update 9/13/2021 2:03 PM
Tanya Fear has been found alive and well, LAPD have confirmed.
The Twitter account set up by her family also confirmed the good news on Monday, adding that she was not physically harmed, but had been taken to hospital for evaluation.
"Tanya has been found!!" they shared. "We are extremely grateful to every single member of the public who helped in finding her. We couldn’t have done it without you."
They did not reveal where she had been located, nor what she had been doing for the past four days.
Tanya has been found!! We are extremely grateful to every single member of the public who helped in finding her. We couldn’t have done it without you 🙏🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/f74REMH9K7
— #FindTanyaFear (@FindTanyaFear) September 13, 2021 @FindTanyaFear
Original Story 9/13/2021 9:37 AM
A British actress living in LA has gone missing from her Hollywood home.
Friends of Tanya Fear say the 31-year-old hasn't been seen since Thursday September 9.
According to her family, she left her apartment near the Hollywood Bowl that night, leaving her cellphone and purse behind. She was last seen at a Trader Joe's grocery store on Santa Monica Boulevard, around 10 PM.
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View StoryFrantic family members have set up a #FindTanyaFear Twitter account begging for information; they are currently applying for travel visas to fly to Los Angeles to aid in the search.
LAPD confirmed a missing persons report was filed on September 9; after the family contacted the UK Foreign Office, a local LAPD officer was dispatched to her apartment to conduct a welfare check, but found it empty.
Hi Everyone, we now have updated posters that give a bit more info and show the type of hairstyle Tanya currently has. Please can we get these new posters circulating. Thanks in advance. #FindTanyaFear pic.twitter.com/dq2ZJTBIg5
— #FindTanyaFear (@FindTanyaFear) September 13, 2021 @FindTanyaFear
"I am devastated about this situation, and I appeal to anyone with information to please come forward and bring our daughter back home safely," her mother Yvonne Marimo said in a press statement.
"We are deeply worried about Tanya's whereabouts, she is a bubbly, intelligent young woman who studied at Christ Hospital Boarding School and Kings College University in London," her uncle Jonathan Marimo added.
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View StoryThe actress, whose real name is Tanyaradzwa Fear, starred in a 2018 episode of Doctor Who, and the movie Kick Ass 2; she's also appeared in UK TV shows Spotless, Endeavour, DCI Banks and Midsomer Murders, and had had recently begun doing stand-up comedy, according to BBC.
"Since she's been here, she's had a great career and this is just the beginning," her manager Alex Cole, told ABC News. "We're obviously concerned and [hope] we find out this is a simple mistake and we find her."
She is described as 5'4" and 140lbs, with brown eyes and curly dark afro hair. She was last seen wearing a light brown/camel color short-sleeve collared shirt, with dark plaid bottoms with red and white stripes.
According to the Twitter account, Fear has been living in LA on and off for the past six years.