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| genre              = Drama
| director           = [[Gary Harvey (director)|Gary Harvey]]
| executive_producer = [[Anne Carlucci]]<br />[[David A. Rosemont]]
| producer           = [[Harvey Kahn]]
| writer             = Michael Bortman
| starring           = [[Taraji P. Henson]]<br />[[Terry O'Quinn]]<br />Drew Davis<br />David Haydn-Jones<br />Sean Baek
| music              = James Gelfand
| cinematography     = [[Mathias Herndl]]
| editor             = [[Richard Schwadel]]
| company            = Front Street Pictures
| network            = [[LMN (TV channel)|LMN]]
| released           = {{Start date|2011|1|31}}
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| country            = United States<br />Canada
| language           = English
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'''''Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story''''' is a [[2011 in film|2011]] original [[Lifetime Movie Network|LMN]] film, starring [[Taraji P. Henson]] and [[Terry O'Quinn]]. The film follows the events surrounding the kidnapping, captivity and rescue of the son of Tiffany Rubin, who was kidnapped by his father and taken to [[South Korea]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110303100141/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-03-27/local/17893424_1_kobe-south-korea-brooklyn-home Queens mom finds her abducted 7-year-old son in South Korea] on ''[[New York Daily News]]'' (March 27, 2008)</ref> The film shed light to the long-standing issue of [[International child abduction in South Korea]] and the danger that the abducted children face in the country.
==Plot==
The film is based on the dramatic true story of Tiffany Rubin's daring 2008 rescue of her six-year-old son, Kobe, after he was abducted by his [[biological father]] Jeff and taken from his home in [[Queens, New York]], all the way to [[Seoul, South Korea]]. At the urging of her mother Belzora, Tiffany seeks the counsel of Mark Miller ([[Terry O'Quinn]]) and his charitable organization, the American Association for Lost Children. With Mark's help, Tiffany is able to travel to Korea to execute a high-stakes plan to bring her son home.<ref>[http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/taken-from-me-tiffany-rubin/article/tiffany-rubin-interview An Interview with Tiffany Rubin] on ''[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.mahalo.com/tiffany-rubin/ Tiffany Rubin] on Mahalo</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Taraji P. Henson]] as Tiffany <!-- No last names provided for these members of the cast in credited -->
*[[Terry O'Quinn]] as Mark
*David Haydn-Jones as Chris
*[[Crystal Lowe]] as Natalie
*Sean Baek as Jeff
*[[Beverly Todd]] as Belzora
==Awards==
''Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story'' received several award nominations and accolades, mostly for [[Taraji P. Henson]]'s performance. Henson received five nominations to various awards, and won three of them.
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! Award
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
| [[Taraji P. Henson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
| [[Taraji P. Henson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[NAACP Image Award|Image Awards]]
| Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
| [[Taraji P. Henson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BET Awards]]
| Best Actress
| [[Taraji P. Henson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Black Reel Awards]]
| Outstanding Television or Miniseries Performance: Female
| [[Taraji P. Henson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Television or Miniseries Film
| Harvey Kahn
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Directors Guild of Canada]]
| Direction - Television Movie/Miniseries
| [[Gary Harvey (director)|Gary Harvey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Picture Editing - Television Movie/Miniseries
| Richard Scwadel
| {{nom}}
|}
==See also==
* [[Parental child abduction]]
* [[International child abduction in South Korea]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=1707825|title=Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story}}
* {{AllMovie title|533694|Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story}}
* [http://www.yaare.com/tiffany-rubin%E2%80%99s-story-%E2%80%93-how-she-took-son-back-from-s-korea/ Tiffany Rubin’s story - how she took her son back from S. Korea]
[[Category:Films about child abduction]]
[[Category:Lifetime (TV channel) films]]
[[Category:African-American biographical dramas]]
[[Category:Canadian drama television films]]
[[Category:Canadian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:English-language Canadian films]]
[[Category:2011 television films]]
[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:2010s Canadian films]]
[[Category:2010s American films]]
[[Category:English-language biographical drama films]]