Tamara Taylor Biography

Tamara Taylor (born September 27, 1970) is a Canadian television actress. Her most famous role is that of Dr. Camille Saroyan, head of the Forensic Division, on the forensic crime drama Bones.

Personal life

Taylor was born in Toronto to a Black Canadian father and a Scottish Canadian mother. She dropped out of high school to try modeling and see the world, with her mother supportive of her decision: "School will always be there, she told me."

Tamara is a second cousin to Neve Campbell with whom she appeared on Party of Five. Tamara married attorney Miles Cooley in 2007 but the couple divorced in May, 2012.

Career

She has appeared in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs as Della and the UPN series Sex, Love & Secrets in the role of Nina, both of which were short-lived.

Taylor has made guest appearances on NCIS, Numb3rs, Lost, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Party of Five and Dawson's Creek. In her feature film debut, Senseless, she played Marlon Wayan's love interest. She portrayed Debrah Simmons in the 2005 romantic-comedy Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Halle Berry's best friend in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and had a brief role in Serenity, the movie conclusion of the TV series Firefly by Joss Whedon. Through her part in Serenity, Taylor was able to audition for a show with actor David Boreanaz, who had previously worked with Whedon in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. She also appeared in the TV series Lost, as the former girlfriend of Michael and mother of Walt.

She first appeared in Bones in the first episode of the second season, "The Titan on the Tracks," portraying the character Dr. Camille Saroyan. In the first six episodes of the season, she was credited as a guest star because creator and writer Hart Hanson had planned to kill her in episode six when Howard Epps, a recurring serial killer, poisoned her in order to create more tension and drama between the two main characters. However, the response to Cam was so strong that the writers offered her a position as a recurring regular in the show. Thus, since episode 7, "The Girl with the Curl," she has been credited as a main character of the series and appears in the title sequence.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	A Different World	Roast Attendee (uncredited)	1 episode
1992	Freshmen Dorm	Carla	1 episode
1996"1997	Party of Five	Grace Wilcox	16 episodes
1998	Senseless	Janice Tyson
1998	Dawson's Creek	Laura Weston	2 episodes
1999	Early Edition	Meredith Armstrong	1 episode
1999	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Geri Nicholas	TV movie
1999	Providence	Tracy Doyle	1 episode
2000	City of Angels	Dr. Ana Syphax	13 episodes
2002"2003	Hidden Hills	Sarah Timmerman	17 episodes
2003	Miracles	Dr. Linda Qualey	1 episode
2003	Everwood	Dr. Lence	1 episode
2003	Becker	Dana McCall	1 episode
2003	Without a Trace	Tracy McAllister	1 episode
2004	The Dispatch	Agent Halpern	1 episode
2004	Six Feet Under	Roger's Lawyer	1 episode
2004	CSI: Miami	Dr. Leslie Harrison	1 episode
2004	One on One	Judy	1 episode
2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Debrah
2005	Serenity	Teacher
2005	Lost	Susan Lloyd	2 episodes
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Nina	8 episodes
2005"2006	NCIS	Special Agent Cassie Yates	2 episodes
2006	Numb3rs	Olivia Rawlings	1 episode (The O.G.)
2006	3 lbs	Della	1 episode
2006"present	Bones	Dr. Camille Saroyan	144 episodes
2007	Gordon Glass	Karen
2011	Shuffle	Linda