Amanda Tapping

Amanda Tapping
Gender:	Female
Medium(s):	Television
Roles:	Actress
Born:	August 28th, 1965
Birthplace:	Rochford, Essex, England
Notable works:	Sanctuary Stargate SG-1 Stargate: Atlantis
1st Sci-Fi:	The X-Files: Avatar

Amanda Tapping is a British-born Canadian actress born in Rochford, Essex on August 28th, 1965. Though born in England, she was raised in Ontario, Canada from the age of three. Amanda Tapping is best known for her role scientific genius and military commander Samantha Carter in the Stargate multimedia franchise. Tapping has appeared in more episodes of the combined Stargate franchise than any other actor. She appeared in 211 episodes of Stargate SG-1, 25 episodes of Stargate Atlantis and 2 episodes of Stargate Universe as well as two Stargate direct-to-video films, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. In 2008, Amanda took on the lead role in another sci-fi project, that of Doctor Helen Magnus on the supernatural sci-fi/thriller Sanctuary.

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• Amanda Tapping directed the "Resurrection" episode of Stargate SG-1 as well as the "Veritas" and "One Night" episodes of Sanctuary.

• Amanda Tapping attended the DragonCon fantasy convention in September, 2011.

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