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Amanda Tapping

Biographical information
Birth date	(1965-08-28) August 28, 1965 (age 59) Rochford, Essex, England, UK
Gender
Nationality	Canadian
Professional information
Occupations	Actress, Producer, Director
Years active	1991—present
Television	Dr. Helen Magnus in Sanctuary
Stargate-related information
Related series	Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate: Continuum
Occupations	Actress Director
Character	Samantha Carter
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Amanda Tapping (born August 28, 1965 in Rochford, Essex) is an English-born Canadian actress, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. She also starred as Helen Magnus in the Syfy Channel series Sanctuary.

Biography

Involvement in the Stargate universe

Actress
- Captain/Major/Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate: Continuum, Stargate Universe, see list of appearances)
- Alternate realities
  - Dr. Samantha Carter (SG1: "There But For the Grace of God")
  - Dr. Samantha Carter (SG1: "Point of View")
  - Captain Samantha Carter (SG1: "Point of View")
  - Samantha Carter (SG1: "Ripple Effect")
- Alternate timelines
  - Colonel Samantha Carter (SG1: "2010")
  - Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter (SG1: "Moebius", Part 1)
  - Doctor Samantha Carter (SG1: "Moebius")
  - Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter (SG1: "Unending")
  - Colonel Samantha Carter (SGA: "The Last Man")
  - Colonel Samantha Carter (Stargate: Continuum)
- Samantha Carter, the android version created on Altair (SG1: "Tin Man", "Double Jeopardy")
- Jolinar of Malkshur (SG1: "In the Line of Duty")
- Replicator Carter (SG1: "New Order", Part 2, "Gemini", "Reckoning")
Director (SG1: "Resurrection", written by co-star Michael Shanks)

Filmography

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Film and Television
Year	Title	Function	Role	Notes

Notes

Episodes featuring Amanda Tapping

Movie and "Direct-to-DVD" movies

Stargate

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (Main)

Stargate: Continuum (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 1

01/02. "Children of the Gods" (Main)
03. "The Enemy Within" (Main)
04. "Emancipation" (Main)
05. "The Broca Divide" (Main)
06. "The First Commandment" (Main)

07. "Cold Lazarus" (Main)
08. "The Nox" (Main)
09. "Brief Candle" (Main)
10. "Thor's Hammer" (Main)
11. "The Torment of Tantalus" (Main)

12. "Bloodlines" (Main)
13. "Fire and Water" (Main)
14. "Hathor" (Main)
15. "Singularity" (Main)
16. "Cor-Ai" (Main)

17. "Enigma" (Main)
18. "Solitudes" (Main)
19. "Tin Man" (Main)
20. "There But For the Grace of God" (Main)
21. "Politics" (Main)
22. "Within the Serpent's Grasp" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 2

01. "The Serpent's Lair" (Main)
02. "In the Line of Duty" (Main)
03. "Prisoners" (Main)
04. "The Gamekeeper" (Main)
05. "Need" (Main)
06. "Thor's Chariot" (Main)

07. "Message in a Bottle" (Main)
08. "Family" (Main)
09. "Secrets" (Main)
10. "Bane" (Main)
11. "The Tok'ra", Part 1 (Main)

12. "The Tok'ra", Part 2 (Main)
13. "Spirits" (Main)
14. "Touchstone" (Main)
15. "The Fifth Race" (Main)
16. "A Matter of Time" (Main)

17. "Holiday" (Main)
18. "Serpent's Song" (Main)
19. "One False Step" (Main)
20. "Show and Tell" (Main)
21. "1969" (Main)
22. "Out of Mind" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 3

01. "Into the Fire" (Main)
02. "Seth" (Main)
03. "Fair Game" (Main)
04. "Legacy" (Main)
05. "Learning Curve" (Main)
06. "Point of View" (Main)

07. "Deadman Switch" (Main)
08. "Demons" (Main)
09. "Rules of Engagement" (Main)
10. "Forever in a Day" (Main)
11. "Past and Present" (Main)

12. "Jolinar's Memories" (Main)
13. "The Devil You Know" (Main)
14. "Foothold" (Main)
15. "Pretense" (Main)
16. "Urgo" (Main)

17. "A Hundred Days" (Main)
18. "Shades of Grey" (Main)
19. "New Ground" (Main)
20. "Maternal Instinct" (Main)
21. "Crystal Skull" (Main)
22. "Nemesis" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 4

01. "Small Victories" (Main)
02. "The Other Side" (Main)
03. "Upgrades" (Main)
04. "Crossroads" (Main)
05. "Divide and Conquer" (Main)
06. "Window of Opportunity" (Main)

07. "Watergate" (Main)
08. "The First Ones" (Main)
09. "Scorched Earth" (Main)
10. "Beneath the Surface" (Main)
11. "Point of No Return" (Main)

12. "Tangent" (Main)
13. "The Curse" (Main)
14. "The Serpent's Venom" (Main)
15. "Chain Reaction" (Main)
16. "2010" (Main)

17. "Absolute Power" (Main)
18. "The Light" (Main)
19. "Prodigy" (Main)
20. "Entity" (Main)
21. "Double Jeopardy" (Main)
22. "Exodus" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 5

01. "Enemies" (Main)
02. "Threshold" (Main)
03. "Ascension" (Main)
04. "The Fifth Man" (Main)
05. "Red Sky" (Main)
06. "Rite of Passage" (Main)

07. "Beast of Burden" (Main)
08. "The Tomb" (Main)
09. "Between Two Fires" (Main)
10. "2001" (Main)
11. "Desperate Measures" (Main)

12. "Wormhole X-Treme!" (Main)
13. "Proving Ground" (Main)
14. "48 Hours" (Main)
15. "Summit" (Main)
16. "Last Stand" (Main)

17. "Fail Safe" (Main)
18. "The Warrior" (Main)
19. "Menace" (Main)
20. "The Sentinel" (Main)
21. "Meridian" (Main)
22. "Revelations" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 6

01. "Redemption", Part 1 (Main)
02. "Redemption", Part 2 (Main)
03. "Descent" (Main)
04. "Frozen" (Main)
05. "Nightwalkers" (Main)
06. "Abyss" (Main)

07. "Shadow Play" (Main)
08. "The Other Guys" (Main)
09. "Allegiance" (Main)
10. "Cure" (Main)
11. "Prometheus" (Main)

12. "Unnatural Selection" (Main)
13. "Sight Unseen" (Main)
14. "Smoke & Mirrors" (Main)
15. "Paradise Lost" (Main)
16. "Metamorphosis" (Main)

17. "Disclosure"
18. "Forsaken" (Main)
19. "The Changeling" (Main)
20. "Memento" (Main)
21. "Prophecy" (Main)
22. "Full Circle" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 7

01. "Fallen" (Main)
02. "Homecoming" (Main)
03. "Fragile Balance" (Main)
04. "Orpheus" (Main)
05. "Revisions" (Main)
06. "Lifeboat" (Main)

07. "Enemy Mine" (Main)
08. "Space Race" (Main)
09. "Avenger 2.0" (Main)
10. "Birthright" (Main)
11. "Evolution", Part 1 (Main)

12. "Evolution", Part 2 (Main)
13. "Grace" (Main)
14. "Fallout" (Main)
15. "Chimera" (Main)
16. "Death Knell" (Main)

17. "Heroes", Part 1 (Main)
18. "Heroes", Part 2 (Main)
19. "Resurrection" (Main)
20. "Inauguration"
21. "Lost City", Part 1 (Main)
22. "Lost City", Part 2 (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 8

01. "New Order", Part 1 (Main)
02. "New Order", Part 2 (Main)
03. "Lockdown" (Main)
04. "Zero Hour" (Main)
05. "Icon" (Main)

06. "Avatar" (Main)
07. "Affinity" (Main)
08. "Covenant" (Main)
09. "Sacrifices" (Main)
10. "Endgame" (Main)

11. "Gemini" (Main)
12. "Prometheus Unbound"
13. "It's Good To Be King" (Main)
14. "Full Alert" (Main)
15. "Citizen Joe" (Main)

16. "Reckoning", Part 1 (Main)
17. "Reckoning", Part 2 (Main)
18. "Threads" (Main)
19. "Moebius", Part 1 (Main)
20. "Moebius", Part 2 (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 9

01. "Avalon", Part 1 (Main)
02. "Avalon", Part 2
03. "Origin"
04. "The Ties That Bind"
05. "The Powers That Be"

06. "Beachhead" (Main)
07. "Ex Deus Machina" (Main)
08. "Babylon" (Main)
09. "Prototype" (Main)
10. "The Fourth Horseman", Part 1 (Main)

11. "The Fourth Horseman", Part 2 (Main)
12. "Collateral Damage" (Main)
13. "Ripple Effect" (Main)
14. "Stronghold" (Main)
15. "Ethon"

16. "Off the Grid" (Main)
17. "The Scourge" (Main)
18. "Arthur's Mantle" (Main)
19. "Crusade" (Main)
20. "Camelot" (Main)

Stargate SG-1 Season 10

01. "Flesh and Blood" (Main)
02. "Morpheus" (Main)
03. "The Pegasus Project" (Main)
04. "Insiders" (Main)
05. "Uninvited" (Main)

06. "200" (Main)
07. "Counterstrike" (Main)
08. "Memento Mori" (Main)
09. "Company of Thieves" (Main)
10. "The Quest", Part 1 (Main)

11. "The Quest", Part 2 (Main)
12. "Line in the Sand" (Main)
13. "The Road Not Taken" (Main)
14. "The Shroud" (Main)
15. "Bounty" (Main)

16. "Bad Guys"
17. "Talion" (Main)
18. "Family Ties" (Main)
19. "Dominion" (Main)
20. "Unending" (Main)

Stargate Atlantis Season 1

01. "Rising", Part 1
02. "Rising", Part 2
03. "Hide and Seek"
04. "Thirty Eight Minutes"
05. "Suspicion"

06. "Childhood's End"
07. "Poisoning the Well"
08. "Underground"
09. "Home"
10. "The Storm"

11. "The Eye"
12. "The Defiant One"
13. "Hot Zone"
14. "Sanctuary"
15. "Before I Sleep"

16. "The Brotherhood"
17. "Letters From Pegasus" (Guest Star)
18. "The Gift"
19. "The Siege", Part 1
20. "The Siege", Part 1

Stargate Atlantis Season 2

01. "The Siege", Part 3
02. "The Intruder"
03. "Runner"
04. "Duet"
05. "Condemned"

06. "Trinity"
07. "Instinct"
08. "Conversion"
09. "Aurora"
10. "The Lost Boys"

11. "The Hive"
12. "Epiphany"
13. "Critical Mass"
14. "Grace Under Pressure" (Guest Star)
15. "The Tower"

16. "The Long Goodbye"
17. "Coup d'Etat"
18. "Michael"
19. "Inferno"
20. "Allies"

Stargate Atlantis Season 3

01. "No Man's Land"
02. "Misbegotten"
03. "Irresistible"
04. "Sateda"
05. "Progeny"

06. "The Real World"
07. "Common Ground"
08. "McKay and Mrs. Miller" (Guest Star)
09. "Phantoms"
10. "The Return", Part 1

11. "The Return", Part 2
12. "Echoes"
13. "Irresponsible"
14. "Tao of Rodney"
15. "The Game"

16. "The Ark"
17. "Sunday"
18. "Submersion"
19. "Vengeance"
20. "First Strike"

Stargate Atlantis Season 4

01. "Adrift" (Main)
02. "Lifeline" (Main)
03. "Reunion" (Main)
04. "Doppleganger" (Main)
05. "Travelers"

06. "Tabula Rasa" (Main)
07. "Missing"
08. "The Seer" (Main)
09. "Miller's Crossing"
10. "This Mortal Coil"

11. "Be All My Sins Remember'd" (Main)
12. "Spoils of War"
13. "Quarantine" (Main)
14. "Harmony"
15. "Outcast" (Main)

16. "Trio" (Main)
17. "Midway" (Main)
18. "The Kindred", Part 1 (Main)
19. "The Kindred", Part 2 (Main)
20. "The Last Man" (Main)

Stargate Atlantis Season 5

01. "Search and Rescue" (Ending Credits)
02. "The Seed"
03. "Broken Ties"
04. "The Daedalus Variations"
05. "Ghost in the Machine"

06. "The Shrine"
07. "Whispers"
08. "The Queen"
09. "Tracker"
10. "First Contact"

11. "The Lost Tribe"
12. "Outsiders"
13. "Inquisition"
14. "The Prodigal"
15. "Remnants"

16. "Brain Storm"
17. "Infection"
18. "Identity"
19. "Vegas"
20. "Enemy at the Gate" (Ending Credits)

Stargate Universe Season 1

01. "Air", Part 1 (Guest Star)
02. "Air", Part 2
03. "Air", Part 3
04. "Darkness"
05. "Light"

06. "Water"
07. "Earth"
08. "Time"
09. "Life"
10. "Justice"

11. "Space"
12. "Divided"
13. "Faith"
14. "Human"
15. "Lost"

16. "Sabotage"
17. "Pain"
18. "Subversion"
19. "Incursion", Part 1 (Guest Star)
20. "Incursion", Part 2

Episodes featuring Amanda Tapping as Director

Stargate SG-1 Season 7

01. "Fallen"
02. "Homecoming"
03. "Fragile Balance"
04. "Orpheus"
05. "Revisions"
06. "Lifeboat"

07. "Enemy Mine"
08. "Space Race"
09. "Avenger 2.0"
10. "Birthright"
11. "Evolution", Part 1

12. "Evolution", Part 2
13. "Grace"
14. "Fallout"
15. "Chimera"
16. "Death Knell"

17. "Heroes", Part 1
18. "Heroes", Part 2
19. "Resurrection"
20. "Inauguration"
21. "Lost City", Part 1
22. "Lost City", Part 2

External links

Amanda Tapping at the Internet Movie Database
Amanda Tapping on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amanda Tapping's official website

References

Crew and Cast

Stargate SG-1 crew

Directors	Mario Azzopardi • Dennis Berry • Robert C. Cooper • Charles Correll • Allan Eastman • William Gereghty • Ken Girotti • Jonathan Glassner • Jimmy Kaufman • Allan Lee • Andy Mikita • Michael Shanks • Amanda Tapping • Brad Turner • William Waring • David Warry-Smith • Peter F. Woeste • Martin Wood • Jeff Woolnough

Stargate SG-1
Season 10 cast

Main cast	Claudia Black • Beau Bridges • Ben Browder • Christopher Judge • Michael Shanks • Amanda Tapping
Guest Stars	Tony Amendola • Martin Christopher • Don S. Davis • Mike Dopud • Joe Flanigan • David Hewlett • Torri Higginson • Robin Mossley • Robert Picardo • Ben Ratner • Cliff Simon

Stargate Atlantis
Season 5 cast

Main cast	Joe Flanigan • David Hewlett • Rachel Luttrell • Jason Momoa • Robert Picardo • Jewel Staite
Guest Stars	Martin Christopher • Colin Cunningham • Mark Dacascos • Mike Dopud • Christopher Heyerdahl • Paul McGillion

Stargate Universe
Season 1 cast

Main cast

David Blue • Robert Carlyle • Louis Ferreira • Alaina Huffman • Elyse Levesque • Ming-Na • Brian J. Smith • Jamil Walker Smith

Guest Stars

Richard Dean Anderson • Julia Benson • Sean Blakemore • Mark Burgess • Martin Christopher • Mike Dopud • Alisen Down • Cameron Shang Forbes • Vincent Gale • Anna Galvin • Patrick Gilmore • Ona Grauer • Gary Jones • Peter Kelamis • Louise Lombard • William MacDonald • Suleka Mathew • Christopher McDonald • Ming-Na • Rhona Mitra • Lou Diamond Phillips • Tygh Runyan • Michael Shanks • Jennifer Spence • Amanda Tapping

Stargate: The Ark of Truth cast

Main cast	Claudia Black • Beau Bridges • Ben Browder • Christopher Judge • Michael Shanks • Amanda Tapping

Stargate: Continuum cast

Main cast	Claudia Black • Beau Bridges • Ben Browder • Christopher Judge • Michael Shanks • Amanda Tapping
Supporting cast	Richard Dean Anderson • Don S. Davis • Cliff Simon • Peter Williams