Tara Summers

Birth Name:

Tara Summers

Birth Place:

London, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress, Producer

Received the 2011 Copper Wing Award at the Phoenix Film Festival
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
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
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
Made her screen acting debut in the film "What a Girl Wants" in 2003
Best known for her role as Rita Riggs in "Hitchcock" and as Katie Lloyd in "Boston Legal․"
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
Wroter and starred in her own one-woman show, "Gypsy of Chelsea․"

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