Michael Shanks
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Awards and Nominations
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Nominated
Women in Film & Television Vancouver's Spotlight Awards (CA) 2009 Winner Spotlight Award. Woman of Vision Award (Special Jury Prize) for her ground-breaking work on Sanctuary and having the vision to grow the series from webcast to broadcast.
- August 28, 1965
In 2007, she won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress for her role in the short film Breakdown. [5] On 18 September 2012, she was cast as an angel named Naomi on season 8 of the TV series Supernatural. She was a recurring character who appeared in seven episodes. [6] .
Tapping has also earned four Leo Awards for Best Actress, has been nominated for two Gemini Awards and four Saturn Awards and won the 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. Amanda's love of comedy lead her to co-found the all female Canadian comedy troupe, Random Acts.
- January 1, 1
- 1.75 m
- Rochford, Essex, England, UK
Amanda Tapping in Degree of Guilt (1995)- Amanda Tapping in Supernatural (2005)
- Amanda Tapping and Daniel Falk in Killjoys (2015)
- Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
- Gillian Anderson and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
- Mitch Pileggi and Amanda Tapping in The X-Files (1993)
- Howard Hoover, Tyrone Savage, and Amanda Tapping in Goosebumps (1995)
- Amanda Tapping in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
- Joe Flanigan and Amanda Tapping in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
Tapping has also earned four Leo Awards for Best Actress, has been nominated for two Gemini Awards and four Saturn Awards and won the 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. Amanda's love of comedy lead her to co-found the all female Canadian comedy troupe, Random Acts.
- August 28, 1965
Won Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series - Stargate SG-1 "Ascension" Nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Supporting Actress - Stargate SG-1
She was honoured by the Directors Guild of Canada, B.C. in March 2019, and named as ACTRA's Woman of the Year in 2015 and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Drama Series (Anne with an E).
Amanda is best known for her role of Captain / Major / Colonel Samantha Carter in the highly successful MGM television series Stargate SG-1 and her screen credits encompass many well known television series.
