The 31-year-old actor has been found after she was reported missing from the LA area last week. <\/p>
Doctor Who star Tanya Fear has been found \u201csafe\u201d and \u201cphysically unharmed\u201d after her family reported her missing last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fear\u2019s family said in a statement that they were \u201crelieved and extremely grateful\u201d that she had been found after several days missing.<\/p>\n The actor, who played Dr Jade McIntyre in BBC One\u2019s Doctor Who<\/a>, disappeared on 9th September from the Hollywood Bowl area of Los Angeles, where she\u2019d moved to around two months prior, and had last been spotted on 12th at a Trader Joe\u2019s on Santa Monica Boulevard.<\/p>\n Fear\u2019s family confirmed that she had been found by police yesterday, writing on their Twitter page @FindTanyaFear: \u201cIt is with great pleasure and relief to report that Tanya has been found safe by Police today.<\/p>\n Tanya has been found!! We are extremely grateful to every single member of the public who helped in finding her. We couldn\u2019t have done it without you ????????\u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/f74REMH9K7<\/a><\/p>\u2014 #FoundTanyaFear (@FindTanyaFear) September 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \u201cWe understand that she is not physically harmed, but as a precaution, is being assessed at a local hospital. We wish to thank the Police, members of the public for their efforts in locating Tanya, as well as the outpouring of concern and support over the last several days. Tanya\u2019s family are relieved and extremely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n They added that a family friend is currently with the Doctor Who star, who has appeared in Kick-Ass 2, Spotless, Endeavour, Midsomer Murders and DCI Banks.<\/p>\n Fear\u2019s family alerted both the UK Foreign Office and the Los Angeles Police Department last week after the actor left her Hollywood Bowl flat without her mobile phone or purse.<\/p>\n Her uncle, Jonathan Marimo, said in a statement at the time: \u201cWe are deeply worried about Tanya\u2019s whereabouts, she is a bubbly, intelligent young woman who studied at Christ Hospital Boarding School and Kings College University in London.\u201d<\/p>\n Fear\u2019s mother, Yvonne Marimo, added: \u201cI am devastated about this situation and I appeal to anyone with information to please come forward to bring our daughter back home safely.\u201d<\/p>\n Fear appeared in Doctor Who\u2019s 2018 episode, Arachnids in the UK, in which she played an arachnologist investigating the rise of giant spiders in Sheffield alongside The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Graham (Bradley Walsh), Ryan (Tosin Cole) and Yasmin (Mandip Gill).<\/p>\n She had recently begun performing stand-up comedy at venues in LA, including the HaHa Club and the Comedy Nook.<\/p>\n