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Amanda Tapping
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| Mostly Credited As: | Amanda Tapping |
| Birth Name: | Amanda Tapping |
| Date Of Birth: | August 28, 1965 (Age 43) |
| Country Of Birth: |  United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Rochford, Essex, England |
| Height: | 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
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Amanda Tapping was born in August 28, 1965, in Essex, England. She lived with her family in South Essex for a short while, and then they moved to Ontario, Canada, when she was 3. Amanda has blonde her, blue eyes, and her height is 5' 9'' (175 cm). She has a twin brother and two older brothers. She mostly likes camping, skiing, hiking, reading and riding horses.
Although her parents wanted her to become a scientist, and although she excelled in math during school, her aspiration was arts. She won acting and scientific awards while she studied in North Toronto High. She used to wish she could guest star in Coronation Street, her and her mother's favorite TV show.
Amanda studied and graduated Drama in the University Of Windsor School Of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, Ontario, and spent 4 more years studying theater and appearing on stage. At that time, she was still under her vow not to appear on TV. Later she hired an agent and performed in commercials, using her money to sustain her and her 2 friend's comedic group, in the early 90's. Throughout the years 1995-1997 she participated in TV shows such as Flash Forward, Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story and Remembrance. She was even a guest star on X-Files. She took part in several films, such as The Donor, Rent-a-Kid, and Booty Call.
Amanda's career got the huge breakthrough when she won the role of Major/Captain/Colonel Samantha Carter in the TV series Stargate SG1 in 1997.
Samantha Carter, her character in Stargate SG1, is a brilliant doctor and scientist who researched and studied the Stargate for years, until she was recruited to SG1, the leading team, to go through the gate (an alien device capable of transferring matter to distant planets) to look for technologies and allies to protect Earth against evil beings in space. Her co-star for the first 8 seasons was none other then Richard Dean Anderson.
Amanda is married to Alan Kovacs, and their daughter, Olivia B, was born on March 22, 2005.
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Amanda Tapping was born in August 28, 1965, in Essex, England. She lived with her family in South Essex for a short while, and then they moved to Ontario, Canada, when she was 3. Amanda has blonde her, blue eyes, and her height is 5' 9'' (175 cm). She has a twin brother and two older brothers. She mostly likes camping, skiing, hiking, reading and riding horses.
Although her parents wanted her to become a scientist, and although she excelled in math during school, her aspiration was arts. She won acting and scientific awards while she studied in North Toronto High. She used to wish she could guest star in Coronation Street, her and her mother's favorite TV show.
Amanda studied and graduated Drama in the University Of Windsor School Of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, Ontario, and spent 4 more years studying theater and appearing on stage. At that time, she was still under her vow not to appear on TV. Later she hired an agent and performed in commercials, using her money to sustain her and her 2
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Show: Stargate SG-1 (1997) (Credited in 1 episodes from this show) | Filter List; Show only credits as:
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| • Resurrection |
07x19 |
Feb/27/2004 |
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| Amanda Tapping worked in 1 episode from 1 TV Show
as Director: 1 episode |
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Amanda Tapping Trivia |
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Tapping's brother Steven passed away suddenly in December of 2006.
| Before filming, she likes to research the scientific aspects of each Stargate SG-1 episode so she will understand what her character says.
| Coronation Street was her and her mother's favorite TV show when Amanda was younger.
| She co-founded the Canadian comedy group "Random Acts".
| She appeared in episodes of two different series entitled "Avatar": The X Files and Stargate SG-1.
| She graduated from the University of Windsor's school of dramatic art
| Her first child, daughter Olivia Kovacs, was born on March 22nd, 2005 at 6:29 PM
| When born, her daughter Olivia weighed 9 lbs 4ozs and was a length of 22 inches.
| Although she is signed on for a full, 20-episode season of Stargate next year, it will be divided between Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
| Of the other four original Stargate SG-1 regulars, she is the only one who did not meet and/or work with Richard Dean Anderson before the series began
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