Amanda Tapping is best known for her role as Samantha Carter on the TV science fiction show "Stargate SG-1 (Showtime: 1997-2002, Syfy: 2002-2007)", and on the Syfy TV science fiction shows "Stargate Atlantis (2005-2009)" and in two episodes (2009-2010) of the "Stargate Universe (2009-2011)".

She reprised this role in the movies "Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)", "Stargate: Continuum (2008)" and "Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009)".

Tapping played Dr. Helen Magnus on the Syfy TV science fiction show "Sanctuary (2008-2011)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "Street Legal", "E.N.G.", "Forever Knight", "Side Effects", "Goosebumps", "Due South", "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues", "The X-Files", "The Newsroom", "Flash Forward", "The Outer Limits", "Millennium", "Traffic", "Earthsea", "Supernatural", "Motive", "Package Deal" and "Killjoys".

She appeared in movies like "The Donor (1995)", "Degree of Guilt (1995)", "Rent-a-Kid (1995)", "Net Worth (1995)", "The Haunting of Lisa (1996)", "Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story (1996)", "Remembrance (1996)", "What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996)", "Booty Call (1997)", "Blacktop (2000)", "The Void (2001)", "Stuck (2002)", "Life or Something Like It (2002)", "Engaged to Kill (2006)", "Dancing Trees (2009)", "Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)", "Space Milkshake (2012)", "Random Acts of Romance (2012)" and "Kid Cannabis (2014)".

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