Tamela D'Amico
Tamela D'Amico is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker who started the production company La Strega Entertainment in 2006.
Career
D'Amico was one of 24 finalists on the FOX television reality show On the Lot produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. She received attention from the show's producers with her entry film entitled Volare starring Federico Castelluccio.
D'Amico attended film school at Florida State University and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. She produced and directed the internet program Sex Ed: The Series. She has created internet programs for Atom Films, Funny or Die, Frog Island, Comedy ETC and Comedy Central. Her debut jazz album, Got a Little Story, was executive produced by actor Peter Krause and Jimmy Hoyson and arranged by Chris Walden. She executive produced the album Big Band Jazz for Billy Vera and sang a duet with him on one song on the album. She acted the part of Janet Smythe on the program Best Friends Whenever and appeared in the film Walt Before Mickey. She has also appeared in the Amazon series Englishman in L.A. She has modeled for Alison Raffaele Cosmetic and Mellow World Handbags. She was named Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Web Series at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. Sex Ed: The Series was nominated for a Streamy Award and a Webby Award.
Discography
- Like One (2004)[1]
- I Can't Sleep (2005)[2]
- The Tamela D'Amico Album (2007)[3]
- Got a Little Story (2009)[3]
- Down With Love (2010)[4]
- Love and the Gun (feat. Tamela D'Amico) (2014)[5]
- I'll Never Be Free (feat. Tamela D'Amico) (2015)[6]
- Winter Wonderland (2016)[7]
- Christmas Lights (2016)[8]
Film
| Year | Film | Role(s) | Director, Company, Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | One Little Finger | Raina | Rupam Sarmah |
| Filming | Love is Not Love | Vita | Stephen Keep Mills |
| Filming | Quinn | Lola | Andrew Cinclair |
| 2017 | Englishman in LA: The Movie | Cassidy Clack | David Vendette, Devolver Digital Films |
| 2017 | Harlem to Hollywood | Herself | Alan Swyer |
| 2016 | 3 People I've Never Heard Of | Adrianna | David Rosfeld |
| 2016 | TRUMP: (Ya Got) Trouble | Producer, Director | Tamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft, La Strega Entertainment |
| 2015 | The Modern Fundamentalist: Kim Davis Parody | Producer, Director | Tamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft |
| 2015 | Walt Before Mickey | Mrs. Doyle | Khoa Le, Netflix |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Plinth | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Warner Bros. |
| 2014 | Rob the Mob | Performer | Raymond De Felitta, Soundtrack, Performer ("Love and the Gun") |
| 2012 | What Might Have Been | Producer, Director | missing dance sequence from Bladerunner |
| 2011 | Black Swan, Grey Goose | Actress | Cooper Barnes |
| 2010 | Pizza With Bullets | Performer | Robert Rothbard, Performer ("I COULD BE GOOD 4 U") |
| 2010 | On a Dark and Stormy Night | Leah, Performer | Ezequiel, Performer ("Don't Die") |
| 2010 | Mitchum's Hardest Working Person in America: 86 Year Old Piano Tuner | Producer, Director | Tamela D'Amico, Brian Herzlinger |
| 2008 | West of Brooklyn | Cousin Nikki, Performer | Danny Cistone, Performer ("Amazing Grace") |
| 2007 | Game Over | Producer, Writer, Director | Tamela D'Amico, Fox Network |
| 2005 | The Black Magic | The Singer, Performer | Aloura Charles, Performer ("Mon Couer Est Un Violon") |
| 2004 | Volare | Tomato, Director, Producer, Performer ("Sing, Writer | Tamela D'Amico, Performer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), |
| 2001 | Mafioso, The Father, the Son | Gina | Anthony Caldarella, Allumination Filmworks |
Television
| Year | Film | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016– | Comedy ETC | Various Characters, Producer, Director | 53 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment |
| 2015–2016 | Best Friends Whenever | Young Janet Smythe | 5 episodes, The Disney Channel |
| 2014–2016 | Englishman in L.A. | Cassidy Clark | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Sex Ed: The Series | Actress, Director, Producer | 6 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment |
| 2012 | Sherman's In Sanity | Claudia, Associate Producer | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency | Producer, Director | 6 episodes, Comedy Central |
| 2008 | Passions | Actress | Episode dated 7 August 2008 |
| 2007 | The Timer Game | Producer | 22 episodes |
| 2007 | On the Lot | Herself | 4 episodes, Fox |
| 2002 | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Herself | Episode: #2.9 (Dec 5, 2002) |
| 2001 | Crossing Over with John Edward | Herself | Episode dated 1 February 2001 |
| 1998 | Sabrina, The Teenage Witch | Teen Dancer | Episode: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener" (Season 3, Episode 1) |
Music Videos
| Year | Video Title | Role(s) | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Room With A View | Producer | Billy Vera |
| 2014 | Love and the Gun | Performer | Tamela D'Amico |
| 2013 | One For My Baby | Performer | Tamela D'Amico |
| 2013 | Perfect | Performer | Tamela D'Amico |
| 2011 | Bye, Bye, Blackbird | Producer, Director, Cinematographer | Nancy Harms |