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Name: |
Amanda Tapping |
| DOB: |
28 August 1965 |
| Birth Place: |
Rochford, Essex, England, UK |
| Height: |
5' 9" |
| Also Credited: |
Not Available |
| Profession: |
Actress |
| Spouse: |
Not Available |
| AT A GLANCE |
Amanda Tapping 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
she would 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, Life or Something Like It, Rent a Kid, The Outer limits and The X-files, however, her real success that seemed to launch her career came in 1997 with the start of the TV series "Stargate
SG-1," where she plays Major Samantha Carter.
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