Career
Tena made her professional debut as Ellie in About a Boy (2002), and began acting full-time in 2003. She has played lead roles in stage adaptations of Gone to Earth in 2004, and Nights at the Circus in 2006.
She appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Nymphadora Tonks, a role she reprised in its sequels Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
She hosted a behind-the-scenes featurette entitled "Trailing Tonks" for the subsequent DVD and Blu-ray release, and is credited as producer and director of the featurette, in which she also performs an original Christmas-themed blues song on guitar, which she composed while working as a busker on the London Underground.
In 2011 she played one of the leading roles in the Independent Scottish Film You Instead. She also plays Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011– ).
In September 2012, she made a one-time appearance on UK TV show; Shameless as 'Brenda', her role was a Brazilian illegal-immigrant maid.
In March 2013, she starred in the official music video for Lapalux's single "Without You (ft. Kerry Leatham)".
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