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Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is
an English-born Canadian actress. Born in Rochford,
Essex in England, she moved with her family to Ontario,
Canada when she was three years old.
She attended North Toronto Collegiate
Institute where she excelled in environmental science
and drama. However, when she finished in 1984, she
decided to focus her attention on drama when she
attended the University of Windsor School of Dramatic
Arts in Windsor, Ontario.
After graduation Tapping continued to study theatrical
arts while performing in several stage productions. She
appeared in several television commercials and played a
variety of roles in television and film productions,
such as The Outer Limits and The X-Files. She also
formed a comedy troupe, the "Random Acts",
with collaborators Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie
Kerr, in Toronto in the early 90s.
She had guest starred on television series The X-Files,
Due South, Forever Knight, Kung-Fu: The Legend
Continues, The Newsroom, Millennium and The Outer
Limits. In addition, she was a series regular on the
Disney series Flash Forward. Her other television
credits include Lessons in Love, Remembrance, The
Haunting of Lisa, and Degree of Guilt.
Her feature film credits include Booty
Call, Rent A Kid, Getting a Life and Black Top. She
recently starred in The Void with Malcolm McDowell and
Adrian Paul. She has also had a cameo in Life or
Something Like It, and just starred in the independent
feature Stuck. Her real success that seemed to launch
her career came in 1997 with the start of the TV series
"Stargate SG-1" (1997) where she plays Major
Samantha Carter.
Tapping directed the episode "Resurrection" in
Stargate SG-1's seventh season. She also participated in
her first U.S.O. tour in the Middle East. Tapping is a
member of Women in Film & Video and recently hosted
their Spotlight Gala Awards.
She has won a Leo Award and has been
nominated for two Gemini Awards as well as two Saturn
Awards for her role on SG-1. She was recently honored as
a "Wonder Woman on Air" by Multichannel News
and Women in Cable & Telecommunications in New York.
Tapping is actively involved in mentoring new actors
through Women in Film's "Flash Forward"
program. She is also a proud spokesperson for UNICEF.
Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha
Carter, in the science fiction television series
Stargate SG-1, which debuted in 1997. She will also be
taking the place of Torri Higginson on Stargate
Atlantis, as the new Atlantis expedition commander.
As of 2004, Amanda lives with her husband, Alan Kovacs,
in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has one daughter,
Olivia B., born on March 22, 2005. Tapping had three
brothers, Richard, Christopher and Steven. Chris is a
fraternal twin, who works in Toronto as a database
administrator. Tapping's brother Steven died in December
2006. |
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