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efore she was the bowand-arrow-wielding warrior Echo on The CW’s The 100, Tasya Teles (@tasyateles) thrilled fans on WB’s Supernatural, The CW’s iZombie and Fox’s Prison Break . To prepare to play Echo, her most popular role to date, the 33-year-old Canadian—she grew up in Vancouver, where The 100 films—had to master weapons training, fight choreography, horseback riding and even a fictional language. But all that hard work has paid off: Teles’ character carried a major plotline in Season 4 and the actress was promoted to a series regular for the show’s fifth season, currently airing.
Echo bows down to no one and is pretty much a badass. What is it like to play such a strong female in this entertainment zeitgeist? That’s a great question. I couldn’t be prouder to represent a strong, powerful character in this time. Meeting the fans and seeing how they react to Echo and find strength in her uncompromising nature is beyond rewarding. She stands unwaveringly in her beliefs, and I think that resonates loudly within myself and a lot of the viewers within today’s climate of female empowerment.
After shooting such intensely physical scenes, how do you decompress and restore after work? Honestly, I go home, make a hot water bottle
and lie on the floor with my feet perched up on something and just relish being still, grounded and letting my body sink into stillness.
What’s your most splurge-worthy fantasy purchase? fantasize about a little Los Angeles home, with kitchen, an outdoor dinner table and a tiny pool in the garden. I love being surrounded by the people I love and relaxing with food, candles, know of anything, holler!
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and simply enjoying each other’s company. If you
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a few bedrooms for my friends or family, a big
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