Tamara Hope

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.Zekas, Rita (June 9, 2001). "Hip hooray for Smallywood: Tamara Hope prefers no-cable Shelburne, Ont. to Los Angeles", Toronto Star, p. J3.

She enjoyed snowboarding, and as a teenager was a licensed snowboarding teacher. She moved to Toronto in 2002.Khanna, Vish (April 19, 2012). "[http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2012/4/5-for-20-Tamara-Lindeman-of-the-Weather-Station 5 for 20: Tamara Lindeman of the Weather Station]", CBC Music. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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.(May 4, 2001). "LA award for local actress", The Midweek Banner, p. 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.

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. She had the title role in the Canadian-Australian co-production of Guinevere Jones.(August 10, 2003). "Camelot legend gets modern makeover", New Straits Times, p. 8. In the 2003 TV movie The Piano Man's Daughter, she portrayed a younger version of Stockard Channing's character. 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.Kuklenski, Valerie (April 9, 2005). "Method Fest prizes salute indies' best", Los Angeles Daily News, p. N2. 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).Bawden, Jim (October 6, 2007). "New faces add spunk to Whistler", Toronto Star, p. E8.

In 2009, Hope was featured in the Modernista! ad campaign promoting the Palm Pre phone.Parpis, Eleftheria (August 17–24, 2009). "The Girl With Far Away Eyes", Mediaweek 19 (30): AM5.

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.[http://www.orangeville.com/whatson-story/1478512-the-weather-station-returns/ "The Weather Station returns"]. Orangeville Banner, August 10, 2011. She was a nominee for the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for "Mule in the Flowers", a song she cowrote with Steve Lambke.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mo-kenney-claims-socan-songwriting-prize-1.1377286 "Mo Kenney claims SOCAN songwriting prize"]. CBC News, July 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

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).[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/weather_station_signs_to_paradise_of_bachelors_for_loyalty_lp "The Weather Station Signs to Paradise of Bachelors for 'Loyalty' LP"]. Exclaim!, January 14, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

The Weather Station album Ignorance was released on February 5, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://theweatherstation.bandcamp.com/album/ignorance|title=Ignorance, by The Weather Station|website=Theweatherstation.bandcamp.com|access-date=January 19, 2025}} It was described as "a beguiling jazz-folk opus with indie-rock inclinations"The Weather Station, Ignorance, People magazine, March 8, 2031, p. 31 - People Picks

The Weather Station album Ignorance was #7 in the Pitchfork's listing of the best albums of 2021.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2021/ |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2021|website=Pitchfork |date=7 December 2021 }}

• Debut 7" EP (2008)
• A Mountain is a Mouth (2009)
• Open Flames (2011)

• East EP (2008)
• The Line (2009)
• All of It Was Mine (2011)
• Duets #1-3 (2013)
• What Am I Going to Do with Everything I Know EP (2014)
• Loyalty (2015)
• The Weather Station (2017)
• Ignorance (2021){{Cite magazine|last=Bernstein|first=Jonathan|date=2021-01-06|title=The Weather Station's New Single 'Atlantic' Alternates Between Beauty and Dread|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/atlantic-ignorance-1110346/|access-date=2021-01-26|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}
• How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars (2022)
• Humanhood (2025)

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