Tara Summers

{{Short description|English actress (born 1979)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Tara Summers

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England, UK

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2003–present

| relatives = Fritzi Gordon (grandmother)

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Tara Summers (born 19 December 1979) is an English actress.

Summers was educated at Heathfield St Mary's School, in Berkshire.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/julian-rhindtutt--the-wing-man-6798678.html|title=Julian Rhind-Tutt - the Wing man|first=Marianne|last=Macdonald|date=10 December 2009|work=London Evening Standard}} She later attended Brown University, where she graduated with a B.A. in history in 2001.[http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/977759/hitchcocks-tara-summers-talks-scary-roles-and-shatner Hitchcock's Tara Summers talks scary roles, Shatner and more] Her grandmother was Fritzi Gordon, an Austrian-born WBF World Grand Master bridge player with four world titles.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091111032612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3334607/My-mother-the-cocaine-addict.html "My mother, the cocaine addict"]; retrieved 15 August 2014.

Summers has written and starred in a one-woman theatrical show, Gypsy of Chelsea.[http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/parent-trap-552200//?full=true "Parent Trap", Samantha Conti, 12 December 2005, WWD.com] The play is the story of her childhood, charting her mother's turbulent journey from cocaine addiction to recovery.[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tara-summers/bio/279749 Bio at TV Guide]

She has appeared in several films, including Factory Girl in 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Summers starred on TV as Katie Lloyd on Boston Legal.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Summers was the director in the video for Snow Patrol's 2011 single "Called Out in the Dark".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwTXwJg6_VE&ob=av2e "Video for Snow Patrol's Called Out In The Dark"] She also appeared in the first half of the first season of The CW's mystery drama series Ringer. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}} In 2014, she appeared as Leanne Zander in the Fox dramedy series Rake.{{fact|date=December 2023}}