Amanda Tapping is an English-born Canadian actress. Born in Rochford, Essex in England, she moved with her family to Ontario, Canada when she was three 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 Amanda 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.
Amanda Tapping is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which debuted in 1997. In season four of Stargate Atlantis; Amanda took over the role as the Atlantis expedition commander. In season five, however, Amanda's role on the show was reduced to that of "special guest-star" with only occasional appearances. Instead of returning for Atlantis' 5th season Amanda chose to focus her attention on the development of a new series for the SCI FI Channel, "Sanctuary For All" for which she serves as both star and Executive Producer, which follows on from "Sanctuary", a show released on the internet in 2007 as a series of eight "webisodes", where the bulk of the scenery and characters are entirely green-screen and cgi creations.
SANCTUARY
Amandas' new series of Sanctuary premiers Friday October 3rd on TMN, Movie Central and The Sci-Fi Channels in North America and ITV4 in Great Britain on Monday 6th.
MOVIE RELEASE DATE SUMMER 2008
Director : Anne Wheeler
Cast : Brooke Burns
Katie Boland
Amanda Tapping
Nicholas Lea
Martha - played by Katie Boland, 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genius whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routine with her cousin Nicole - played by Brooke Burns- and mother Josephine, she sees the good in everything and everyone.
But suddenly, her mother is viciously murdered before her eyes and Martha is sent to a foster home.
Nicole is distraught and battles for custody of her cousin, but the police constantly block her requests. Finally, Detective Velez relents, on one condition. Martha must help find her mother's murderer...
Stage 3 Media will be at the Vancouver International Digital Festival, which runs from September 22nd through to the 25th. They will be doing a special screening of Sanctuary on the big screen at the Vancouver International Film Centre on Sunday the 23rd.
Doors open: 6pm
Screening: 7 - 10pm
Sanctuary won the for an award in the 2007 POPVOX Awards. In the category for Best Digital VFX it competed against Artifex Studios' Painkiller Jane, Rainmaker Skate & Faces the Crowd, RoboJew Vz Giant Nazi Woman of the SS and Zero Clusters' Deportation. The winners were announced at the Vancouver International Digital Festival.
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Dr. Horrible to h*ghjack the Emmy Broadcast. Hopefully Captain Hammer will stop him! *Sun Emmys (USA) 8 pm Eastern CBS (UK) Sun Simon at whedonesque says "E! Entertainment channel at 1am tonight, repeated at 2pm and 8pm tomorrow (according to Sky's online listings) " (Aussieland) Mon JenskiJen at whedonesque "Emmy's will be shown on Australian TV on Monday, 21 September 2009 from 10pm – 12am on Network Ten." Also Keep an eye out for a youtube of it!
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