A specialist in stargate technology who holds a doctorate in astrophysics, Carter brings both extensive scientific knowledge and military training to the SG-1 team. When one of the earliest stargate-research projects was ended before completion and she was transferred to another base, she continued her research in private before eventually being recruited for SG-1. During her SG-1 tenure, Carter has been promoted from captain to major and most recently to lieutenant colonel.


Amanda Tapping was born in Rochford, England, and raised in Toronto. She has guest-starred on such television series as The X-Files (the episode "Avatar"), Due South, Forever Knight, Kung-Fu: The Legend Continues, Millennium, Goosebumps and The Outer Limits (the episode "The Joining"). In addition, she was a cast-member of the Disney series Flash Forward. Her other television credits include Lessons in Love, Remembrance, The Haunting of Lisa and Degree of Guilt.

Her feature-film credits include Booty Call, Rent-a-Kid, The Giver and Blacktop. She recently starred in The Void with Malcolm McDowell and Adrian Paul, and had a cameo in Life or Something Like It, with Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns. Tapping also starred in the independent short Stuck and appeared in the USA Network miniseries Traffic. She directed the Stargate SG-1 episode "Resurrection."

A graduate of the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Art, Tapping has performed in such theatrical productions as Steel Magnolias, Look Back in Anger, Children of a Lesser God, Noises Off, The Lion in Winter, Picnic, The Shadow Walkers and The Taming of the Shrew. She also is the co-founder of the Canadian comedy troupe Random Acts and currently is completing her first documentary film. She recently returned from her first USO tour.

Tapping, who is also a spokesperson for UNICEF, spends what little spare time she has with her husband, Allan, and their daughter, Olivia.