Biography

Originally from Utah, Mia Tate's career began as a professional dancer, working in theater, music videos and films. She moved to Los Angeles for a dance scholarship in 1995 and shortly after started her acting training. She has been lucky enough to study with some of the greats at Larry Moss's studio, Beverly Hills Playhouse and Uta Hagen in New York to name a few. Mia has been a professional actress for over 15 years. She is best known for her role as the sexy siren who seduces George Clooney in the Coen Brother's classic, 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'. She worked with Antonio Banderas in 'Crazy in Alabama', has guest starred on ER and West Wing and was featured in Maxim Magazine, promoting her role as a siren. She has also starred and co-starred in multiple Independent Films. She just wrapped Friend Request playing opposite Anthony Michael Hall and before that Kessler's Lab, with director Brenda Urquhart, who quoted 'Mia is fantastic, a joy to work with. Professional and so talented, and it shows in every frame'. Before that she worked with Scott Wolf and Tom Amandes in the Physiological drama, 'Imagine'. She moved into production when she produced her first film, Boys at the Bar, starring Bo Hopkins. Mia's directorial debut was with 'Campesino' her first feature length documentary that celebrates the lives of Cuban tobacco farmers. Campesino is doing the festival circuit, with 10+ festivals since September 2018. She is now in pre-production on a docu-series and episodic. Directing, producing and writing are her passions and vehicles for her love of storytelling. She lives in Sun Valley, Idaho and commutes back and forth to LA.
- IMDb mini biography by: Pietro D'Alessio

Mia Tate was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in the 2013 Filmed in Utah Awards for her role as Fancy Collier Hicks in Proper Manors.

Mia Tate also goes by the name Mia Tate Oelerich.

Mia Tate played a showgirl in the directorial debut film of Antonio Banderas' Crazy in Alabama.