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Col. SAMANTHA CARTER

Played by: Amanda Tapping

First episode: SGA - Letters from Pegassus - previously played in all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1.
 
Samantha Carter in SG-1

Samantha Carter joined Stargate Command from the Pentagon, having worked for several years trying to get the Stargate operational. She has a Ph.D. in astrophysics and "logged over 100 hours in enemy airspace" during the 1990–91 Gulf War.

Sam's family includes her father, Major General Jacob Carter, her brother, Mark Carter, and his two children. Her mother died in a car accident when she was a teenager, an incident that caused much strife between Sam, Mark, and Jacob.

Carter is a technological polymath, well versed in seemingly dozens of fields from astrophysics to quantum mechanics and from software engineering to biology, all in addition to her military role. She is the series' primary source of deus ex machina solutions, quickly able to grasp alien technologies and realize ingenious solutions to the perils faced by SG-1 no matter where. She designed and administrates the Stargate dialing system, and is one of the foremost experts on the Stargate system, along with Rodney McKay.

Carter is a quintessential "geek": an expert and intuitively talented individual, whose mastery of advanced scientific disciplines is juxtaposed with her difficulties in leading a "normal" life. She spends her free time and leave performing experiments, pouring over data, and studying the alien technologies acquired during missions. She enjoys and is deeply absorbed in her work, much to the bewilderment of O'Neill, though he has stated that her brain may well be a national resource. She occasionally expresses regret at not being able to pursue interests outside her work, but finds herself unable to let go of her intellectual passions.
 
Samantha Carter in Stargate Atlantis
 
Season 1

The Atlantis team has an opportunity to send a very brief data transmission to Earth. The "intergalactic e-mail" is successfully sent to Stargate Command and received by Lt. Colonel Carter. ("Letters from Pegasus")

Season 2

When Dr. McKay is trapped underwater in a sinking Puddle Jumper, his only chance for survival may be a hallucination of Samantha Carter. ("Grace Under Pressure")

Season 3

Lt. Colonel Carter approaches Jeannie Miller, Dr Rodney McKay's sister, with an offer to work for the SGC. ("McKay and Mrs. Miller")

Season 4
Sam Carter joins the Atlantis team

Sometime after returning from Orilla, Carter is promoted to a "full bird" Colonel. Initially transferred to the Midway space station to oversee the final stages of completion with Dr. Lee, she joins the search for the missing Atlantis onboard the Apollo. Both return to Atlantis with Sheppard's team, after having rescued them from Asuras, and are present during the city's uneasy landing on M35-117.

Shortly afterwards, the IOA appoints Carter as the new commander of the Atlantis expedition. In contrast to Weir, Carter - as both a scientist and a USAF Colonel - was far more capable of transcending the scientist/military bridge; this helped avoid several of the difficulties that Weir experienced with the military. Her command is generally non-intrusive to the expedition's scientists or Sheppard's position as military commander. She clearly respects Sheppard and assured him that, although she was ultimately chosen over him and McKay, his name was on a "short list". Carter is also far less hostile to Rodney McKay than she was during the mission to block the Ori supergate from the Pegasus Galaxy; likely part of an attempt to "start over" given that they would be working closely.

Her first mission on Atlantis involved a search and rescue operation after Sheppard's team were betrayed by several Satedan survivors-turned-Wraith worshippers. Carter personally commanded the operation, giving her the opportunity to bond with Ronon following a rocky introduction.

After her return to Atlantis an alarming number of disease outbreaks began to occur. During the crisis in which a crystaline entity had taken hold of dreams, Carter recalled a similar incident with Jack O'Neill ten years prior. She was saddened to announce the death of Dr. Kate Heightmeyer to the expedition but understandably relieved after McKay and Sheppard expelled the lifeform. Only a few weeks later, a kearson fever outbreak caused amnesiatic effects for most of the expedition members (except Ronon and Teyla, who were immune) and Carter was one of the civilians confined to the Mess Hall by expedition soldiers under Major Lorne's command. She managed to escape with McKay and Zalenka, free Teyla and help defuse the situation once Ronon and Sheppard arrived with a cure.

Three months after she took her position, Carter was up for review with the IOA. Shortly after Richard Woolsey arrived to conduct it, the Wraith Todd contacted the Atlantis expedition with a dire situation. The Replicators had devised a new tactic in their war against the Wraith to exploit their key weakness; they had begun to systematically exterminate human civilizations throughout the galaxy to wipe out the Wraith's food supplies. This, combined with a vision of Atlantis being destroyed by an Aurora class warship shared with her by the Videnan leader Davos, made Carter extremely skeptical about working with the Wraith. After meeting Todd in person, she worked out a tenuous deal to help him - and the orbiting Wraith hive ship loyal to him - refine the Wraith anti-Replicator virus to shut down the attack code. This eventually descended into chaos when another hive ship arrived, forcing Carter to make a dangerous gambit and delay firing on either ship. She turned out to be lucky; two hive ships started firing on each other rather than on the cloaked Atlantis.

With Todd still on base, she ordered McKay and Todd to continue with their work. Their lucky break came when duplicates of Weir, Sheppard, Teyla, Ronon and McKay provided a core drive of a Replicator ships-tracking system, before being hunted down and killed by the Replicators. Their arrival did put Carter's fears about Davos' vision to rest; the Atlantis she saw destroyed was also a copy, created by Niam's sect of non-violent Replicators.

Now that the expedition had the ability to track all of Oberoth's Aurora-class vessels in the Pegasus galaxy within a 30-minute window, Carter ordered missions to evacuate all human colonies in the Replicators' path. A delay occured on least one mission and, as a result, Lieutenant Kempston's team and the 2,000 inhabitants on one planet were lost. While these missions were taking place, the Apollo and Daedalus were outfitted with the new Asgard plasma energy beam weapons and deployed to Atlantis (possibly with ZPMs onboard). Along with Colonels Sheppard, Ellis and Caldwell, Carter agreed that the only currently available solution was to hunt down Replicator ships and destroy them, and was adamant that they proceed immediately. She was present on the Daedalus bridge during at least one of those missions.

The Replicators quickly changed strategy and marshalled their fleet in orbit of their homeworld. When McKay presented his new plan of forcing the Replicators into a super-dense blob, she was slightly skeptical about creating Replicator cells, although not so much as Sheppard. Frustrated by failure, Rodney took the initiative to create a stripped-down human form replicator dubbed Fran (friendly Replicator android). Carter voiced her concerns about knowing sending a sentient being to her death, although she eventually conceded that the ends justified the means.

Once a combined fleet composed of the Daedalus, Apollo, seven Wraith Hive ships and several Traveller ships (including Larrim's Aurora class vessel) had been assembled, Carter again took station on the Daedalus bridge monitoring the ship sensors. She offered her technical expertise when McKay's plan encountered difficulties, noticing that the land around the blob was rich in Neutronium. This gave McKay the inspiration he needed to finish the plan, allow the blob to sink to the core and destroy the planet. The Daedalus and the fleet jumped to safety prior to the explosion.

A few months later Carter found herself trapped in a transporter with Zalenka when the city was placed in automatic lockdown. Although this turned out to be a malfunction in Rodney's new viral outbreak protocols, she later hinted that she did not enjoy spending those three hours with Zalenka. She was also the one who delivered to Sheppard news of his father's death, allowing him time to return to Earth.

Carter joined Doctors McKay and Keller in travelling to a planet for negotiations when they fell into an abandoned Genii mine. She suffered a leg injury after two failed attempts to escape, but quickly recovered in the Atlantis infirmiry in time for a set of IOA interviews initiated by a new US representative. Concerned about Ronon's success in these interviews, she invited Teal'c to come to Atlantis to coach him. This culminated in an hour long "sparing session" between the two wherein most expedition members were placing bets. Carter was not amused and broke it up immediately upon entering.

Season 5

For as yet unknown reasons, Carter will be reassigned and will no longer be Commander of the Atlantis expedition. As this season is also supposed to have the involvement of Daniel Jackson, it is supposed that the two SG-1 teammates will be reunited in Atlantis.

Amanda Tapping biography:
 
Amanda Tapping was born in Rochford, Essex in England o­n August 28, 1965. She spent a short time in South Benfleet, Essex, and was relocated to Ontario, Canada, at the age of 3. She attended North Toronto High School where she was awarded the Dramatic Arts Award and Environmental Science Award. Her parents always wanted her to go into the science field, but her first love was acting. Amanda studied drama at the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, Ontario. After graduation, she spent four more years studying theater and appearing in several stage productions. She has appeared in many movies and television shows such as Booty Call (1997), Life or Something Like It (2002), Rent-a-Kid (1995) (TV), "The Outer Limits" (1995) and "The X Files" (1993), however, her real success that seemed to launch her career came in 1997 with the start of the TV series "Stargate SG-1" (1997) where she plays Colonel Samantha Carter.

She has three brothers, one of which is her twin. She has a dog named Abbie. On September 23, 1994 she married Alan Kovacs.


Amanda Tapping filmography


Stargate: Continuum (2008) (V) (post-production) .... Colonel Samantha Carter
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (V) (completed) .... Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter
... aka The Ark of Truth (USA: short title)

"Stargate: Atlantis" .... Colonel Samantha Carter / ... (22 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka Porte d'Atlantis, La (Canada: French title: dubbed version)
... aka Stargate: Atlantis (USA: Spanish title)
    - The Kindred: Part 2 (2008) TV episode .... Colonel Samantha Carter
    - The Kindred: Part 1 (2008) TV episode .... Colonel Samantha Carter
    - Midway (2008) TV episode .... Colonel Samantha Carter
    - Trio (2008) TV episode .... Colonel Samantha Carter
    - Outcast (2008) TV episode .... Colonel Samantha Carter
      (17 more)
"Sanctuary" .... Dr. Helen Magnus (8 episodes, 2007)
    - Episode #1.8 (2007) TV episode .... Dr. Helen Magnus
    - Episode #1.7 (2007) TV episode .... Dr. Helen Magnus
    - Episode #1.6 (2007) TV episode .... Dr. Helen Magnus
    - Episode #1.5 (2007) TV episode .... Dr. Helen Magnus
    - Episode #1.4 (2007) TV episode .... Dr. Helen Magnus
      (3 more)
"Stargate SG-1" .... Major Samantha Carter / ... (211 episodes, 1997-2007)
... aka Porte des étoiles, La (Canada: French title: dubbed version)
    - Unending (2007) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
    - Dominion (2007) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
    - Family Ties (2007) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
    - Talion (2007) TV episode .... Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
    - Bad Guys (2007) TV episode (credit only) .... Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
      (206 more)
Breakdown (2006/I) .... Mary Johnson
Engaged to Kill (2006) (TV) .... Detective Burns
Earthsea (2004) (TV) .... Lady Elfarren
... aka Legend of Earthsea (USA: promotional title)
"Traffic" (2004) (mini) TV mini-series .... Home Owner's Wife
... aka Traffic: The Miniseries (USA: promotional title)
Life or Something Like It (2002) .... Carrie Maddox
Stuck (2002/II) .... Liz
The Void (2001) (V) .... Prof. Eva Soderstrom
Blacktop (2000) .... Waitress
... aka Route de la peur, La (Canada: French title)

"Millennium" .... Dr. Cantor (1 episode, 1999)
    - Borrowed Time (1999) TV episode .... Dr. Cantor
"The Outer Limits" .... Cmdr. Kate Girard (1 episode, 1998)
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)
    - The Joining (1998) TV episode .... Cmdr. Kate Girard
When Innocence Is Lost (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Woman Testifying in Court
Booty Call (1997) .... Dr. Moore
What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996) .... Ingrid Elstad
Remembrance (1996) (TV) .... Linda
... aka Danielle Steel's 'Remembrance'
Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story (1996) (TV) .... Kathryn Laumann
"The X Files" .... Carina Sayles (1 episode, 1996)
... aka The X-Files (USA)
    - Avatar (1996) TV episode .... Carina Sayles
"Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" .... Annie / ... (2 episodes, 1994-1996)
    - Shaolin Shot (1996) TV episode .... Annie
    - An Ancient Lottery (1994) TV episode .... McIllroy's Girlfriend
The Haunting of Lisa (1996) (TV) .... Gina/Angel
... aka Prémonitions de Lisa, Les (Canada: French title)
"Due South" .... Audrey McKenna (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Direction: Sud (Canada: French title)
    - Starman (1996) TV episode .... Audrey McKenna
"Goosebumps" .... Mrs. Merton (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Ultimate Goosebumps (USA: third season title)
    - It Came from Beneath the Sink (1996) TV episode .... Mrs. Merton
"Side Effects" .... Dr. Barbara Bertrand (1 episode, 1996)
    - Easy Breathing (1996) TV episode .... Dr. Barbara Bertrand
"Flash Forward" (1996) TV series .... Miss Yansouni (unknown episodes)
"The Newsroom" .... Lindsay Ward (1 episode, 1996)
    - Dinner at Eight (1996) TV episode .... Lindsay Ward
Rent-a-Kid (1995) (TV) .... Mrs. Nicely
Degree of Guilt (1995) (TV) .... Marcy
The Donor (1995) .... Cassie
... aka The Doner (USA: video title)
... aka The Donor (USA)
"Forever Knight" .... Dr. Naomi Ross (1 episode, 1995)
    - Near Death (1995) TV episode .... Dr. Naomi Ross
Net Worth (1995) (TV) .... Colleen Howe
"Street Legal" .... Newscaster (1 episode, 1991)
    - The Harley (1991) TV episode .... Newscaster

Samantha Carter picture:
 

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  Samantha Carter - Amanda Tapping

 

 


Stargate Atlantis Guide: Samantha Carter

 

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