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

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, in Berkshire. She later attended Brown University, where she graduated with a

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in history in 2001. Her grandmother was

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, an Austrian-born WBF World Grand Master bridge player with four world titles. Summers has written and starred in a one-woman theatrical show, ''Gypsy of Chelsea''. The play is the story of her childhood, charting her mother's turbulent journey from

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addiction to recovery. She has appeared in several films, including '' Factory Girl'' in 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Summers starred on TV as

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on ''

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''. Summers was the director in the video for

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's 2011 single " Called Out in the Dark"."Video for Snow Patrol's Called Out In The Dark"
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's mystery drama series '' Ringer''. In 2014, she appeared as Leanne Zander in the

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series '' Rake''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Tara 1979 births Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Brown University alumni Living people Actresses from London People educated at Heathfield School, Ascot English stage actresses English film actresses English Jews English people of Jewish descent Jewish English actresses Jewish women writers English television actresses 21st-century English actresses