Tiera Skovbye
Born (1995-05-06) May 6, 1995 (age 28)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Tiera Skovbye (/ˈskoʊbi/;[1] born May 6, 1995[2][3]) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress. She is known for starring in television films such as her role playing Elizabeth Berkley in Lifetime's The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story; for her recurring roles as Polly Cooper on The CW series Riverdale, as Robin on the ABC television series Once Upon a Time. Skovbye starred as Grace Knight on the Global series Nurses.

Career

Skovbye's first substantial role was as the 10-year old Jane on the drama series Painkiller Jane in 2007. Skovbye has also appeared in a number of television films, most notably Lifetime's The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story in which she played Elizabeth Berkley.[4][5]

In early 2017, she began playing the recurring role of Polly Cooper on The CW teen drama series Riverdale.[3][6] Skovbye played the recurring role of Robin, the daughter of Zelena and Robin Hood, during the seventh season of Once Upon a Time.[7][8] In 2018, she appeared in the horror mystery film Summer of 84, opposite Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, and Rich Sommer.[9]

Skovbye starred as Grace Knight on the Global drama series Nurses,[10] which ran from 2020 to 2021.

Personal life

Skovbye was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] She has a younger sister, Ali,[11] who is also an actress, and who co-stars on the Netflix series Firefly Lane.[12][13]

In August 2017, Skovbye became engaged to producer Jameson Parker.[14] They ended their relationship in 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Girl in Progress Jezabel as Tiere Skovkye
2012 A Christmas Story 2 Drucilla Gootrad Direct-to-video film
2015 Even Lambs Have Teeth Katie [15]
2018 Summer of '84 Nikki Kaszuba [16]
2018 Midnight Sun Zoe Carmichael
2018 The Miracle Season Brie
2020 2 Hearts Sam [17]
2022 Bring It On: Cheer or Die McKayla Miller Direct-to-video film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Painkiller Jane Jane – 10 Years Old 3 episodes
2007 Kaya Real Shandi Palmer Episode: "Every Breath You Take"
2008, 2013 Supernatural Young Bela / Honor Episodes: "Time Is on My Side", "Rock and a Hard Place"
2010 The Troop Darla Robinson Episode: "Double Felix"
2010 Dead Lines Spencer Fyne Television movie
2010 Wishing Well Sam Turner Unsold television pilot; also known as Wish List[18]
2010, 2013 The Haunting Hour: The Series Anna Episodes: "The Dead Body", "Dead Bodies"
2011 Three Weeks, Three Kids Alice Norton Television movie (Hallmark)
2012 Wingin' It Sarah Episode: "Practical Romance"
2012 The Haunting Hour: The Series Flynn Episode: "Headshot"
2013 Blink Mia Unsold television pilot
2013 Forever 16 Raven Television movie (Lifetime)[19]
2013 Spooksville Daniela Episode: "The Wicked Cat"
2014 The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Elizabeth Berkley Television movie (Lifetime)
2014 Christmas Icetastrophe Marley Crooge Television movie (Syfy)[20]
2014 A Christmas Tail Olivia Burgin Television movie
2015 Sugar Babies Tessa Bouillette Television movie (Lifetime)
2015 Liar, Liar, Vampire Caitlyn Crisp Television movie (Nickelodeon)
2015 Arrow Madison Danforth Episode: "The Candidate"
2015 Minority Report Young Agatha Episode: "The American Dream"
2015 Mark & Russell's Wild Ride Ashley Television movie (Disney XD)[21][22]
2016 Revenge Porn Peyton Harris Television movie (Lifetime); also known as My Daughter's Disgrace
2016 Dead of Summer Deb (20 years old) Episode: "The Dharma Bums"[23]
2016 Christmas Cookies Brooke Television movie (Hallmark)
2017–2023 Riverdale Polly Cooper Recurring role
2017 Secrets of My Stepdaughter Rachel Kent Television movie (Lifetime)
2017 One Small Indiscretion Elle Television movie (Lifetime)
2017–2018 Once Upon a Time Margot / Robin Recurring role (season 7)[7]
2020–2021 Nurses Grace Main role[10]
2020 Dirty John Young Betty Broderick 3 episodes (season 2)
2023 Ride Missy McMurray Main role[24]

Music videos

References

  1. ^ "Tiera Skovbye x MOOD magazine interview". YouTube. May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Tiera Skovbye (May 6, 2017). "Waitttt did I just wake up for 50k on my bday?!? YEESSSS thank you guys!!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2017-05-06 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ a b c Erica Cupido (March 2, 2017). "Meet Riverdale's Polly: Tiera Skovbye on playing the show's most mysterious character". Hello! Canada. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  4. ^ Philiana Ng (June 19, 2014). "'Unauthorized Saved by the Bell' TV Movie Heads to Lifetime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  5. ^ Whitney Friedlander (June 19, 2014). "'Saved by the Bell' Movie to Air on Lifetime". Variety. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  6. ^ Peggy Truong (May 17, 2018). "Tiera Skovbye on 'Riverdale' Fan Theories and Polly's Mysterious Farm". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  7. ^ a b Matt Webb Mitovich (November 1, 2017). "Once Upon a Time Casts Riverdale's Tiera Skovbye as [Spoiler]'s Daughter". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  8. ^ Natalie Abrams (May 15, 2018). "Once Upon a Time's Rose Reynolds, Tiera Skovbye on show's final love story". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. ^ John Squires (July 12, 2017). ""Mad Men" and "Riverdale" Stars Head Back to the 'Summer of '84'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  10. ^ a b Debra Yeo (April 4, 2019). "Here are the actors starring in Global TV's Nurses". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  11. ^ Tiera Skovbye (May 16, 2015). "Happy Birthday to my (not so) little sister!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2017-05-06 – via Instagram.
  12. ^ "Firefly Lane review – Katherine Heigl's sickly-sweet Netflix soap". TheGuardian.com. February 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "Campfire Kiss – Cast – Ali Skobye". Hallmark Channel. Archived from the original on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  14. ^ Swertlow, Meg (August 14, 2017). "Riverdale Star Tiera Skovbye Is Engaged to Longtime Boyfriend Jameson Parker". People Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  15. ^ Patrick Cooper (October 3, 2015). "[Mile High Horror '15 Review] World Premiere: 'Even Lambs Have Teeth'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  16. ^ Dave McNary (July 12, 2017). "Rich Sommer, Tiera Skovbye to Star in Horror Movie 'Summer of '84' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  17. ^ Katie Louise Smith (July 3, 2018). "Jacob Elordi Is About To Play The Boyfriend Of This 'Riverdale' Actress In A New Movie". Popbuzz. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  18. ^ Etan Vlessing (April 23, 2012). "CBC Passes on 'Wish List' Pilot as Budget Cuts Bite". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  19. ^ "Forever 16". Lifetime Movie Club. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  20. ^ Neil Genzlinger (December 19, 2014). "Making Icicles of Everyone 'Christmas Icetastrophe' on Syfy Defies Tradition". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  21. ^ Denise Petski (September 1, 2015). "Joey Bragg & Sean Giambrone On 'Wild Ride' For Disney XD — First Photo". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  22. ^ "TV best bets: Sat., Feb. 13". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. February 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  23. ^ Matt Webb Mitovich (July 4, 2016). "Elizabeth Mitchell Revisits Lost, Gia, Revolution, V and Other Roles, Teases Her Dirt-y Dead of Summer Secret". TVLine. Retrieved 2017-01-17. And then for the super-younger me, they used [Vancouver-based actress Tiera Skovbye], who is breathtaking. I told her, 'I did not look like you when I was 19!'...
  24. ^ Vlada Gelman (August 4, 2022). "Tiera Skovbye, Beau Mirchoff Cast in 'Ride' Hallmark Rodeo Series". TVLine. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

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