Tara Samuel is a multifaceted Canadian artist, distinguished for her exceptional talents as an actor, writer, producer, and filmmaker. She has garnered widespread recognition for her captivating performances, including a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a series for her role as Vangeline Neddeaus in the acclaimed CBC original series The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island.
Tara's most notable television role is that of Tara Williams in the long-running series SueThomas: F.B.Eye, which continues to be broadcast globally. As a producer-actor, she has been involved in the creation of several films, including Ruby Booby, Prairie Sonata, The Rwanda Blend, and FIND. The latter, written and directed by Tara Samuel and Nominated Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival. Additionally, she won the Best Actress award for her role as Ruby in RUBY BOOBY at the Manhattan Film Festival.
In 2021, Tara appeared in two feature films: LUNE, written by Aviva Armour-Ostroff and directed by the award-winning co-directors Aviva Armour-Ostroff and Arturo Perrez, and THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS, written and directed by the acclaimed director Jennifer Abbott.
Tara is also a published author, having written an article for MovieMakerMagazine online. She is the co-founder of the renowned Los Angeles film collective wemakemovies.org and a professor at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. Furthermore, she wrote and recorded the empowering children's album Be Who You Are with Paula Tiberius.
Tara's production company, Baubo's Plan, focuses on developing and producing TV and film scripts that shed light on the fierce struggles and triumphs of women, with the goal of inspiring love and awakening in audiences.
