Tatum Green was born and raised in Illinois and she was educated at Eastern Illinois University. She made her first acting debut at age eighteen in the movie "Empire of Danger." Tatum Green who had most of her training on stage and had to quickly create an alternate approach to her stage acting before shooting began. After adjusting her acting skills to make a movie rather then performing on stage Tatum Green accomplished those goals and she succeeded within her new environment. Tatum Green portrayed the character Captain Kendra Cassidy a pilot and astronaut for Space command in the movie.
