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Amanda Tapping

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Amanda Tapping: Biography

Amanda Tapping

Birth Place: Rochford, Essex, England
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/28/1965, Virgo
Profession: Actor

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Amanda Tapping Fast Facts:

Parents wanted her to pursue a career in science.
Appeared in stage productions of Steel Magnolias, Children of a Lesser God and Noises Off.
First TV job was an appearance in a 1989 commercial for the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons.
In the early 1990s, cofounded the Canadian comedy group Random Acts, with Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie Kerr.
Won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress in the 2006 film Breakdown.
Received Gemini Award nominations for her work on Stargate SG-1 (2001) and Sanctuary (2009). The Gemini Awards honor excellence in Canadian TV.

Amanda Tapping Relationships:
Alan Kovacs - Husband
Christopher Tapping - Brother
Olivia B. Kovacs - Daughter
Richard Tapping - Brother
Stephen Tapping - Brother
College:
University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1988)

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