Tamara Lindeman (born November 2, 1984), also known by the name Tamara Hope, is a Canadian

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and

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. Her starring roles include ''

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'' and ''The Nickel Children'', as well as a recurring role on CTV's ''Whistler'' as Leah McLure. In her music career, in which she is credited as ''Tamara Lindeman'', she has worked with the band

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and has her own music project,

The Weather Station The Weather Station is a Canadian folk music band fronted by Tamara Lindeman, formed in 2006. Band membership has changed over the years, but the lineup includes Lindeman (lead vocals, piano), Ben Whiteley (bass), Johnny Spence (keyboards), Wi ...

Early life

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

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, and she sang in the Orangeville Choir from age 11. At age 12, she was part of the children's choir in the

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–led production of ''

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'' 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", ''

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'', p. J3. She enjoyed

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, and as a teenager was a licensed snowboarding teacher. She moved to Toronto in 2002.

Acting career

Her professional acting began in 1999 with a role in '' The Audrey Hepburn Story'', a made-for-television movie starring

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which was filmed in Montreal. For her work in ''The Sandy Bottom Orchestra'' (2000), she won a

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for Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama) in the category Supporting Young Actress. She had a lead role in the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Stepsister from Planet Weird''. She then played

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's character's daughter in the film '' The Deep End''. She portrayed

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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

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's character. She had the title role in the Canadian-Australian co-production of ''

''. In the 2003 TV movie '' The Piano Man's Daughter'', she portrayed a younger version of

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's character. For her work in ''The Nickel Children'', a film about teenage prostitution, she was awarded the Breakout Performance Award at the 2005

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. 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). In 2009, Hope was featured in the Modernista! ad campaign promoting the

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phone.

Music career

In addition to her acting career, Lindeman is active in the Toronto music scene, performing in

and leading her own band,

. She was a nominee for the 2013

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for "Mule in the Flowers", a song she cowrote with

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."Mo Kenney claims SOCAN songwriting prize"

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, July 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2017. She recorded ''Loyalty'', her third full-length album as The Weather Station, at La Frette studios in

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with Afie Jurvanen of

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and Robbie Lackritz, who has worked on albums with Bahamas, Feist,

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and

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. ''Loyalty'' was released on May 5, 2015, on Paradise of Bachelors (worldwide) and

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(Canada)."The Weather Station Signs to Paradise of Bachelors for 'Loyalty' LP"
''

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'', January 14, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2017. The Weather Station album ''Ignorance'' was released on February 5, 2021. 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Albums with Bruce Peninsula

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

Albums with The Weather Station

*''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) *''

'' (2017) *''

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'' (2021) *''

How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars ''How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars'' is the sixth studio album by the Canadian folk band the Weather Station, released March 4, 2022, by Fat Possum Records. The album was recorded over three days in March 2020 in Toronto, with frontwoman ...

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2025)

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Tamara 1984 births Living people Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian indie rock musicians Singers from Toronto Canadian women songwriters Writers from Toronto 21st-century Canadian actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian songwriters Canadian indie folk musicians