Amanda Tapping - Canadian actress, director andProducer - born August 28, 1965 in Rocheford, Essex, United Kingdom. When she was three years old, the family moved to Canada and settled in Toronto. Amanda's parents tried to instill a love for science in their daughter, but they did little to succeed, since the girl from early childhood dreamed of becoming an actress.
School "North Toronto High" was advanceda drama club for high school students, where pupils got acquainted with theatrical art, played performances and, most importantly, put on stage these performances. Amanda was so fascinated by the school theater that she almost fell behind in basic subjects. At some point, the girl had to leave the rehearsal and sit down at the textbooks. And yet, when the Dramatic Arts Award was organized for the most distinguished in the drama club, the first prize went to Amanda Tapping.
The parents failed to interest the daughter in science,and Amanda herself gradually introduced them to art. His mother watched Tony Warren’s television series Coronation Street with her, and her father, a big fan of the comedians of the Monty Python group, often invited her daughter to join him and watch the next performance of the famous six comedians.
Аманда Таппинг, биография которой в то время was to make a sharp turn, after school continued an in-depth study of dramatic art at Windsor University. The girl became less likely to see her parents, the road took a lot of time. Amanda could not go to Toronto as often as she wanted. After the course, she became an actress in a theater in Toronto. At the same time, she began to receive offers from television, where she wanted to be seen in several roles at once. At first, the actress agreed reluctantly, but the TV people managed to interest her.
After Amanda Tapping becamereceive a very good income, she decided to invest in her own project - the comedy troupe Random Acts, consisting of three actresses: Amanda Tupping herself, Ann Mary Kerr and Catherine Jackson. The girls played their mini-performances and improvisational scenes throughout Toronto and beyond. And, of course, participated in all theatrical festivals and competitions. In addition, the mobile troupe was a welcome guest at numerous fairs in Ontario County.
In 1995, touring the open spacesCanada had to be suspended - Amanda was overwhelmed with roles on several television shows at once. These were the series "Call of the Flesh", "The X-Files", "Hire a Child", "News Editors", "Strictly to the South" and "Donor". In addition, the starring role of Amanda Tapping - Samantha Carter on the series "Stargate SG-1" was on the way.
To get the role of Samantha, I had to get aroundmany competitors. Samples were carried out in several stages. Along the way, Amanda recorded episodes from all her best roles on a separate video tape and sent copies to the directors who somehow participated in the project. The main screen tests took place in Los Angeles, and Amanda went to California. In the end, there were three pretenders, and Tapping was among them. Two more weeks passed. She was called to report the approval of the role. Amanda on the same day packed a suitcase and flew to Vancouver, where shooting was to begin.
The actress was in the image of Samantha Carter about 10years, not for a minute without leaving the role. The character was extremely difficult - a soldier and a scientist, an astrophysicist and a representative of the naval forces in one person. Amanda Tapping completely identified herself with her heroine, and so she wanted to see every woman of our time. Determination, composure and achievement of the result in the shortest possible way - this should be a woman. The idol of the actress for a long time was the writer Gloria Steinem, known as an implacable feminist, and at times a suffragist.
Tupping contrasted herself with all things feminine.society, because most of the fair sex and do not want to hear about the notorious women's independence. Amanda regarded the opposition as evidence of weakness and reproached the female class for the widespread retreat of the female half of humanity before men who systematically continue the shameful segregation, not letting the authorities go to the governing structures and leaving them with the most undervalued positions.
In a break between filming the series "StarThe gates of "Amanda Tapping, whose filmography contains about 40 films, acted in a cameo role in the television series anthology" Beyond the Possible ", and then performed the role of Dr. Cantor in the mystical TV series Millennium.
Amanda Tapping is probably the only onemovie actress, which is guided in the work of its own philosophy: she is convinced that there is such a thing - female power. And this power gives rise to responsibility, heroism and high intelligence. Logic in the reasoning of the actress a bit, but it should be respected for the unshakable faith in their ideals.
Amanda - quite purposefula woman of the weaker sex, and without the slightest sign of weakness. Amanda Tapping loves hiking, camping, skiing and horseback riding. It is an active defender of nature, especially animals. Sponsors a community of cancer patients suffering from breast cancer.
The actress maintains a relationship with two seniorbrothers - Christopher and Richard, Abby loves his soul in his dog. Amanda's husband - Alan Kovach - always and in everything agrees with his wife, and when she said it was time to have a child, he did not object. March 22, 2005, the couple had a daughter, who was named Olivia. Recently, the youthful Amanda Tapping (photo of 2013 practically does not differ from the pictures of the actress made in 1993) began to actively engage in fitness along with Olivia. The husband remains at this time at home.
