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Amanda Tapping

Age: 44
Height: 5' 9"

Birth Place: Rochford, Essex, England, UK
Born: Aug. 28th, 1965

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Amanda Tapping's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Stargate Atlantis	Colonel Saman&hellip
Stargate SG-1	Major Samanth&hellip
Sanctuary	Dr. Helen Mag&hellip
Flash Forward (CA)	Miss Yansouni

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Amanda Tapping was born in Rochford, Essex in England o�n August 28, 1965. She spent a short time in South Benfleet, Essex, and was relocated to Ontario, Canada, at the age of 3. She attended North Toronto High School where she was awarded the Dramatic Arts Award and Environmental Science Award. Her parents always wanted her to go into the science field, but her first love was acting. Amanda studied drama at the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, Ontario. After graduation, she spent four more years studying theater and appearing in several stage productions. She has appeared in many movies and television shows such as Booty Call (1997), Life or Something Like It (2002), Rent-a-Kid (1995) (TV), "The Outer Limits" (1995) and "The X Files" (1993), however, 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 Colonel Samantha Carter.

She has three brothers, one of which is her twin. She has a dog named Abbie. On September 23, 1994 she married Alan Kovacs.

TRIVIA:

Her brothers' names are Richard, Steven and Christopher, where Christopher is her fraternal twin. Two of her co-stars on _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) are also named Richard and Christopher.
Along with 'Gary Jones (I)' (qv) and 'Martin Christopher (II)' (qv), she is one of only three actors to appear in the series finales of both _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) and _"Stargate: Atlantis" (2004)_ (qv): _"Stargate SG-1" (1997) {Unending (#10.20)}_ (qv) and _"Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) {Enemy at the Gate (#5.20)}_ (qv).
Her brother Steven, who suffered from very severe epileptic attacks, died in December 2006.
Before her role on _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv), she appeared in many commercials including ones for Choclairs (chocolate bar), Folger's "Singles" and Advil.
Is a spokesperson for UNICEF.
Daughter, Olivia B. Kovacs, was born on 22nd March 2005; she weighed in at 9 pounds 4 ounces.
Co-Founded the Canadian comedy group "Random Acts"
Appeared in episodes entitled "Avatar" of two different TV series': _"The X Files" (1993) {Avatar (#3.21)}_ (qv) and _"Stargate SG-1" (1997) {Avatar (#8.6)}_ (qv).