Tara Samuel is an award-winning Canuck actor; born in Taiwan but raised in downtown Toronto. She is a devoted fan of the words ‘about’ and ‘eh’. She was classically-trained at the renowned George Brown Theatre School where she was awarded the John Bannerman Award for Most Promising Career.
Tara is beloved internationally as “Tara Williams” on the critically-acclaimed t.v. series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, airing on the Gospel Music Chanel as of October 1st, 2009.
Toronto critics: “one to watch”(Eye), “one of T.O.’s brightest performers….a rising star” (NOW Magazine).
Los Angeles critics: “Samuel is hilarious” (LA Times), “energetic” (Backstage West), ” …easy to imagine her with her own sitcom” (LA Stage Scene), and “Samuel…runs a gamut of emotion” (American Chronicle).
Tara Samuel has been professionally producing theatre and film for over ten years.
FIND – written, directed and produced by Samuel – screened at festivals around the world and was nominated for ‘Best Narrative Short’ at the Oscar-qualifying Austin Film Festival.
Found Treasure, written, directed and produced by Samuel, placed her as a 2007 finalist in the nation-wide search for filmmakers selected for Steven Spielberg’s reality show ‘On The Lot’. Samuel is currently developping and producing a slate of 5 feature films. December 2009 saw the filming of the 1st: “Ruby Booby”, written and directed by internationally celebrated writer Jon Rannells, starring Tara as “Ruby”.
Websites: www.tarasamuel.com | Tara’s imdb page
Tara’s Reel:
Pingback: 9/30/11 – Chad | blogfreako