Tara Summers Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "Boston Legal" in 2008 and 2009
• Received the 2011 Copper Wing Award at the Phoenix Film Festival
• Graduated from Brown University with a degree in History in 2001
• Studied acting at the National Theatre Institute and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "What a Girl Wants" in 2003
• After deciding to move to Los Angeles, she received a stroke of luck when she was cast in a television pilot five days after arriving in Hollywood
• Best known for her role as Rita Riggs in "Hitchcock" and as Katie Lloyd in "Boston Legal․"
• Wroter and starred in her own one-woman show, "Gypsy of Chelsea․"
• In 2011, she directed the music video for Snow Patrol's song "Called Out in the Dark․"
• Show creator David Kelly specifically created the role of Katie Lloyd on "Boston Legal" for her