Tara Mallen is an award winning actor, director, and the Producing Artistic Director at Chicago's acclaimed Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Her screen credits include the 2023 Sundance Breakout Ghostlight, The Last Shift, Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, and the indie feature Fools, as well as TV appearances on Dark Matter (Apple TV), Empire (Fox); BOSS (Starz), Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. (NBC), Sense8 (Netflix) the pilot Doubt (CBS/Sony). She was recently featured in the 2023 Coca Cola commercial "New Guy" directed by Chris Storer.

Filmography

• 2026Mouse — Barbara Dunn
• 2026Vespers — Miriam
• 2026Winter Hymns — Bonnie
• 2025They Rescue Horses, Don’t They? — Executive Producer
• Dark Matter — Alesia Cheney
• 2024Ghostlight — Sharon
• 2020The Last Shift — Angry Customer
• 2016Fools — Vera
• Empire — Dr. Stein
• Boss — Hospital Administrator
• 2011Contagion — Minnesota Health #4

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Made in Hollywood — Self