Editing Amanda Tapping (section)

{{Short description|English-Canadian actress and director (born 1965)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Amanda Tapping
| image              = Amanda Tapping by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Tapping at the Phoenix Comicon, 2013
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1965|08|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Rochford]], [[Essex]], England
| nationality        = Canadian/British
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = Actress, director
| years_active       = 1986–present
| spouse             = Alan Kovacs
| children           = 1
| parents            = 
| education          = {{ubl|[[North Toronto Collegiate Institute]]|[[University of Windsor]]}}
| website            = {{URL|amandatapping.com}}
}}
'''Amanda Tapping''' (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying [[Samantha Carter]] in the Canadian–American [[military science fiction]] television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]],'' ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' and ''[[Stargate Universe]].'' She also starred as [[Helen Magnus]] in the [[science fiction]]-[[fantasy]] television series ''[[Sanctuary (Canadian TV series)|Sanctuary]]''.