Tara Chambler

Tara Chambler
The Walking Dead character
First appearance	"Live Bait"
Portrayed by	Alanna Masterson

Tara Chambler is a fictional character from the novel The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor based on the comic book series The Walking Dead (known as "Tara Chalmers" in the novel) and The Walking Dead television series, where she is portrayed by Alanna Masterson.

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor

Tara Chalmers lives in Atlanta with her sister April and her father David in an apartment building that they have secured. April saves a group of people, including the man later known as The Governor, from a large herd of undead by calling the group to her building. The elderly David later dies and turns into a zombie without having been bitten. After Philip "kills" David, tension grows between him and Tara. Philip sexually assaults April. The morning afterwards, April is nowhere to be found, and Tara forced the group, at gunpoint, to leave the building.

Television series

Tara Chambler is Lilly's sister, David's daughter, and Meghan's aunt. In the episode "Live Bait", after welcoming The Governor into their apartment (he says his name is "Brian Heriot"), Tara seems to trust him relatively sooner than her sister and quickly seems to see him as a friend. She is briefly disoriented by his bloody smashing of David's skull after David reanimates and tries to bite her; however, she later accepts and agrees with the decision, and realizes that all people who die turn, whether they have been bitten or not. She and the others leave the apartment after David's burial, in search of shelter elsewhere. While on the road, a group of walkers forces them to flee. They are stopped once again when "Brian" and Meghan fall into a pit full of walkers, all of which "Brian" successfully kills before any harm can come to himself or Meghan. In the episode "Dead Weight", Tara begins a romantic relationship with Alisha, at Martinez's camp. In the episode "Too Far Gone", Tara joins The Governor in attacking the prison, although she becomes shocked by The Governor's brutal acts at the prison and runs off traumatized. In the episode "Inmates", it is revealed that Tara is still alive, and she helps Glenn escape from the prison. In the episode "Claimed", she notices that Abraham smiles while killing walkers, and she later agrees to go with Glenn to find Maggie.