Amanda Tapping

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Amanda Tapping
Image:AmandaTapping StargateSG1.jpg Tapping as Samantha Carter in Stargate SG-1 <tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Amanda Tapping</td></tr>
Born	August 28 1965 (age 43) Rochford, Essex England
Height	5' 9" (1.75m)
Official site	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 3 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.

Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter (originally Captain, then Major, now Lieutenant Colonel), in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which debuted in 1997.

As of 2004 Amanda lives with her husband Alan Kovacs in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has one daughter, Olivia B., born on 22 March 2005. Tapping also has a fraternal twin brother, Chris, who works in Toronto, Ontario as a database administrator.

[edit] Filmography

Legend of Earthsea (2004)
Proof Positive (2004 - 2005)
Traffic (2004)
Life or Something Like It (2002)
Stuck (2002)
The Void (2001)
Blacktop (2000)
Stargate SG-1 (1997 - 2007)
Booty Call (1997)
The Donor (1997)
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)

[edit] Directing Expierence

Amanda's first directing expierence was on Stargate SG-1 episode Resurrection (Season 7 episode 19), this episode was written by her co-star Michael Shanks.

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NAME	Tapping, Amanda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English-born Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rochford, Essex, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH