Amanda Tapping
Amanda Tapping | |
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 Amanda Tapping at Comic Con 2007 | |
| Occupation | actress |
| Spouse | Alan Kovacs |
| Children | Olivia B. (born March 22, 2005) |
| Website | http://www.amandatapping.com/ |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which debuted in 1997. Tapping took the place of Torri Higginson in season four of Stargate Atlantis as the Atlantis expedition commander.[3] In season five, however, Tapping's role on the show will be reduced to that of "special guest-star" with only occasional appearances.[4]. Instead of returning for Atlantis' 5th season Amanda chose to focus her attention on the development of a new series for the SCI FI Channel, "Sanctuary For All" for which she serves as both star and Executive Producer, which follows on from Sanctuary, a show released on the internet in 2007 as a series of eight "webisodes", where the bulk of the scenery and characters are entirely green-screen and cgi creations.
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.[5]
In 2007, Tapping won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress for her role in the short film Breakdown.
Filmography
- Stargate: Continuum (2008)
- Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
- Sanctuary (2007-)
- Stargate Atlantis (2005-2007; 2008- present Recurring) (2007-2008 Starring)
- Breakdown (short film)
- Proof Positive (2004 - 2005)
- Legend of Earthsea (2004)
- Traffic (2004)
- Life or Something Like It (2002)
- Stuck (2002)
- The Void (2001)
- Blacktop (2000)
- Outer Limits (1998)
- Stargate SG-1 (1997 - 2007)
- Booty Call (1997)
- The Donor (1997)
- The X-Files (1996)
- What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996)
- Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story (1996)
- Remembrance (1996)
- Flash Forward (1996)
- Degree of Guilt (1995)
- The Haunting of Lisa (1995)
- Net Worth (1995)
- Rent-A-Kid (1995)
- Forever Knight(1994) Near Death
Theatre
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Lion in Winter as "Alais Capet"
- Steel Magnolias - West End Theater
- 1986 Look Back in Anger as "Alison"
- 1987 Children of a Lesser God as "Sarah"
- 1988 The Taming of the Shrew as "Bianca"
- Noises Off
- The Shadow Walkers
Directing experience
Tapping's first directing experience was on Stargate SG-1 episode "Resurrection" (Season 7 episode 19), written by co-star Michael Shanks.
Awards
2007 Canadian Comedy Award - Best Actress (Film) - Breakdown
References
- ^ Biography for Amanda Tapping. Internet Movie Database. IMdb.com. [1]
- ^ Biography page. Amanda Tapping website. Accessed October 27, 2007. [2]
- ^ Amanda Tapping joins 'Stargate Atlantis'. Chicago Tribune. Feb. 20, 2007. [3]
- ^ Atlantis To Start Season 5
- ^ Tapping, Amanda. From Amanda - Her brother Steven. The Official Amanda Tapping Website. Dec. 26, 2006. [4]