---
name: "Amanda Tapping"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amanda-tapping"
fi1m_id: "amanda-tapping"
imdb_id: "nm0850102"
tmdb_id: 26087
wikidata_id: "Q229207"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:20:10.158670+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amanda Tapping

## Identity

Amanda Tapping

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amanda-tapping
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amanda-tapping
- **IMDb ID:** nm0850102
- **TMDB ID:** 26087
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229207
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Tapping, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850102/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26087

Director. Born 28 August 1965 in Rochford, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 August 1965, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Аманда Теппінг, آماندا تپینگ
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Tapping, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229207, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850102/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26087

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)

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## Biography

Amanda Tapping is a Canadian actress and director. Born on 28 August 1965 in Rochford, Essex, England, she moved to Canada at the age of three and graduated from the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts.

She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the series *Stargate SG-1* (1997–2007) and its spin-offs *Stargate Atlantis* and *Stargate Universe*. Tapping has also appeared as the angel Naomi in *Supernatural* (2012–2018) and has directed multiple episodes of the series, including in seasons 12 and 13. She has directed episodes of other series such as *The 100*, *Anne with an E*, and *Murder in a Small Town* (2024).

Tapping has received several awards for her acting, including Leo Awards and a Saturn Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, supernatural.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Carina Sayles — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, as Naomi — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ripple* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Levels* (2024), as MEL
- *Murder in a Small Town* (2024), series, Director
- *Dead Boy Detectives* (2024), series, Director
- *The Spencer Sisters* (2023), series, Director
- *First Kill* (2022), series, Director
- *Hexengeddon: Witches vs. the World* (2020), Director
- *Batwoman* (2019), series, Director
- *Woodland* (2018), as Donna
- *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), series, Director
- *Siren* (2018), series, Director
- *Reel Women Seen* (2017), Director
- *Anne with an E* (2017), series, Director
- *Travelers* (2016), series, as Dr. Perrow · Director
- *Van Helsing* (2016), series, Director
- *The Magicians* (2015), series, Director
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, Director
- *Family for Christmas* (2015), Director
- *Killjoys* (2015), series, as Dr. Jaeger
- *Dark Matter* (2015), series, Director
- *Olympus* (2015), series, Director
- *The Flash* (2014), series, Director
- *Kid Cannabis* (2014), as Nate's Mom
- *The 100* (2014), series, Director
- *Motive* (2013), series, as Dr. Kate Robbins
- *Hell in a Handbag* (2013), as Mother Superior
- *Primeval: New World* (2012), series, Creator
- *Space Milkshake* (2012), as Valentina
- *Match Game* (2012), series, Actor
- *Random Acts of Romance* (2012), as Diane
- *Taken Back: Finding Haley* (2012), as Susan
- *Continuum* (2012), series, Director
- *Arctic Air* (2012), series, Director
- *Riese: Kingdom Falling* (2009), series, as narrator
- *Stargate Universe* (2009), series, as Samantha Carter
- *Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods* (2009), as Captain Samantha Carter
- *Dancing Trees* (2009), as Josephina Rooney
- *Stargate - En route vers les étoiles* (2009), as Carter - Elle-même
- *Sanctuary* (2008), series, as Dr. Helen Magnus · Producer, Director, Executive Producer
- *Stargate: Continuum* (2008), as Colonel Samantha Carter
- *Stargate: The Ark of Truth* (2008), as Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
- *Breakdown* (2006), as Mary Johnson
- *Engaged to Kill* (2006), as Detective Burns
- *Stargate SG-1: True Science* (2006), as Narrator
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Naomi · Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Legend of Earthsea* (2004), series, as Lady Elfarren
- *Stargate Atlantis* (2004), series, as Samantha Carter
- *Life or Something Like It* (2002), as Carrie Maddox
- *Stuck* (2002), as Liz
- *The Void* (2001), as Prof. Eva Soderstrom
- *Blacktop* (2000), as Waitress
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Samantha Carter · Director
- *Booty Call* (1997), as Dr. Moore
- *Millennium* (1996), series, as Dr. Cantor
- *Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story* (1996), as Kathryn Laumann
- *The Haunting of Lisa* (1996), as Gina / Angel
- *Goosebumps: It Came from Beneath the Sink* (1996), as Mrs. Merton
- *Flash Forward* (1995), series, as Miss Yansouni
- *Goosebumps* (1995), series, as Mrs. Merton
- *The Donor* (1995), as Cassie
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Cmdr. Kate Girard
- *Rent-a-Kid* (1995), as Mrs. Nicely
- *Net Worth* (1995), as Colleen Howe
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Audrey McKenna
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Carina Sayles — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as McIllroy's Girlfriend, Annie
- *Forever Knight* (1992), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Amanda Tapping](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-451eb226fcef.jpg) Amanda Tapping — Lisa West Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Amanda_Tapping_OCC_Adelaide_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-c2759026287e.jpg) Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Amanda_Tapping_%288855796283%29.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Tapping_%288855796283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Tapping at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-45fe0f4259e6.jpg) Amanda Tapping at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Amanda_Tapping_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Tapping_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-1bcc08ee0abf.jpg) Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Amanda_Tapping_%288856449230%29.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Tapping_%288856449230%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Tapping](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-1db3124d8095.jpg) Amanda Tapping — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Tapping](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-69a455c05d42.jpg) Amanda Tapping — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Tapping](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-b34f57be1b40.jpg) Amanda Tapping — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-97fad9890e6d.jpg) Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Amanda_Tapping_%288855833111%29.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Tapping_%288855833111%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-3d6d418919d7.jpg) Amanda Tapping speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Amanda_Tapping_%288855785953%29.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Tapping_%288855785953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Tapping](https://film.one/media/person/391530/gallery-02870ffad730.jpg) Amanda Tapping — Image via TMDB

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