Tamara Hope | |
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Born | Tamara Lindeman November 2, 1984 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, musician |
Years active | 1999–present |
Tamara Lindeman (born November 2, 1984), also known by the name Tamara Hope, is a Canadian actress and musician. Her starring roles include Guinevere Jones and The Nickel Children, as well as a recurring role on CTV's Whistler as Leah McLure. In her music career, in which she is credited as Tamara Lindeman, she has worked with the band Bruce Peninsula and has her own music project, The Weather Station.
Hope grew up in Ontario, Canada, in a family that has no other actors. Many of her relatives, including her father, are pilots. She lived in Dufferin County, and she sang in the Orangeville Choir from age 11. At age 12, she was part of the children's choir in the Donny Osmond–led production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Toronto's Elgin Theatre. She acted in the play Spring Planting at Theatre Orangeville at age 16. [1]
She enjoyed snowboarding, and as a teenager was a licensed snowboarding teacher. [1] She moved to Toronto in 2002. [2]
Her professional acting began in 1999 with a role in The Audrey Hepburn Story , a made-for-television movie starring Jennifer Love Hewitt which was filmed in Montreal. For her work in The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000), she won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama) in the category Supporting Young Actress. [1] [3] She had a lead role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stepsister from Planet Weird . She then played Tilda Swinton's character's daughter in the film The Deep End . [1]
She portrayed Elizabeth I in the HBO production The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I . In an episode of Twice in a Lifetime in 2000, she played the younger version of Cloris Leachman's character. [1] She had the title role in the Canadian-Australian co-production of Guinevere Jones . [4] In the 2003 TV movie The Piano Man's Daughter , she portrayed a younger version of Stockard Channing's character. [1] For her work in The Nickel Children, a film about teenage prostitution, she was awarded the Breakout Performance Award at the 2005 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. [5] She was a regular cast member of Whistler in 2007, playing snowboarding champion Leah McLure (although she was not permitted to do her own stunts). [6]
In 2009, Hope was featured in the Modernista! ad campaign promoting the Palm Pre phone. [7]
In addition to her acting career, Lindeman is active in the Toronto music scene, performing in Bruce Peninsula and leading her own band, The Weather Station. [8] She was a nominee for the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for "Mule in the Flowers", a song she cowrote with Steve Lambke. [9]
She recorded Loyalty, her third full-length album as The Weather Station, at La Frette studios in Paris, France with Afie Jurvanen of Bahamas and Robbie Lackritz, who has worked on albums with Bahamas, Feist, Zeus and Jason Collett. Loyalty was released on May 5, 2015, on Paradise of Bachelors (worldwide) and Outside Music (Canada). [10]
The Weather Station album Ignorance was released on February 5, 2021. [11] It was described as "a beguiling jazz-folk opus with indie-rock inclinations" [12]
The Weather Station album Ignorance was #7 in the Pitchfork's listing of the best albums of 2021. [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | The Deep End | Paige Hall | |
2003 | The Republic of Love | Sophie | |
2004 | A Different Loyalty | Lucy Cauffield | |
2004 | Saint Ralph | Claire Collins | |
2004 | Shall We Dance | Jenna Clark | |
2005 | The Nickel Children | Cat | |
2007 | September Dawn | Emily Hudson | |
2008 | Shoot First and Pray You Live | Irene Melody | |
2009 | Manson | Linda Kasabian | |
2012 | Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang | Marianne Kellogg | |
2015 | Crimson Peak | Society Girl #2 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Winslow Homer: An American Original | Fee | TV film |
2000 | The Audrey Hepburn Story | Clara | TV film |
2000 | Stepsister from Planet Weird | Ariel Cola | TV film |
2000 | The Sandy Bottom Orchestra | Carol Wyman | TV film |
2000 | The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I | Princess Elizabeth Tudor | TV film |
2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Young Ruth Harper | "Grandma's Shoes" |
2000-2002 | Soul Food | Callie | Recurring role |
2001 | What Girls Learn | Elizabeth | TV film |
2002 | Guinevere Jones | Gwen Jones/Queen Guinevere | Lead role |
2002 | Tracker | Tina | "Children of the Night" |
2003 | The Piano Man's Daughter | Lilly Kilworth (12–14 years) | TV film |
2003 | Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Beatrix Collins | TV film |
2004 | Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story | Carly | TV film |
2004 | Kevin Hill | Laura Walker | "Homework" |
2005 | Selling Innocence | Chelsea Burns | TV film |
2005 | Mayday | Linda Farley | TV film |
2006 | Augusta, Gone | Rain | TV film |
2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Amy Hollister | TV miniseries |
2007 | Lies and Crimes | Kirsten | TV film |
2007 | ReGenesis | Julie Henshaw | "A Spontaneous Moment", "Dust in the Wind" |
2007 | Whistler | Leah Hutton | Recurring role |
2008 | Murdoch Mysteries | Edna Garrison | "Power" |
2009 | Sand Serpents | Jan Henle | TV film |
2009 | Manson | Linda Kasabian | TV film |
2011 | Covert Affairs | Emerson | "Bang and Blame" |
2011 | Three Inches | Cate | TV film |
2012 | Good God | Becky | Recurring role |
2012 | Beauty and the Beast | Emily | "Pilot" |
2014 | Transporter: The Series | Alice | "Sixteen Hands" |
2014-2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Edna Brooks | Recurring role |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2001 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV movie (Drama) - Supporting Young Actress | The Sandy Bottom Orchestra | Won |
2002 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV movie or Special - Supporting Young Actress | What Girls Learn | Nominated |
2005 | Method Fest | Breakout Acting Award | The Nickel Children | Won |
2007 | Prism Awards | Performance in a TV movie | Augusta, Gone | Nominated |
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