Tamara Mello has an affinity for edgier characters and is rarely seen playing the girl next door. After auditioning for a guest-starring role on the critically acclaimed drama series “Nothing Sacred,” Tamara was asked to become a series regular on The WB’s Popular immediately following her first meeting with the producers. Tamara‘s growing film career includes a role in the hit coming-of-age film “She’s All That,” where she shared the screen with Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, and Rachel Leigh Cook. This summer Tamara will be featured in the highly anticipated Ang Lee film Tortilla Soup.
That’s why Clapton picked up a guitar
It was while doing a production of Agnes of God with the Vanguard Theater Group that Tamara first caught the eye of a talent agent, who asked to sign her as a client. With no real interest in pursuing acting as a career, she signed on “just to see what might happen.”
I’m thinking, these days he’d dump the girlfriend on the spot
“My friends were nerdy and I was short, with buck teeth and poofy hair. And forget dating. When I was in the 8th grade, I begged my mom to let me have a boy/girl party just so my crush’s band could play. He showed up a few nights before to give me some flyers for my friends and made me think he was coming as my date. He even gave me a kiss on the cheek. I was so excited, I couldn’t wait for the party. Then he showed up with his girlfriend! I was totally devastated,” Tamara told Cosmogirl magazine.
We had to use Grandma’s Dodge Aspen
Tamara‘s self-reported wildest thing she’s ever done. “When I was 15, I would lie to my mom and tell her I was spending the night at a girlfriend’s house and end up staying out all night driving around in my friend’s VW bug. We would hang out at the house of whatever friend’s parents were not home and drink alcohol and kiss boys. Things have calmed down a lot since then.”
We couldn’t agree more
“Audrey Hepburn [defines Hollywood glamour] because she was always elegant, sophisticated, smart and well-spoken but in a soft, demure way. Her style was perfect–always.”
