Jon Katz.^{[citation needed]} Her father is an American of Polish-Russian Jewish descent, and her mother is French, a Catholic from Corsica.^[4][5][6]

She is fluent in French as she had attended the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, where she obtained a French baccalaureate.

She was engaged to artist Zio Ziegler.^[7]

Career

Raymonde's first television role was as Alice/Young Syd in the "Syd in Wonderland" episode of the TV series Providence. She subsequently appeared on other TV series, including The Brothers Garcia, The Nightmare Room, That's So Raven, The Guardian, Lost, Medium, Malcolm in the Middle, and NCIS.

She starred in the film Children on Their Birthdays (2002), her first feature film role. In 2003 she played Lauren O'Keefe in the sitcom The O'Keefes.

She is most known for her work on the ABC drama Lost, where she played Alex Rousseau, the adopted daughter of Benjamin Linus, played by Michael Emerson.

She also appeared in the films The Garage (2006), The Other Side of the Tracks (2008), Japan (2008), Chasing 3000 (2008), and Elsewhere (2009). She recurred opposite the late Dennis Hopper on the Starz series Crash. Raymonde also had a recurring role as Frankie Rafferty, Danny Pino's love interest, on season 6 of Cold Case.

She appears in the music video for Maroon 5's "Won't Go Home Without You".

In 2013, Raymonde appeared in two episodes of the NBC series Chicago Fire as a backdoor pilot to set up the spin-off series Chicago P.D. but left the project before the show began.^[8] Raymonde also portrayed the convicted murderer Jodi Arias in the Lifetime original movie Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013).

From 2016 to 2021 she starred on the Golden Globe-winning Amazon series Goliath, alongside Billy Bob Thornton.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Children on Their Birthdays	Lily Jane Bobbit
2006	The Garage	Bonnie Jean "B.J."	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Japan	Mae
	Foreign Exchange	Anita Duarte
2009	GoodSam and Max	Sam	Short film
	Elsewhere	Jillian
	The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle	Ethyl
	Wild Cherry	Helen McNicol
	Still Waiting...	Amber	Direct to-DVD
2010	The Other Side of the Tracks	Amelia	TV to-DVD
	Chasing 3000	Kelly
2011	Chillerama	Zelda (segment "Wadzilla")	Direct to-DVD
	Losers Take All	Wendy Horowitz
	Trophy Kids	Tiffany
2012	Crazy Eyes	Autumn
	Blue Like Jazz	Lauryn
	Hatching Max	Shell	Short film
2013	Texas Chainsaw 3D	Nikki[10]
2014	Manson Girls	Leslie Van Houten
2017	Dirty Lies	Amber
2019	Cliffs of Freedom	Anna Christina	[11]
2020	Deep Blue Sea 3	Emma Collins	Direct to-DVD
2022	Futra Days	Nichole
2023	Walden
2024	Getting Lost	Herself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Providence	Alice / Young Syd	Episode: "Syd in Wonderland"
	The Brothers García	Nicole	Episode: "No hablo Espanol"
2000–2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Cynthia	4 episodes
2001	The Nightmare Room	Beth	Episode: "Scareful What You Wish For"
2003	That's So Raven	Carly	Episode: "Saving Psychic Raven"
	The O'Keefes	Lauren O'Keefe	8 episodes
	The Guardian	Petra	Episode: "Big Coal"
2005	NCIS	Anna Real	Episode: "An Eye for an Eye"
2006	Medium	Taylor Greene	Episode: "S.O.S."
2006–2010	Lost	Alex Rousseau	21 episodes
2008	The Cleaner	Nika	Episode: "Five Little Words"
	CSI: NY	Laura Roman	Episode: "The Cost of Living"
	The Other Side of the Tracks	Amelia	TV movie
2008–2010	Cold Case	Frankie Rafferty	8 episodes
2009	Bones	Lexi	Episode: "Mayhem on a Cross"
	Crash	Roxanne Thigpen	2 episodes
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Shelley Smith/Birgit Kaspers	Episode: "Revolution"
2010	The Forgotten	Sarah Poole	Episode: "Mama Jane"
	Look: The Series	Courtney	3 episodes
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Melanie Ayres	Episode: "Ma'eme'e"
	Death Valley	Officer Carla Rinaldi	12 episodes
2012	90210	Sonia	3 episodes
	Switched at Birth	Zarra	10 episodes
2013	Chicago Fire	Officer Nicole Sermons	2 episodes
	Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret	Jodi Arias	TV movie
2014	Intelligence	Emily	Episode: "Secrets of the Secret Service"
	The Big Bang Theory	Yvette	Episode: "The Locomotive Manipulation"
2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tina	Episode: "Hero to Zero"
2015–2016	The Last Ship	Valerie Raymond	4 episodes
2016–2021	Goliath	Brittany Gold	24 episodes
2023	S.W.A.T.	Abby	Episode: Witness
	NCIS	Chloe Marlene	Episode: Evil Eye
2024	The Lincoln Lawyer	Trina Rafferty	Episode: Strange Bedfellows

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2007	"Won't Go Home Without You"	Maroon 5
2009	"I Couldn't Love You"	Cursive
2011	"Red Alert"	Arshad Aslam
2014	"Killing Days, Living Nights"	Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Director

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Cell Division	Short	Also writer
2017	"Without You" (by Dream Dama featuring Pheona)	Music video

See also

• List of Corsican people