Tamela D'Amico is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker who started the production company La Strega Entertainment in 2006 and BELLONA Entertainment in 2020.
Career D'Amico was one of 24 finalists on the FOX television reality show On the Lot produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. She received attention from the show's producers with her entry film entitled Volare starring Federico Castelluccio.
D'Amico attended film school at Florida State University and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. She produced and directed the internet program Sex Ed: The Series. She has created internet programs for Atom Films, Funny or Die, Frog Island, Comedy ETC and Comedy Central. Her debut jazz album, Got a Little Story, was executive produced by actor Peter Krause and Jimmy Hoyson and arranged by Chris Walden. She executive produced the album Big Band Jazz for Billy Vera and sang a duet with him on one song on the album. She acted the part of Janet Smythe on the program Best Friends Whenever and appeared in the film Walt Before Mickey. She has also appeared in the Amazon series Englishman in L.A. She has modeled for Alison Raffaele Cosmetic and Mellow World Handbags. She was named Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Web Series at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. Sex Ed: The Series was nominated for a Streamy Award and a Webby Award.
Discography Like One (2004) I Can't Sleep (2005) The Tamela D'Amico Album (2007) Got a Little Story (2009) Down With Love (2010) Love and the Gun (feat. Tamela D'Amico) (2014) I'll Never Be Free (feat. Tamela D'Amico) (2015) Winter Wonderland (2016) Christmas Lights (2016)
Film Year Film Role(s) Director, Company, Notes 2019One Little Finger RainaRupam Sarmah FilmingLove is Not Love VitaStephen Keep Mills FilmingQuinn LolaAndrew Cinclair 2017Englishman in LA: The Movie Cassidy ClackDavid Vendette, Devolver Digital Films 2017Harlem to Hollywood HerselfAlan Swyer 20163 People I've Never Heard Of AdriannaDavid Rosfeld 2016TRUMP: (Ya Got) Trouble Producer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft, La Strega Entertainment 2015The Modern Fundamentalist: Kim Davis Parody Producer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Richard Kraft 2015Walt Before Mickey Mrs. DoyleKhoa Le, Netflix 2015Jupiter Ascending PlinthLana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Warner Bros. 2014Rob the Mob PerformerRaymond De Felitta, Soundtrack, Performer ("Love and the Gun") 2012What Might Have Been Producer, Directormissing dance sequence from Bladerunner 2011Black Swan, Grey Goose ActressCooper Barnes 2010Pizza With Bullets PerformerRobert Rothbard, Performer ("I COULD BE GOOD 4 U") 2010On a Dark and Stormy Night Leah, PerformerEzequiel, Performer ("Don't Die") 2010Mitchum's Hardest Working Person in America: 86 Year Old Piano Tuner Producer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Brian Herzlinger 2008West of Brooklyn Cousin Nikki, Performer Danny Cistone, Performer ("Amazing Grace") 2007Game Over Producer, Writer, DirectorTamela D'Amico, Fox Network 2005The Black Magic The Singer, PerformerAloura Charles, Performer ("Mon Coeur Est Un Violon") 2004VolareTomato, Director, Producer, Performer ("Sing, WriterTamela D'Amico, Performer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), 2001Mafioso, The Father, the Son GinaAnthony Caldarella, Allumination Filmworks
Television Year Film Role(s) Notes 2016– Comedy ETC Various Characters, Producer, Director 53 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment 2015–2016Best Friends Whenever Young Janet Smythe 5 episodes, The Disney Channel 2014–2016Englishman in L.A. Cassidy Clark 4 episodes 2012Sex Ed: The Series Actress, Director, Producer 6 episodes, through production company La Strega Entertainment 2012Sherman's In Sanity Claudia, Associate Producer 2 episodes 2011–2012Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency Producer, Director 6 episodes, Comedy Central 2008Passions ActressEpisode dated 7 August 2008 2007The Timer Game Producer 22 episodes 2007On the Lot Herself 4 episodes, Fox 2002The Jamie Kennedy Experiment HerselfEpisode: #2.9 (Dec 5, 2002) 2001Crossing Over with John Edward HerselfEpisode dated 1 February 2001 1998Sabrina, The Teenage Witch Teen DancerEpisode: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener" (Season 3, Episode 1)
Music Videos Year Video Title Role(s) Artist 2014Room With A View ProducerBilly Vera 2014Love and the Gun PerformerTamela D'Amico 2013One For My Baby PerformerTamela D'Amico 2013Perfect PerformerTamela D'Amico 2011Bye, Bye, Blackbird Producer, Director, Cinematographer Nancy Harms
References
External links Official site