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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Academic and Teaching Career */

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Academic and Teaching Career

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	Lyndall-Knight is currently a Lecturer in Drama at [[w:Flinders University\|Flinders University]] in [[w:South Australia\|South Australia]], where she primarily teaches screen acting.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_screen_acting">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1463\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_lecturer">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=Lecturer%20in%20Drama%20at%20Flinders%20University\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She moved to South Australia recognizing that it would be different from Vancouver's opportunities, making "a decision that I'd done it. I played enough roles and done enough things that I was ready to challenge myself with something else."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_career_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1498\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Her teaching strategy involves networking: "if I taught people at a university level, once they graduated and they entered the industry, they'd hire me, or I'd get to work with them."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_strategy">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1518\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight is currently a Lecturer in Drama at [[w:Flinders University\|Flinders University]] in [[w:South Australia\|South Australia]], where she primarily teaches screen acting.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_screen_acting">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1463\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_lecturer">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=Lecturer%20in%20Drama%20at%20Flinders%20University\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She moved to South Australia recognizing that it would be different from Vancouver's opportunities, making "a decision that I'd done it. I played enough roles and done enough things that I was ready to challenge myself with something else."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_career_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1498\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Her teaching strategy involves networking: "if I taught people at a university level, once they graduated and they entered the industry, they'd hire me, or I'd get to work with them."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_strategy">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1518\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She believes "I might be a better teacher than I am an actor" and "I certainly think I'm a better teacher of screen acting than I am a screen actor" because "I've learned so much as a performer by having to deconstruct it and figure out how to communicate those ideas to another person."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_better_teacher">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1575\|title=Dial the Gate - ~~Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>~~ Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		She believes "I might be a better teacher than I am an actor" and "I certainly think I'm a better teacher of screen acting than I am a screen actor" because "I've learned so much as a performer by having to deconstruct it and figure out how to communicate those ideas to another person."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_better_teacher">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1575\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She was awarded a PhD in Theatre from Flinders University in 2018 with a thesis titled "Creative Artefact: 19 weeks. Exegesis: 'Just the Actor': A Practice-Led Research Investigation into the Actor's Status in Contemporary Independent Theatre" and received the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_thesis">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=Dr%20Tiffany%20Knight%20for%20%E2%80%9CCreative%20Artefact%3A%2019%20weeks\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her thesis examination was exceptional for part of it being performed in front of a live audience during the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, conducted in an indoor swimming pool where audience members put their feet in the water while she performed.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_performance">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=part%20of%20her%20examination%20being%20performed%20in%20front%20of%20a%20live%20audience\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		She was awarded a PhD in Theatre from Flinders University in 2018 with a thesis titled "Creative Artefact: 19 weeks. Exegesis: 'Just the Actor': A Practice-Led Research Investigation into the Actor's Status in Contemporary Independent Theatre" and received the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_thesis">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=Dr%20Tiffany%20Knight%20for%20%E2%80%9CCreative%20Artefact%3A%2019%20weeks\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her thesis examination was exceptional for part of it being performed in front of a live audience during the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, conducted in an indoor swimming pool where audience members put their feet in the water while she performed.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_performance">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=part%20of%20her%20examination%20being%20performed%20in%20front%20of%20a%20live%20audience\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

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 ==== ''Battlestar Galactica'' Role ====
-Lyndall-Knight's connection to ''Battlestar Galactica'' came through [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]), "a very close friend" and "my kid's godfather."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_alessandro_connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=GALACTICA.TV|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=August 12,web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>
+Lyndall-Knight's connection to ''Battlestar Galactica'' came through [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]), "a very close friend" and "my kid's godfather."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_alessandro_connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=GALACTICA.TV|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=August 12,web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 12, 2025|archive=Y}}</ref> She was already "a huge fan of the show" when she auditioned.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_bsg_fan">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
 More recent projects include roles in Australian productions such as ''[[w:Red Dog (film)|Red Dog]]'', ''[[w:The Babadook|The Babadook]]'', ''[[w:ANZAC Girls|ANZAC Girls]]'', ''[[w:Wanted (2016 TV series)|Wanted]]'', ''[[w:Wolf Creek (TV series)|Wolf Creek]]'', and the Netflix series ''[[w:Pine Gap (TV series)|Pine Gap]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_recent">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Wanted,-%C2%B7%20Pine%20Gap%20%C2%B7%20Going%20for%20Gold|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In ''Wolf Creek'', she played the serial killer's mother in a flashback scene, filming in "a huge old abandoned building" filled with "pigeon shit" and "old children's toys" that created an eerie atmosphere perfect for the role.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_wolf_creek">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2561|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Screen Work */

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Screen Work

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	Lyndall-Knight's transition to screen acting was primarily practical, driven by the need to support her family. "Film and television really was, for me, a means to an end" because "once I had a baby, I didn't want to be away from them and go into debt just to do my craft."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_screen_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=202s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Working in Vancouver, she "learned on the job" as the city provided excellent opportunities for both theatre and screen work.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_learning">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=232s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight's transition to screen acting was primarily practical, driven by the need to support her family. "Film and television really was, for me, a means to an end" because "once I had a baby, I didn't want to be away from them and go into debt just to do my craft."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_screen_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=202s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Working in Vancouver, she "learned on the job" as the city provided excellent opportunities for both theatre and screen work.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_learning">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=232s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	Her first professional television job was playing Lamour in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Touchstone," which she described as terrifying because "I really didn't know what I was doing in terms of film and television at that stage."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_first_job">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=818s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The production involved green screen work, fake snow that "tasted like soap" or "dried baby biscuits," and being spray-painted for a tan.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_production">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=843s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She particularly remembered [[Amanda Tapping]] taking her "under her wing" at craft services, honestly discussing industry challenges including body image pressures, and serving as "a bit of a role model" through her evolution from ingenue to respected director.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_amanda_tapping">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=915s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The role allowed her to buy her first car, "a Mazda RX-7, bright red, with the headlights that popped" which became known as "the Stargate car for years."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_car">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1003s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Her first professional television job was playing Lamour in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Touchstone," which she described as terrifying because "I really didn't know what I was doing in terms of film and television at that stage."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_first_job">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=818s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The production involved green screen work, fake snow that "tasted like soap" or "dried baby biscuits," and being spray-painted for a tan.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_production">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=843s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She particularly remembered [[w:Amanda_Tapping\|Amanda Tapping]] taking her "under her wing" at craft services, honestly discussing industry challenges including body image pressures, and serving as "a bit of a role model" through her evolution from ingenue to respected director.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_amanda_tapping">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=915s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The role allowed her to buy her first car, "a Mazda RX-7, bright red, with the headlights that popped" which became known as "the Stargate car for years."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_car">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1003s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She returned to ''Stargate SG-1'' five years later as Evala in "Revisions," a role she found more fulfilling because "it wasn't about her body, it was about her journey in that story" compared to earlier roles where she was "spray-painted" and "dressed in a bikini."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_evala_journey">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1342s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		She returned to ''Stargate SG-1'' five years later as Evala in "Revisions," a role she found more fulfilling because "it wasn't about her body, it was about her journey in that story" compared to earlier roles where she was "spray-painted" and "dressed in a bikini."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_evala_journey">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1342s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Career Philosophy */

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Career Philosophy

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	== Career Philosophy ==		== Career Philosophy ==
	Throughout her career, Lyndall-Knight has been influenced by advice from veteran actor [[w:Jerry Wasserman~~\|Jerry Wasserman]] (known for playing [[w:C.G.B. Spender\|Cancer Man]] on ''[[w:The X-Files\|The X-Files~~]]~~'')~~, who told her during a quiet period: "you got, you know, enough shots on goal, one eventually is going to get into the net."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_jerry_wasserman_advice">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=415s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> This hockey analogy resonated with her Canadian background and became a guiding principle of persistence in the industry.		Throughout her career, Lyndall-Knight has been influenced by advice from veteran actor [[Jerry Wasserman]], who told her during a quiet period: "you got, you know, enough shots on goal, one eventually is going to get into the net."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_jerry_wasserman_advice">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=415s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> This hockey analogy resonated with her Canadian background and became a guiding principle of persistence in the industry.

	She reflects that Vancouver was fortunate for actors because "you can actually be, by and large, settled in one place and have a home as an actor, because that is absolutely not the reality for the vast majority of people, particularly in Australia."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_advantage">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1406s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She notes that most actors today must either "have many, many strings to your bows and be a portfolio worker" or "be prepared to just be a nomad."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_modern_acting_reality">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1423s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		She reflects that Vancouver was fortunate for actors because "you can actually be, by and large, settled in one place and have a home as an actor, because that is absolutely not the reality for the vast majority of people, particularly in Australia."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_advantage">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1406s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She notes that most actors today must either "have many, many strings to your bows and be a portfolio worker" or "be prepared to just be a nomad."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_modern_acting_reality">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1423s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Battlestar Galactica Role */

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Battlestar Galactica Role

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	On screen, Lyndall-Knight has appeared in numerous television series and films. Her science fiction credits include roles in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' (playing the characters La Moor and Evalla), ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]'', ''[[w:Supernatural (American TV series)\|Supernatural]]'', and ''[[w:I, Robot (film)\|I, Robot]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_scifi">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Stargate%20SG%2D1,-%C2%B7%20The%20Twilight%20Zone\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows\|publisher=TV Guide\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She co-wrote and starred in the Canadian film ''Mothers & Daughters''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_main_films">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		On screen, Lyndall-Knight has appeared in numerous television series and films. Her science fiction credits include roles in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' (playing the characters La Moor and Evalla), ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]'', ''[[w:Supernatural (American TV series)\|Supernatural]]'', and ''[[w:I, Robot (film)\|I, Robot]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_scifi">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Stargate%20SG%2D1,-%C2%B7%20The%20Twilight%20Zone\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows\|publisher=TV Guide\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She co-wrote and starred in the Canadian film ''Mothers & Daughters''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_main_films">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

	==== Battlestar Galactica Role ====		==== ''Battlestar Galactica'' Role ====
	Lyndall-Knight's audition for the Hybrid came through her connection to the series, as [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]) is a close friend and the godfather of her children.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> The role required her to lie in an immersion tank filled with warm water and tempera paint to create the milky, opaque appearance.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> To prepare for her audition, she drew on her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the character as "a child in the womb and having all of these different cells and sensory experiences sort of being filtered through the umbilical cord."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight's audition for the Hybrid came through her connection to the series, as [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]) is a close friend and the godfather of her children.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> The role required her to lie in an immersion tank filled with warm water and tempera paint to create the milky, opaque appearance.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> To prepare for her audition, she drew on her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the character as "a child in the womb and having all of these different cells and sensory experiences sort of being filtered through the umbilical cord."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

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	'''Tiffany Lyndall-Knight''' (born October 17, 1972) is a Canadian-Australian actress and academic who portrayed the Cylon [[Hybrid]] in the Re-imagined Series.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_main">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=Canadian%2Dborn%20and%20Australian%2Dbred\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="fandango_birth_date">{{cite web\|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/tiffany-lyndall-knight-415647#:~:text=Date%20of%20Birth%3A%20Oct%2017%2C%201972\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Fandango\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Born in [[w:Toronto\|Toronto]], Canada, and raised in Australia, she is a four-time [[w:Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards\|Jessie Theatre Richardson Award]] nominee with extensive credits in both stage and screen performances.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_main_awards">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Nominated%20for%20four%20Jessie%20Theatre%20Richardson%20awards\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She has been a science fiction fan for years and was thrilled to audition for ''Battlestar Galactica'' in any capacity.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_scifi_fan">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		'''Tiffany Lyndall-Knight''' (born October 17, 1972) is a Canadian-Australian actress and academic who portrayed the Cylon [[Hybrid]] in the Re-imagined Series.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_main">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=Canadian%2Dborn%20and%20Australian%2Dbred\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="fandango_birth_date">{{cite web\|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/tiffany-lyndall-knight-415647#:~:text=Date%20of%20Birth%3A%20Oct%2017%2C%201972\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Fandango\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Born in [[w:Toronto\|Toronto]], Canada, and raised in Australia, she is a four-time [[w:Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards\|Jessie Theatre Richardson Award]] nominee with extensive credits in both stage and screen performances.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_main_awards">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Nominated%20for%20four%20Jessie%20Theatre%20Richardson%20awards\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She has been a science fiction fan for years and was thrilled to audition for ''Battlestar Galactica'' in any capacity.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_scifi_fan">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=I%27ve%20been%20a%20science%20fiction%20fan%20for%20years\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
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	==== Battlestar Galactica Role ====		==== Battlestar Galactica Role ====
	Lyndall-Knight's audition for the Hybrid came through her connection to the series, as [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]) is a close friend and the godfather of her children.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> The role required her to lie in an immersion tank filled with warm water and tempera paint to create the milky, opaque appearance.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> To prepare for her audition, she drew on her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the character as "a child in the womb and having all of these different cells and sensory experiences sort of being filtered through the umbilical cord."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight's audition for the Hybrid came through her connection to the series, as [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]) is a close friend and the godfather of her children.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> The role required her to lie in an immersion tank filled with warm water and tempera paint to create the milky, opaque appearance.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> To prepare for her audition, she drew on her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the character as "a child in the womb and having all of these different cells and sensory experiences sort of being filtered through the umbilical cord."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

	The Hybrid's dialogue, a highly stylized stream of consciousness incorporating scientific terms, poetry, folk songs, political speeches, and references to [[w:Homer\|Homer]]'s ''[[w:Iliad\|Iliad]]'', required extensive research and preparation.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight approached the complex dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry and find the connection for myself, so I can learn it."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_shakespeare">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff that's unique to me, that makes complete sense in my mind."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_storyline">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		The Hybrid's dialogue, a highly stylized stream of consciousness incorporating scientific terms, poetry, folk songs, political speeches, and references to [[w:Homer\|Homer]]'s ''[[w:Iliad\|Iliad]]'', required extensive research and preparation.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=scientific%20terms%20from%20biology%2C%20genetics%2C%20molecular%20physics%20as%20well%20as%20quotations\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight approached the complex dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry and find the connection for myself, so I can learn it."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_shakespeare">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff that's unique to me, that makes complete sense in my mind."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_storyline">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

	More recent projects include roles in Australian productions such as ''[[w:Red Dog (film)\|Red Dog]]'', ''[[w:The Babadook\|The Babadook]]'', ''[[w:ANZAC Girls\|ANZAC Girls]]'', ''[[w:Wanted (2016 TV series)\|Wanted]]'', and the Netflix series ''[[w:Pine Gap (TV series)\|Pine Gap]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_recent">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Wanted,-%C2%B7%20Pine%20Gap%20%C2%B7%20Going%20for%20Gold\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows\|publisher=TV Guide\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		More recent projects include roles in Australian productions such as ''[[w:Red Dog (film)\|Red Dog]]'', ''[[w:The Babadook\|The Babadook]]'', ''[[w:ANZAC Girls\|ANZAC Girls]]'', ''[[w:Wanted (2016 TV series)\|Wanted]]'', and the Netflix series ''[[w:Pine Gap (TV series)\|Pine Gap]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_recent">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Wanted,-%C2%B7%20Pine%20Gap%20%C2%B7%20Going%20for%20Gold\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows\|publisher=TV Guide\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>
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	== Industry Involvement ==		== Industry Involvement ==
	She is a proud member of the [[w:Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance\|Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance]] (MEAA), where she served as President of the South Australian Branch (Equity Section) from 2019-2021 and National Vice President (Equity Section) from 2021-24.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_meaa">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=President%20of%20the%20SA%20Branch%20(Equity%20Section)%20from%202019%2D2021\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In her advocacy role, she has participated in industry panel discussions about the actor/agent relationship and the current state of the entertainment industry.<ref group="commentary" name="equity_foundation_sheridan_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.equityfoundation.org.au/events/in-conversation-with-marquee-managements-david-sheridan/\|title=In Conversation with Marquee Management's David Sheridan and Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Equity Foundation\|date=November 17, 2021\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="equity_foundation_mann_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.equityfoundation.org.au/events/in-conversation-with-lisa-mann/\|title=In Conversation with Lisa Mann and Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Equity Foundation\|date=April 8, 2022\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		She is a proud member of the [[w:Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance\|Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance]] (MEAA), where she served as President of the South Australian Branch (Equity Section) from 2019-2021 and National Vice President (Equity Section) from 2021-24.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_meaa">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=President%20of%20the%20SA%20Branch%20(Equity%20Section)%20from%202019%2D2021\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In her advocacy role, she has participated in industry panel discussions about the actor/agent relationship and the current state of the entertainment industry.<ref group="commentary" name="equity_foundation_sheridan_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.equityfoundation.org.au/events/in-conversation-with-marquee-managements-david-sheridan/#:~:text=actor%2Fagent%20relationship%20and%20the%20current%20and%20future%20state%20of%20the%20industry\|title=In Conversation with Marquee Management's David Sheridan and Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Equity Foundation\|date=November 17, 2021\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="equity_foundation_mann_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.equityfoundation.org.au/events/in-conversation-with-lisa-mann/#:~:text=actor%2Fagent%20relationship%20and%20the%20current%20and%20future%20state\|title=In Conversation with Lisa Mann and Tiffany Lyndall-Knight\|publisher=Equity Foundation\|date=April 8, 2022\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Lyndall-Knight is a graduate of Toronto's [[w:George Brown College\|George Brown Theatre School]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_education">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=George%20Brown%20Theatre%20School\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her extensive theatre career spans eight seasons with [[w:Vancouver\|Vancouver]]'s [[w:Bard on the Beach\|Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival]], where she performed notable roles including Ariel in "The Tempest," Olivia in "Twelfth Night," Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Regan in "King Lear."<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_bard">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=eight%20seasons%20with%20Vancouver%27s%20Bard%20on%20the%20Beach\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight is a graduate of Toronto's [[w:George Brown College\|George Brown Theatre School]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_education">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=George%20Brown%20Theatre%20School\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her extensive theatre career spans eight seasons with [[w:Vancouver\|Vancouver]]'s [[w:Bard on the Beach\|Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival]], where she performed notable roles including Ariel in "The Tempest," Olivia in "Twelfth Night," Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Regan in "King Lear."<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_biography_bard">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/bio/#:~:text=eight%20seasons%20with%20Vancouver%27s%20Bard%20on%20the%20Beach\|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Biography\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

	She has performed with theatre companies across Australia and Canada, including [[w:State Theatre Company South Australia\|State Theatre Company South Australia]], [[w:Queensland Theatre\|Queensland Theatre]], and Manitoba Theatre Centre.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_companies">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=State%20Theatre%20Company%20South%20Australia%2C%20Queensland%20Theatre\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight originated the role of Emily in the multi-award-winning solo show ''19 weeks'' by Emily Steel.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_19weeks">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=multi%2Daward%2Dwinning%20solo%20show%2019%20weeks\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> The performance, set in a swimming pool and based on Steel's experience of terminating a pregnancy at nineteen weeks, garnered Curtain Call Awards for Best Professional Drama and Best Professional Female Performer.<ref group="commentary" name="critical_stages_19_weeks_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.critical-stages.org/28/embodied-dramaturgy-and-solo-performance-in-the-pool-with-emily-steels-19-weeks/\|title=Embodied Dramaturgy and Solo Performance: In the Pool with Emily Steel's 19 weeks\|author=Sarah Peters\|publisher=Critical Stages\|date=December 29, 2023\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> The show was awarded both a weekly award and overall winner for Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe in 2017, and has since toured extensively, been adapted for BBC Radio 4, and made into a film.<ref group="commentary" name="~~critical_stages_19_weeks_interview~~">{{cite web\|url=https://www.critical-stages.org/28/embodied-dramaturgy-and-solo-performance-in-the-pool-with-emily-steels-19-weeks/#:~:text=awarded%20both%20a%20weekly%20award%20and%20overall%20winner%20for%20Best%20Theatre\|title=Embodied Dramaturgy and Solo Performance: In the Pool with Emily Steel's 19 weeks\|author=Sarah Peters\|publisher=Critical Stages\|date=December 29, 2023\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		She has performed with theatre companies across Australia and Canada, including [[w:State Theatre Company South Australia\|State Theatre Company South Australia]], [[w:Queensland Theatre\|Queensland Theatre]], and Manitoba Theatre Centre.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_companies">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=State%20Theatre%20Company%20South%20Australia%2C%20Queensland%20Theatre\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight originated the role of Emily in the multi-award-winning solo show ''19 weeks'' by Emily Steel.<ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_19weeks">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=multi%2Daward%2Dwinning%20solo%20show%2019%20weeks\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> The performance, set in a swimming pool and based on Steel's experience of terminating a pregnancy at nineteen weeks, garnered Curtain Call Awards for Best Professional Drama and Best Professional Female Performer.<ref group="commentary" name="critical_stages_19_weeks_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://www.critical-stages.org/28/embodied-dramaturgy-and-solo-performance-in-the-pool-with-emily-steels-19-weeks/\|title=Embodied Dramaturgy and Solo Performance: In the Pool with Emily Steel's 19 weeks\|author=Sarah Peters\|publisher=Critical Stages\|date=December 29, 2023\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> The show was awarded both a weekly award and overall winner for Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe in 2017, and has since toured extensively, been adapted for BBC Radio 4, and made into a film.<ref group="commentary" name="critical_stages_19_weeks_interview_2">{{cite web\|url=https://www.critical-stages.org/28/embodied-dramaturgy-and-solo-performance-in-the-pool-with-emily-steels-19-weeks/#:~:text=awarded%20both%20a%20weekly%20award%20and%20overall%20winner%20for%20Best%20Theatre\|title=Embodied Dramaturgy and Solo Performance: In the Pool with Emily Steel's 19 weeks\|author=Sarah Peters\|publisher=Critical Stages\|date=December 29, 2023\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

	=== Screen Work ===		=== Screen Work ===

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	Lyndall-Knight is currently a Lecturer in Drama at [[w:Flinders University\|Flinders University]] in [[w:South Australia\|South Australia]], where she primarily teaches screen acting.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_screen_acting">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1463\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_lecturer">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=Lecturer%20in%20Drama%20at%20Flinders%20University\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She moved to South Australia recognizing that it would be different from Vancouver's opportunities, making "a decision that I'd done it. I played enough roles and done enough things that I was ready to challenge myself with something else."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_career_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1498\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Her teaching strategy involves networking: "if I taught people at a university level, once they graduated and they entered the industry, they'd hire me, or I'd get to work with them."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_strategy">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1518\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight is currently a Lecturer in Drama at [[w:Flinders University\|Flinders University]] in [[w:South Australia\|South Australia]], where she primarily teaches screen acting.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_screen_acting">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1463\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="external" name="flinders_university_profile_lecturer">{{cite web\|url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/tiffany.knight#:~:text=Lecturer%20in%20Drama%20at%20Flinders%20University\|title=Dr Tiffany Knight - Flinders University\|publisher=Flinders University\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She moved to South Australia recognizing that it would be different from Vancouver's opportunities, making "a decision that I'd done it. I played enough roles and done enough things that I was ready to challenge myself with something else."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_career_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1498\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Her teaching strategy involves networking: "if I taught people at a university level, once they graduated and they entered the industry, they'd hire me, or I'd get to work with them."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_teaching_strategy">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1518\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She believes "I might be a better teacher than I am an actor" and "I certainly think I'm a better teacher of screen acting than I am a screen actor" because "I've learned so much as a performer by having to deconstruct it and figure out how to communicate those ideas to another person."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_better_teacher">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1575\|title=Dial the Gate - ~~Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>~~ Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		She believes "I might be a better teacher than I am an actor" and "I certainly think I'm a better teacher of screen acting than I am a screen actor" because "I've learned so much as a performer by having to deconstruct it and figure out how to communicate those ideas to another person."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_better_teacher">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1575\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She was awarded a PhD in Theatre from Flinders University in 2018 with a thesis titled "Creative Artefact: 19 weeks. Exegesis: 'Just the Actor': A Practice-Led Research Investigation into the Actor's Status in Contemporary Independent Theatre" and received the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_thesis">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=Dr%20Tiffany%20Knight%20for%20%E2%80%9CCreative%20Artefact%3A%2019%20weeks\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her thesis examination was exceptional for part of it being performed in front of a live audience during the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, conducted in an indoor swimming pool where audience members put their feet in the water while she performed.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_performance">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=part%20of%20her%20examination%20being%20performed%20in%20front%20of%20a%20live%20audience\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>		She was awarded a PhD in Theatre from Flinders University in 2018 with a thesis titled "Creative Artefact: 19 weeks. Exegesis: 'Just the Actor': A Practice-Led Research Investigation into the Actor's Status in Contemporary Independent Theatre" and received the Vice Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_thesis">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=Dr%20Tiffany%20Knight%20for%20%E2%80%9CCreative%20Artefact%3A%2019%20weeks\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Her thesis examination was exceptional for part of it being performed in front of a live audience during the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, conducted in an indoor swimming pool where audience members put their feet in the water while she performed.<ref group="external" name="flinders_phd_award_2019_performance">{{cite web\|url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/05/17/awards-reward-excellence-in-doctoral-theses/#:~:text=part%20of%20her%20examination%20being%20performed%20in%20front%20of%20a%20live%20audience\|title=Awards reward excellence in doctoral theses\|publisher=Flinders University News\|date=May 21, 2019\|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>

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	Lyndall-Knight's transition to screen acting was primarily practical, driven by the need to support her family. "Film and television really was, for me, a means to an end" because "once I had a baby, I didn't want to be away from them and go into debt just to do my craft."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_screen_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=202s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Working in Vancouver, she "learned on the job" as the city provided excellent opportunities for both theatre and screen work.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_learning">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=232s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Lyndall-Knight's transition to screen acting was primarily practical, driven by the need to support her family. "Film and television really was, for me, a means to an end" because "once I had a baby, I didn't want to be away from them and go into debt just to do my craft."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_screen_transition">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=202s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Working in Vancouver, she "learned on the job" as the city provided excellent opportunities for both theatre and screen work.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_vancouver_learning">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=232s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	Her first professional television job was playing Lamour in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Touchstone," which she described as terrifying because "I really didn't know what I was doing in terms of film and television at that stage."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_first_job">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=818s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The production involved green screen work, fake snow that "tasted like soap" or "dried baby biscuits," and being spray-painted for a tan.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_production">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=843s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She particularly remembered [[Amanda Tapping]] taking her "under her wing" at craft services, honestly discussing industry challenges including body image pressures, and serving as "a bit of a role model" through her evolution from ingenue to respected director.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_amanda_tapping">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=915s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The role allowed her to buy her first car, "a Mazda RX-7, bright red, with the headlights that popped" which became known as "the Stargate car for years."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_car">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1003s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		Her first professional television job was playing Lamour in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Touchstone," which she described as terrifying because "I really didn't know what I was doing in terms of film and television at that stage."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_first_job">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=818s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The production involved green screen work, fake snow that "tasted like soap" or "dried baby biscuits," and being spray-painted for a tan.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_production">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=843s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She particularly remembered [[w:Amanda_Tapping\|Amanda Tapping]] taking her "under her wing" at craft services, honestly discussing industry challenges including body image pressures, and serving as "a bit of a role model" through her evolution from ingenue to respected director.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_amanda_tapping">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=915s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> The role allowed her to buy her first car, "a Mazda RX-7, bright red, with the headlights that popped" which became known as "the Stargate car for years."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_stargate_car">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1003s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>

	She returned to ''Stargate SG-1'' five years later as Evala in "Revisions," a role she found more fulfilling because "it wasn't about her body, it was about her journey in that story" compared to earlier roles where she was "spray-painted" and "dressed in a bikini."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_evala_journey">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1342s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>		She returned to ''Stargate SG-1'' five years later as Evala in "Revisions," a role she found more fulfilling because "it wasn't about her body, it was about her journey in that story" compared to earlier roles where she was "spray-painted" and "dressed in a bikini."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_evala_journey">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1342s\|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview\|author=David Reed\|publisher=YouTube\|date=2023\|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>