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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 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 IN PRODUCTION

Amanda is currently filming a new series of "Sanctuary" in Vancouver. Shooting Schedule: 5th May - 11th September 2008. The series premiers on TMN, Movie Central and The Sci-Fi Channels in North America in October 2008. ITV will be showing it in Great Britain but are yet to confirm dates.

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...

Running Time 96 mins.

STARGATE DVD MOVIE RELEASE DATE JULY 2008

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OCTOBER 2007 - Amanda Tapping won the Best Film Actress in the 8th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards.

Amanda Tapping has been nominated for Best Film Actress in the 8th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards. The awards are an artist driven recognition, with a voting membership of 18,000, including members of ACTRA, Canadian Actor’s Equity Association, The Directors Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Canada and The Comedy Association: including Yuk Yuk’s, Second City and Just for Laughs. There are 20 Awards in 3 categories: film, television and live comedy. Amandas' nomination is one of four for filmmaker John Bolton and his short film Breakdown (Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress, and Best Actor). The film was shown at the outdoor Harmony Arts Festival in John Lawson Park in North Vancouver at 9:15pm on August 11. The story behind the short film Breakdown, is as follows: “In May 2006, filmmakers John Bolton and Errin Clutton were given eight days and eight hundred dollars to produce the made-for-television disaster film “Breakdown”. Unfortunately, they spent the first seven days in casting. On the eighth day, they cut together “Breakdown” with the only footage they had - the video from the casting session. This is that film.” The film also includes Stargate veterans Sonya Salomaa (Charlotte Mayfield/Athena), Garry Chalk (Colonel Chekov), Kendall Cross (Julia Donovan), Mike Coleman (Med Tech in “The Powers That Be”), and Winston Rekert (Cordesh) who was also nominated for his role in the film in the Best Actor category. The 8th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards will be presented at the Comedy Awards & Festival celebrations from October 9-13, 2007, in London, Ontario, Canada.

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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