Biography

Tanya Memme (Tanya Lynn Memme, born June 15, 1971, Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, television host, and producer who graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City and was crowned Miss World Canada in 1993, going on to compete at the Miss World pageant in South Africa that year. She is best known for hosting the Emmy-nominated home renovation series Sell This House on A&E for nine seasons (2003–2011), as well as Move This House, Sell This House: Extreme, and Smart Home Nation on FYI (2021). Her father, Frank Memme, was a co-founder of Mountainview Homes, a custom home-building company in Ontario. She won a Crystal Reel Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film Under $1 Million for her starring role in Terror Inside (2008). She was married to producer Vahan Yepremyan from 2010 to 2015; they have a daughter, Ava. Her film credits include Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) (Tim Allen, Martin Short), Repetition (2005), Terror Inside (2008) (Corey Feldman, Joe Abby), and Visioneers (2008) (Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer). On television she has appeared in F/X: The Series (1996), Melrose Place (1998), Robotica (2001), JAG (2002), CSI: Miami (2002), and The Practice (2002).