The memorably sylphic, fair-haired Canadian actress Tamara Hope launched herself on the path to stardom during her teenage years with a plum role (that of Elizabeth) in Lee Rose's made-for-television #92;family drama What Girls Learn (2001). This part, opposite Scott Bakula and Elizabeth Perkins, represented an auspicious and promising debut. Hope followed it up with a lead in the #92;fantasy-oriented television series Guinevere Jones, which debuted on the Canadian cable network YTV in 2002. In that program, Hope played the title character, a descendant of King Arthur whose mother undertook a protective move by uprooting her to a new home in Australia; Gwen's subsequent life consisted largely of battling the forces of darkness that intended to destroy her, led by sorceress Morgana la Faye. Following small roles in the Richard Gere-headlined #92;romantic comedy Shall We Dance? (2004), and the Rupert Everett/Sharon Stone #92;thriller A Different Loyalty, Hope returned briefly to her native Canada for Michael McGowan's gentle #92;coming-of-ager Saint Ralph (2004). She landed her first lead in Glenn Klinker's #92;childhood drama The Nickel Children the following year, and then joined the cast of Christopher Cain's #92;revisionist Western September Dawn (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide