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Tara Samuel

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  • Producer
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Tara Samuel
Lisa, an aspiring songwriter, whose farming family has suffered foreclosure is forced to work at a new, 'urban farm' where she meets Dalia. Her casual racism leads her to be fired but the women end up drawn into a passionate affair.
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Tara Samuel is a Canadian award-winning actor, writer, producer and filmmaker. Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress in a series for her role "Vangeline Neddeaus" in award-winning CBC original series The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island. Most widely known for her television role "Tara Williams" in long-running series SueThomas: F.B.Eye, which continues to air around the world.

Tara is producer-actor of the films Ruby Booby, Prairie Sonata, and The Rwanda Blend and FIND, written and directed by Tara Samuel and Nominated Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival. Winner, Best Actress for her role "Ruby" in RUBY BOOBY, Manhattan Film Festival. 2021 feature film roles in LUNE, written by Aviva Armour-Ostroff and directed by award-winning co-directors Aviva Armour-Ostroff and Arturo Perrez, and THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS, written and directed by award winning director Jennifer Abbott.

Tara is published in MovieMakerMagazine online, is co-founder of the renowned Los Angeles film collective wemakemovies.org, and is a professor at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She wrote and recorded the kid-empowering children's album Be Who You Are with Paula Tiberius.

Tara's production company Baubo's Plan develops and produces tv and film scripts that illuminate the ferocity and complexity of women's battles and triumphs, with the goal of igniting love and awakening in audiences.
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Matthew Broderick in Painkiller (2023)
    Painkiller
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Diane Schnitzler
    • Diana Shnitzler
    Holly Deveaux and Maxine Denis in Polarized (2023)
    Polarized
    6.1
    • Jill
    • 2023
    Tara Samuel and Troy Kotsur in Wild Prairie Rose (2016)
    Wild Prairie Rose
    6.9
    • Rose Miller
    • 2016
    The Magnitude of All Things (2020)
    The Magnitude of All Things
    8.2
    • Saille
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Mistletoe Murders (2022)
      Mistletoe Murders
      8.6
      Podcast Series
      • Sara the Bartender
      • 2023
    • Matthew Broderick in Painkiller (2023)
      Painkiller
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Diane Schnitzler
      • Diana Shnitzler
      • 2023
    • Holly Deveaux and Maxine Denis in Polarized (2023)
      Polarized
      6.1
      • Jill
      • 2023
    • Rukiya Bernard, Taylor Cole, Dewshane Williams, and Jack Turner in One Winter Proposal (2019)
      One Winter Proposal
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Lisa
      • 2019
    • Christmas at Grand Valley (2018)
      Christmas at Grand Valley
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Toni - Leo's sister
      • 2018
    • The Mix (2017)
      The Mix
      7.5
      • Mrs. Kent
      • 2017
    • The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island (2017)
      The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island
      7.4
      TV Series
      • 'Vangeline Neddeau
      • 2017
    • Tara Samuel and Troy Kotsur in Wild Prairie Rose (2016)
      Wild Prairie Rose
      6.9
      • Rose Miller
      • 2016
    • If Only You Were French (2015)
      If Only You Were French
      6.4
      Short
      • Delphine
      • 2015
    • The Rwanda Blend (2015)
      The Rwanda Blend
      Short
      • Julie
      • 2015
    • Beachwood Charter (2014)
      Beachwood Charter
      TV Series
      • Diane
      • 2014
    • Way Down in Chinatown (2014)
      Way Down in Chinatown
      6.7
      • Mara
      • 2014
    • Tiger Orange (2014)
      Tiger Orange
      6.5
      • Rachel
      • 2014
    • Hunt the Maguffin (2014)
      Hunt the Maguffin
      • Tara
      • 2014
    • The Drain (2013)
      The Drain
      5.8
      Short
      • Janice
      • 2013

    Producer



    • The Rwanda Blend (2015)
      The Rwanda Blend
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Ruby Booby (2013)
      Ruby Booby
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Trish Doolan, Tara Samuel, Jodie Sweetin, Joseph Porter, David Dastmalchian, and Miracle Laurie in Singled Out (2012)
      Singled Out
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Biggz (2011)
      Biggz
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Empty
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Prairie Sonata
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • The Anti-Porn
      Short
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Keir Gilchrist in Find (2006)
      Find
      6.5
      Short
      • co-executive producer
      • 2006

    Writer



    • Bad Advice & Secret Talents (2012)
      Bad Advice & Secret Talents
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Keir Gilchrist in Find (2006)
      Find
      6.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2006

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    • Official sites
      • Busterhouse Productions
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    • Born
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Spouse
      • Matt Flugger2004 - present
    • Other works
      Co-Founder, We Make Movies - Tara Samuel, Joe Leonard and Sam Mestman founded this notorious independent film collective, Hollywood, CA, USA.

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      In 2012, she won Best Actress for "Ruby" at the International Film Festival Manhattan.
    • Quotes
      I am feeling great with where I am at, I am happy!

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