Tamela D'Amico

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Tamela D'Amico is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker who started the production company La Strega Entertainment in 2006 and BELLONA Entertainment in 2020.

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Career

D'Amico was one of 24 finalists on the FOX television reality show On the Lot produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. She received attention from the show's producers with her entry film entitled Volare starring Federico Castelluccio.

D'Amico attended film school at Florida State University and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. She produced and directed the internet program Sex Ed: The Series . She has created internet programs for Atom Films, Funny or Die, Frog Island, Comedy ETC and Comedy Central. Her debut jazz album, Got a Little Story, was executive produced by actor Peter Krause and Jimmy Hoyson and arranged by Chris Walden. She executive produced the album Big Band Jazz for Billy Vera and sang a duet with him on one song on the album. She acted the part of Janet Smythe on the program Best Friends Whenever and appeared in the film Walt Before Mickey . She has also appeared in the Amazon series Englishman in L.A. She has modeled for Alison Raffaele Cosmetic and Mellow World Handbags. She was named Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Web Series at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. Sex Ed: The Series was nominated for a Streamy Award and a Webby Award.

Discography

Film

YearFilmRole(s)Director, Company, Notes
2019One Little FingerRaina Rupam Sarmah
FilmingLove is Not LoveVitaStephen Keep Mills
FilmingQuinnLolaAndrew Cinclair
2017Englishman in LA: The MovieCassidy ClackDavid Vendette, Devolver Digital Films
2017Harlem to HollywoodHerselfAlan Swyer
20163 People I've Never Heard OfAdrianna David Rosfeld
2016TRUMP: (Ya Got) TroubleProducer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft, La Strega Entertainment
2015The Modern Fundamentalist: Kim Davis ParodyProducer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft
2015 Walt Before Mickey Mrs. DoyleKhoa Le, Netflix
2015 Jupiter Ascending Plinth Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Warner Bros.
2014 Rob the Mob Performer Raymond De Felitta, Soundtrack, Performer ("Love and the Gun")
2012 What Might Have Been Producer, Directormissing dance sequence from Bladerunner
2011 Black Swan, Grey Goose Actress Cooper Barnes
2010Pizza With BulletsPerformerRobert Rothbard, Performer ("I COULD BE GOOD 4 U")
2010On a Dark and Stormy NightLeah, PerformerEzequiel, Performer ("Don't Die")
2010Mitchum's Hardest Working Person in America: 86 Year Old Piano TunerProducer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Brian Herzlinger
2008West of BrooklynCousin Nikki, PerformerDanny Cistone, Performer ("Amazing Grace")
2007Game OverProducer, Writer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Fox Network
2005The Black MagicThe Singer, PerformerAloura Charles, Performer ("Mon Coeur Est Un Violon")
2004VolareTomato, Director, Producer, Performer ("Sing, WriterTamela D'Amico, Performer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"),
2001Mafioso, The Father, the SonGinaAnthony Caldarella, Allumination Filmworks

Television

YearFilmRole(s)Notes
2016–Comedy ETCVarious Characters, Producer, Director53 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment
2015–2016 Best Friends Whenever Young Janet Smythe5 episodes, The Disney Channel
2014–2016Englishman in L.A.Cassidy Clark4 episodes
2012 Sex Ed: The Series Actress, Director, Producer6 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment
2012Sherman's In SanityClaudia, Associate Producer2 episodes
2011–2012Pacino & Pacino Talent AgencyProducer, Director6 episodes, Comedy Central
2008 Passions ActressEpisode dated 7 August 2008
2007The Timer GameProducer22 episodes
2007 On the Lot Herself4 episodes, Fox
2002 The Jamie Kennedy Experiment HerselfEpisode: #2.9 (Dec 5, 2002)
2001Crossing Over with John EdwardHerselfEpisode dated 1 February 2001
1998 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch Teen DancerEpisode: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener" (Season 3, Episode 1)

Music Videos

YearVideo TitleRole(s)Artist
2014 Room With A View Producer Billy Vera
2014 Love and the Gun PerformerTamela D'Amico
2013 One For My Baby PerformerTamela D'Amico
2013 Perfect PerformerTamela D'Amico
2011 Bye, Bye, Blackbird Producer, Director, CinematographerNancy Harms

References

  1. "SonicFire – Like One (2004, CDr) - Discogs". Discogs . 30 August 2004.
  2. "Trance Sessions Solstice | Nukleuz Records". 26 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Tamela D'Amico | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. "Down with Love - Single by Tamela d'Amico". iTunes . 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018.
  5. "Love and the Gun". Amazon.
  6. "I'll Never be Free". Amazon.
  7. "Winter Wonderland - Single by Tamela d'Amico". iTunes . 22 November 2016.
  8. "Christmas Lights (Feat. Ben Burget) - Single by Tamela d'Amico". iTunes . 22 November 2016.