Tara Summers

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

Tara Summers
Born	(1979-12-19) 19 December 1979 (age 45) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	Fritzi Gordon (grandmother)

Summers was educated at Heathfield St Mary's School, in Berkshire.^[1] She later attended Brown University, where she graduated with a B.A. in history in 2001.^[2] Her grandmother was Fritzi Gordon, an Austrian-born WBF World Grand Master bridge player with four world titles.^[3]

Summers has written and starred in a one-woman theatrical show, Gypsy of Chelsea.^[4] The play is the story of her childhood, charting her mother's turbulent journey from cocaine addiction to recovery.^[5]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Summers was the director in the video for Snow Patrol's 2011 single "Called Out in the Dark".^[6] She also appeared in the first half of the first season of The CW's mystery drama series Ringer. ^{[citation needed]} In 2014, she appeared as Leanne Zander in the Fox dramedy series Rake.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	What a Girl Wants	Noelle
2004	Alfie	Carol
2005	The Jacket	Nurse Nina
2005	Vado a messa	Frances	Short film
2006	Rabbit Fever	Ally
2006	Factory Girl	Brigid Polk
2008	Love Lies Bleeding	Det. Alice Sands	Video
2010	Luster	Rachel
2010	Stephany + Me		Video short
2010	Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis		Short film
2010	The Lake Effect	Natalie
2012	Here Comes the Night	Simone
2012	Hitchcock	Rita Riggs
2017	Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
2018	Driven	Molly Gibson
2020	Major Arcana	Sierra
2022	Spoiler Alert	Mrs. Ausiello

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Fooling Hitler		TV film
2006	The Wedding Album	Milla Cavendish	TV pilot
2006	Living the Quake	Lucy Fisher	TV film
2007	Dirt	Abby	Episodes: "The Secret Lives of Altar Girls", "Come Together", "The Sexxx Issue"
2007–2008	Boston Legal	Katie Lloyd	Main role (33 episodes)
2010	Damages	Alex Benjamin	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2010	15 Minutes	Karen James	TV film
2011	Private Practice	Janel Chase	Episode: "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
2011	Ringer	Gemma Butler	Recurring role (8 episodes)
2012	CSI: NY	Dr. Carly Emerson	Episode: "Clue: SI"
2012	Sons of Anarchy	Karen Dunhill	Episodes: "Crucifixed", "To Thine Own Self"
2013	Monday Mornings	Allison McDaniels	Episodes: "Pilot", "Deus Ex Machina"
2014	Rake (US)	Leanne Zander	Regular cast member
2014	Stalker	Tracy Wright	Recurring Role
2015	You're the Worst	Lexi	Episode: "LCD Soundsystem"
2016–2017	Mercy Street	Anne Hastings
2016	Lucifer	Anne	Episode: "Pops"
2016	Madam Secretary	Sophie Adams	Episode: "Tectonic Shift"
2017	Master of None	Emily
2018	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Laura Trail	Episode: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
2019	Elementary	Nurse	Episode: "The Further Adventures"
2020/2024	Evil	Nurse Linda Bloch	Episodes: "Room 320", "How to Slaughter a Pig"
2020	High Fidelity	Tanya	Episode: "Fun Rob"
2020	The Good Fight	Edie Ham	Episode: "The Gang Gets a Call from HR"
2022	Fleishman Is in Trouble	Tess	Episode: "Summon Your Witnesses"
2023	Extrapolations	Isabel Wick	Episode: "2066: Lola"

References

1. Macdonald, Marianne (10 December 2009). "Julian Rhind-Tutt - the Wing man". London Evening Standard.
2. Hitchcock's Tara Summers talks scary roles, Shatner and more
3. "My mother, the cocaine addict"; retrieved 15 August 2014.
4. "Parent Trap", Samantha Conti, 12 December 2005, WWD.com
5. Bio at TV Guide
6. "Video for Snow Patrol's Called Out In The Dark"

External links

• Tara Summers at IMDb
• Forder, Rachel (19 December 2005). "My mother, the cocaine addict". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.