Tamara Hope

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Tamara Hope
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Tamara Lindeman fronting The Weather Station in 2022 in the UK
Born
Tamara Lindeman

(1984-11-02) November 2, 1984 (age 38)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, musician
Years active1999–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.

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Early life

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]

Acting career

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]

Music career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2008Shoot First and Pray You LiveIrene Melody
2009MansonLinda Kasabian
2012FoxfireMarianne Kellogg
2015 Crimson Peak Society Girl #2

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Winslow Homer: An American OriginalFeeTV film
2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story ClaraTV film
2000 Stepsister from Planet Weird Ariel ColaTV film
2000The Sandy Bottom OrchestraCarol WymanTV 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 CallieRecurring role
2001What Girls LearnElizabethTV 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 CollinsTV film
2004 Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story CarlyTV film
2004 Kevin Hill Laura Walker"Homework"
2005 Selling Innocence Chelsea BurnsTV film
2005 Mayday Linda FarleyTV film
2006Augusta, GoneRainTV film
2006 10.5: Apocalypse Amy HollisterTV miniseries
2007 Lies and Crimes KirstenTV film
2007 ReGenesis Julie Henshaw"A Spontaneous Moment", "Dust in the Wind"
2007 Whistler Leah HuttonRecurring role
2008 Murdoch Mysteries Edna Garrison"Power"
2009 Sand Serpents Jan HenleTV film
2009Manson Linda Kasabian TV film
2011 Covert Affairs Emerson"Bang and Blame"
2011 Three Inches CateTV film
2012 Good God BeckyRecurring role
2012 Beauty and the Beast Emily"Pilot"
2014 Transporter: The Series Alice"Sixteen Hands"
2014-2015 Murdoch Mysteries Edna BrooksRecurring role

Discography

Albums with Bruce Peninsula

Albums with The Weather Station

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult
2001 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV movie (Drama) - Supporting Young ActressThe Sandy Bottom OrchestraWon
2002 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV movie or Special - Supporting Young ActressWhat Girls LearnNominated
2005 Method Fest Breakout Acting AwardThe Nickel ChildrenWon
2007 Prism Awards Performance in a TV movieAugusta, GoneNominated

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