Like some of her costars, Tami Stronach, who played the Childlike Empress in "The NeverEnding Story," has taken her creativity off screen. Stronach's website reveals she's the co-founder of the Paper Canoe Company, a Brooklyn-based "family entertainment content producer," and the director of Tami Stronach Dance. According to her artist statement on the dance company's website, Stronach "creates dance theater to better understand herself and others" with choreography that "brings into sharp focus the many contradictions of the human condition." And Stronach's love for her most famous role seems, well, never-ending. She also offers Never Ending Yoga classes.
Along with husband Greg Steinbruner and their daughter Maya, Stronach has also started working on the independent fantasy film "Man and Witch," which is billed as "a heartwarming homage to the lo-fi fantasy films of the '80s" and also stars Christopher Lloyd, Michael Emerson, and Sean Astin.
In a 2017 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Stronach said she appreciates how the Empress' powers were wisdom, patience, and compassion. "I think that's so exciting to tell little girls: There's a way for you to be really, really powerful with all the attributes you currently have, because you have courage, you have wisdom, you have compassion," she said.
