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Amanda Tapping

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Born In England, raised in Canada. BFA Acting University of Windsor. Amanda spent 12 seasons on Stargate SG-1 (1997) and its spin-offs, Stargate: Atlantis (2004) and Stargate Universe (2009), as "Samantha Carter". She then took on the lead role of "Dr. Helen Magnus" on the television series Sanctuary (2008), a project she had been nurturing from its inception on the internet.

Tapping has come to secure a strong and direct influence on her projects from behind the lens. She was an Executive Producer of Sanctuary (2008) and also sat in the director's chair for several episodes. She previously directed the Stargate SG-1 (1997) episode, Resurrection (2004), in 2004, which garnered her a Leo Award nomination for Best Director. She has also directed three episodes each of Primeval: New World (2012), Arctic Air (2012) and Continuum (2012). She has also directed Strange Empire (2014), Olympus (2015), Dark Matter (2015) and X Company (2015). Tapping has also earned four Leo Awards for Best Actress, has been nominated for two Gemini Awards and four Saturn Awards and won the 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Amanda's love of comedy lead her to co-found the all female Canadian comedy troupe, Random Acts. Her work in the short film Breakdown (2006) earned her the Canadian Comedy Award in 2007. She also did films like Space Milkshake (2012), Random Acts of Romance (2012), Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012) and Kid Cannabis (2014). She was Naomi on 7 episodes of the 8th season of Supernatural (2005). She also played a recurring character on the sitcom Package Deal (2013).

Tapping has had the pleasure of supporting various charities and organizations such as The Coast Foundation, a support agency for people with mental disabilities, The Canadian Cancer Society, UNICEF and V-Day by performing in "The Vagina Monologues" to help end violence against women and girls worldwide. She also sits on the leadership council for The Waterkeeper Alliance. Amanda launched the charitable foundation "Sanctuary for Kids" in 2009 to support both local and global children's charities helping children in crisis. To date they have raised over $650,000. Their work takes them to Nepal, Haiti and the downtown east side of Vancouver. She was honored with Women in Film's "Woman of Vision" award. She also received the YWCA Women of Distinction "Connecting the Community" Award. She was awarded The Jules Verne Award in Paris for her humanitarian work. She was offered an Honorary Life Membership from the University College of Dublin Law Society and received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from The University of Windsor.
BornAugust 28, 1965
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Amanda Tapping in Degree of Guilt (1995)
Amanda Tapping in Supernatural (2005)
Amanda Tapping and Daniel Falk in Killjoys (2015)
Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
Gillian Anderson and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
Mitch Pileggi and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Howard Hoover, Tyrone Savage, and Amanda Tapping in Goosebumps (1995)
Amanda Tapping in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
Joe Flanigan and Amanda Tapping in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)

Known for

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Stargate SG-1
8.4
TV Series
  • Major Samantha Carter
  • Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
  • Captain Samantha Carter
  • Dr. Samantha Carter
  • RepliCarter
  • Android Carter
  • Jolinar
  • Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter
  • Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter
  • Samantha Carter
Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping, and Emilie Ullerup in Sanctuary (2008)
Sanctuary
7.3
TV Series
  • Dr. Helen Magnus
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
Stargate: Continuum
7.4
Video
  • Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
  • 2008
Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk, and Amanda Tapping in Space Milkshake (2012)
Space Milkshake
5.7
  • Valentina
  • 2012

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Actress

  • Arlen Aguayo Stewart, BJ Harrison, Linda Ko, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Diana Pavlovská, Lyne Renée, Demetria McKinney, Sarah Yarkin, Tony Giroux, Amalia Holm, Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Mellany Barros, Kylee Brown, Ess Hödlmoser, and Ashley Nicole Williams in Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
    Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Eric McCormack, Patrick Gilmore, MacKenzie Porter, Reilly Dolman, Jared Abrahamson, and Nesta Cooper in Travelers (2016)
    Travelers
  • Supernatural (2005)
    Supernatural
  • Richard Harmon in Woodland (2018)
    Woodland
    • (voice)
  • Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, and Hannah John-Kamen in Killjoys (2015)
    Killjoys
  • Julia Voth in Package Deal (2013)
    Package Deal
  • Kid Cannabis (2014)
    Kid Cannabis
  • Hell in a Handbag
  • Motive (2013)
    Motive
  • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1: Unleashed (2013)
    Stargate SG-1: Unleashed
    • (voice)
  • #SaveBCFilm PSA (2013)
    #SaveBCFilm PSA
    • (uncredited)
  • Random Acts of Romance (2012)
    Random Acts of Romance
  • Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk, and Amanda Tapping in Space Milkshake (2012)
    Space Milkshake
  • Moira Kelly in Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
    Taken Back: Finding Haley
  • Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping, and Emilie Ullerup in Sanctuary (2008)
    Sanctuary

Producer

  • Arlen Aguayo Stewart, BJ Harrison, Linda Ko, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Diana Pavlovská, Lyne Renée, Demetria McKinney, Sarah Yarkin, Tony Giroux, Amalia Holm, Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Mellany Barros, Kylee Brown, Ess Hödlmoser, and Ashley Nicole Williams in Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
    Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk, and Amanda Tapping in Space Milkshake (2012)
    Space Milkshake
  • Robin Dunne, Amanda Tapping, and Emilie Ullerup in Sanctuary (2008)
    Sanctuary
  • Sanctuary (2007)
    Sanctuary

Director

  • Dead Boy Detectives
    • In Production
  • Arlen Aguayo Stewart, BJ Harrison, Linda Ko, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Diana Pavlovská, Lyne Renée, Demetria McKinney, Sarah Yarkin, Tony Giroux, Amalia Holm, Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Mellany Barros, Kylee Brown, Ess Hödlmoser, and Ashley Nicole Williams in Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
    Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis in First Kill (2022)
    First Kill
  • Miranda Otto, Richard Coyle, Lucy Davis, Michelle Gomez, Luke Cook, Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Jaz Sinclair, Skye P. Marshall, Lachlan Watson, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Cowen, Jonathan Whitesell, Gavin Leatherwood, Sam Corlett, Chance Perdomo, and Adeline Rudolph in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  • Javicia Leslie in Batwoman (2019)
    Batwoman
  • Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)
    The Flash
  • Amybeth McNulty in Anne with an E (2017)
    Anne with an E
  • Eliza Taylor, Richard Harmon, Marie Avgeropoulos, and Lindsey Morgan in The 100 (2014)
    The 100
  • Eline Powell in Siren (2018)
    Siren
  • Blindspot (2015)
    Blindspot
  • Supernatural (2005)
    Supernatural
  • Eric McCormack, Patrick Gilmore, MacKenzie Porter, Reilly Dolman, Jared Abrahamson, and Nesta Cooper in Travelers (2016)
    Travelers
  • Reel Women Seen (2017)
    Reel Women Seen
  • X Company (2015)
    X Company
  • Aleks Paunovic, Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe, Nicole Muñoz, and Keeya King in Van Helsing (2016)
    Van Helsing
  • The Romeo Section (2015)
    The Romeo Section
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Sanctuary: Complete Second Season
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Sanctuary: Complete Second Season
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Trailer 1:01
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Woodland
Trailer 1:34
Woodland
Space Milkshake
Trailer 1:10
Space Milkshake
Sanctuary: The Complete Fourth Season
Trailer 1:21
Sanctuary: The Complete Fourth Season
Sanctuary: The Complete Third Season
Trailer 1:54
Sanctuary: The Complete Third Season
Sanctuary: Complete Second Season
Trailer 0:55
Sanctuary: Complete Second Season
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Trailer 1:16
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Trailer 0:31
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Trailer 0:31
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Tenth Season
Trailer 1:01
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Tenth Season
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Tenth Season
Trailer 0:16
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Tenth Season

Personal details

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    • August 28, 1965
    • Rochford, Essex, England, UK
    • Allan KovacsSeptember 23, 1994 - present (1 child)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Advil (1996).
  • Publicity listings
    • 26 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 17 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Along with Gary Jones, she is one of only two actors to appear in all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 (1997) and all five seasons of Stargate: Atlantis (2004).
  • Quotes
    [on winning her first Saturn Award] All I can say is thank God "Buffy"'s off the air, I was starting to feel like Susan Lucci.

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