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Tamela D'Amico

D’Amico honed her skills as an actress in television, film and theater, which she states has afforded her writing and directing skills as a storyteller. After spending the last two years filming the Indian/American drama One Little Finger in India, a film in which she stars as the lead, and promotes the theme “Ability in Disability” for having employed over 80 disabled actors, she returned from the Cannes Film Festival where the film premiered. One Little Finger, directed by Rupam Sarmah is now officially released on Amazon and all streaming platforms. She gained traction in social media after she recurred on the hit Disney + show Best Friends Whenever, as nemesis Janet Smythe, playing the younger counterpart to actress Nora Dunn (SNL). She can be seen in the feature films Walt Before Mickey with Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie) and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) about the life of Walt Disney and can be heard singing the Bond-esque theme song “Love and the Gun” in both English and Italian in the feature film Rob the Mob (Millennium Films/Lakeshore Records) directed by Raymond De Felitta (City Island, Madoff) both now streaming on NETFLIX. Also streaming on Amazon, she stars in the award winning series Englishman in L.A. with actors Cameron Moir (Non Stop) and Eddie Jemison (HUNG, Oceans 11, 12, 13) for which she was awarded “Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Web Series” by LA WEB FEST. Three upcoming independent films in post production: Quinn, Love is Not Love and 3 People I’ve Never Heard Of. Taking time to stay creative in quarantine, she wrote, produced, directed and acted in the Twilight Zone-esque pandemic short film shot on an iPhone 11 Pro entitled FEVER now on YouTube and touring film festivals.

Just as astute behind the camera, D’Amico gained recognition as one of the top 24 finalists on the FOX reality show On the Lot, produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. She garnered attention from the show’s producers with her heartwarming entry film entitled Volare, starring Federico Castelluccio (The Sopranos), based on her father’s life story, which led her to a first-look deal with DreamWorks. Prior to this, D’Amico began her career in film and theater at Florida State University’s much lauded Film School, which accepts only 16 students a year from all over the world. After majoring in Film and with a minor in Theater and Psychology, she continued her schooling in Los Angeles at The Strasberg Institute, (she was the first to build and shoot in their soundstage), while working in Hollywood for many well known producers such as mega producer Chuck Roven/Atlas Entertainment (Wonder Woman), in all facets while making her own short films, web series and winning many festival awards.

D’Amico produced and directed the hit web television series Sex Ed: The Series, starring Joanna Cassidy (Bladerunner), Matt Barr (Blood & Treasure) and Angela Sarafyan (West World) for which she received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, which gives a promising filmmaker a full Panavision camera package. Sex Ed: The Series garnered much TV press and accolades and boasts over 150 Million views on YouTube and counting. The show received nominations for both a Streamy Award and a Webby Award and TV Guide listed it in the “top 10 of notable television shows worth watching”. D’Amico has gone on to create other several TV web serials with Funny or Die, and Comedy Central and has many feature film projects in development through the BELLONA Entertainment banner.

Recent producing/directing projects have gone viral: the music video for “How Does a Moment Last Forever”- from last year’s Beauty and the Beast film, “What Might Have Been” (30 years after Blade Runner, actress Joanna Cassidy resurrects her character Zhora to do the reptile dance that Ridley Scott never got to film for the movie.) and The Modern Fundamentalist – Kim Davis Parody starring Broadway chanteuse Rena Strober and finally, TRUMP (Ya Got) Trouble which is a parody of The Music Man starring Stephen Van Dorn as Donald Trump.

For those who know her as a music recording artist, D’Amico launched onto the jazz scene having recorded her debut album Got A Little Story, executive-produced by actor/producer Peter Krause (Parenthood, Six Feet Under, 911), produced by 6 time Grammy Award winner Jimmy Hoyson, and arranged by Multi Grammy nominee Chris Walden at Capitol Records. The album was released by LML Records/The Orchard (SONY) distribution which went into worldwide release and is available wherever fine music is sold, along with others singles and soundtracks she has recorded. She can be heard on over 140 national radio and cable outlets in various jazz based/Adult Standard & Contemporary markets as well as many International radio and Internet streaming markets. She was named Clear Channel’s Best New Jazz Vocalist, and is in constant rotation on The Penthouse Radio Network, The Jonathan Station, Martini in the Morning, and MUSIC CHOICE’s Singer and Swingers channel via satellite, cable, & Internet. She executive produced an album for 2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera (known for the hit “At This Moment”) entitled BILLY VERA: BIG BAND JAZZ (released on Varese Sarabande/Universal). D’Amico duets with Mr. Vera on the album with “I’ll Never Be Free”, which is a radio favorite on WBGO NY and KJAZZ in Los Angeles. Her music single Boring 20s in the electroswing genre with mega producers Wolfgang Lohr and Ashley Slater shot straight to #1 on Spotify.

Tamela is focused on all her talents, which has been a daily endeavor as brand ambassador and content creator to many International brands through her influence on social media and has just been selelcted as one of the filmmakers to have a First Look in the Stars Collective with Starlight Entertainment (Crazy Rich Asians).

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Clear Channel Best New Vocalist Award

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Tamela D'Amico: The Tamela D'Amico Album

Read "The Tamela D'Amico Album" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
September 19, 2007

As a lover of jazz with a partiality to the big band sound and jazz vocals, The Tamela D'Amico Album delivers the best of both worlds all wrapped up in one nice musical package. A young lady oozing with talent, D'Amico is a singer, actress and filmmaker who was able to secure the support of actor/producer Peter Krause as executive producer for this recording.

She makes her musical debut in style, offering Billie Holiday-like vocals and fronting a ...

TV / Film

Tamela D'Amico Leads On "Rob The Mob" Soundtrack

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March 7, 2014

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Raymond De Felitta’s upcoming crime drama Rob the Mob. The album features the film’s original music, composed by Stephen Endelman (De-Lovely, Flirting with Disaster, Home of the Brave). The composer who previously scored the feature Two Family House for De Felitta, has also composed the end credits song with the director entitled Love and the Gun, which was recorded in English and Italian and is performed by LML recording artist and actress ...
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Tamela D'amico Records Theme Song To Upcoming Release "Rob The Mob"

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February 11, 2014

LML recording artist/actress Tamela D'Amico has recorded the theme song “Love and the Gun" for Raymond De Felitta's upcoming crime thriller, Rob the Mob, which is released in theaters March 21, 2014. The theme song, written by Raymond De Felitta and composer Stephen Endelman, was produced by 6 time Grammy-winner, Jimmy Hoyson (translations in Italian by Tamela D'Amico and actress Josette Di Carlo). It is featured throughout the film several times, both in English and Italian. Boardwalk Empire star, Michael ...
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Interview

Jazz Be Nimble

Source: Tamela D'Amico
January 20, 2012

In the music “business," art is often eclipsed by commercialism, and these days, I find myself growing partial to songs that showcase vocals and instrumentation over electronic enhancements. I recently touched upon artists who present a retro sound that appeals to my nostalgia and longing for a modicum of purity. This type of player is perhaps not exposed as readily as Lady Avril Cyrus Bieber, but hey, if ye seeketh, ye shall find. One of the most flexible and enduring ...
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Tamela D'Amico has attached to "3 People I've Never Heard" Of helmed by Director David Rosfeld

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September 5, 2011

American jazz singer, actress, and filmmaker, Tamela D'Amico, has attached to the independent film 3 People I've Never Heard Of helmed by Brooklyn film director David Rosfeld. A character-driven drama, “3 People I've Never Heard Of," tells the tale of two friends who are aging hipsters entering their 30's, who meet on a Brooklyn rooftop to catch up on old times. Jamie (Christopher Domig) who flew in from Chicago is a young doctor with a new family. Adam (Hans Longo) ...
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Performance / Tour

Tamela D'Amico with the The Pat Longo Hollywood Big Band at Catalina Bar & Grill October 7

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September 5, 2011

What do Tamela D'Amico, Tony Bennett, Rod Stewart, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Santana, Michael McDonald, John Travolta, Neil Diamond, Rosemary Clooney and Sarah Vaughan have in common? The answer? They, and many others, have joined forces with one of the most versatile big bands in the country: The Pat Longo Hollywood Big Band! Come out for an evening of sassy sounds when Tamela D'Amico takes the stage with the Legendary Pat Longo Hollywood Big Band on October 7, 2011 ...
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Tamela D'Amico brings jazz to Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem for Make Music NY June 21

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June 4, 2011

Jazz artist Tamela D'Amico will be joined by her septet at the newly opened venue Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem. She has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her recent single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Tian at the Riverbank as part of Make Music New York ...
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Tamela D'Amico and Frog Island Comedy bring new web serial "Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency" to Atom.com

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April 15, 2011

Jazz artist Tamela D'Amico is scheduled to appear this month at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was on April 17th in Los Angeles with her septet, but that isn't all the multi-hyphenate has up her sleeve this Spring. D'Amico's company, La Strega Entertainment, has produced in collaboration with the Los Angeles sketch group, Frog Island Comedy, to create the comedic webseries “Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency" which will premiere on Atom.com, a subsidiary of Comedy Central, this April 25th. D'Amico directed the ...
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Tamela D'Amico and her Septet Perform at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was on April 17

Source: Scott Yanow
March 9, 2011

The multi-talented artist Tamela D'Amico has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her new single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Cafe Was on Vine Street starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday April 17 with her septet. The No Cover Charge show, which is titled Jazz Ain't Dead, reinforces ...
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Tamela D'Amico signs on to "Casey," A Tragic, Romantic Drama

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October 6, 2010

American jazz singer, actress, and filmmaker, Tamela D'Amico, has attached to Made U Look Production's first, feature film, Casey. Casey is an independent film that weaves the trials and tribulations of miscarriages, with the psychological trauma of child abuse and alcoholism. As one of the top 24 finalists on FOX's reality show, On The Lot, Tamela has gone on to form La Strega Entertainment, the banner for her sultry, jazz album, “Got A Little Story," executive produced by Peter Krause ...
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Tamela D'Amico Graces the Stage at Catalina Jazz Club for One Night Only - April 11, 2010

Source: Allegro Media
March 20, 2010

Take a recipe perfected by Frank Sinatra.... mix equal parts of Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand, a teaspoon of Ella Fitzgerald...add a dash of Peggy Lee and you've got a hot fresh talent named Tamela D'Amico. This is an artist that brings a delicious and surprising twist to the world of jazz. Just one taste and you'll be craving more. It's no surprise that television star, Peter Krause, a veteran of groundbreaking quality projects himself (Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy ...
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"Tamela D’Amico’s “Love and the Gun” helps bring to life the relationship between Pitt and Arianda’s characters through powerful vocals and her 1920s styled music video is a clever nod at a couple who seem to be living in a different time. Part old school mob shake down, part western shown down, Rob The Mob takes on the mob through the eyes of a couple that only seem to have eyes for each other and D’Amico brings their passion to life through her music." - Allison Loring, Fan.TV

"I found a “Love and the Gun” video on You Tube from the Rob The Mob soundtrack. The performance by Tamela D’Amico is captivating. Timeless. As I watched I realized it is a mini movie that ran over the end credits. Brilliant." - Alice O'Neill, LA Features

"Punctuating the film throughout are various versions of Stephen Endelman’s original song Love and the Gun, a quietly epic retro-anthem sung by soon-to-be revealed secret superstar Tamela D’Amico." - Mike Benheim, Metro Canada

"Her sex appeal and style is reminiscent of Mina, the ‘60’s Italian singer, with a voice and moves that will melt your gelato." - Broadwayworld

"With a Billie Holliday-like voice and a back up big band of luminaries, Tamela D'Amico sings up a storm and delivers an enchanting performance on her new album. Chris Walden's arrangements of the fine music selection puts the shine on this gem of a recording." — Ed Blanco, Sunday Morning Jazz Cafe, WDNA 88.9 FM Miami

"Through musical history, certain people were destined to perform a certain style of song. Mick Jagger was born to rock. Bing Crosby's destiny was to croon. Buck Owens was meant to twang. From the first time we watched her perform, it was clear Tamela D'Amico was sent to this earth to swing, sway, and swoon." — Brad Chambers, The Standard Media Group

"With a lush voice, lyrical phrasings, and sumptuous orchestral arrangements, Tamela D'Amico brings these standards to life and makes them her own." — Holly Foster-Wells, President, Peggy Lee Enterprises

“Tamela D´Amico is no mere canary or foil for the big band. She has one of those voices that doesn´t sidle shyly up and ask respectfully for your attention. It swoops in and insists that you listen. One minute it´s powerful and keening. The next it´s intimate and conversational, in half-past midnight mode, cards on the table time.” — Piers Ford, The Art of the Torch Singer

“Her cover of contemporary Ann Hampton Callaway's "Perfect" showcases D'Amico's gift for interpreting lyrics, wrapping her silky voice around its delicately beautiful words. She also treats listeners to a swinging version of "And I Love Her (Him)," reinterpreting the song as a '40s era standard. The band shines on the bossa nova classic "Perfidia," couching her high voice in rich bass and a gently swaying beat. In addition to evoking quiet romance, she can also strut through standards such as Peggy Lee's "He's A Tramp," adding her own sexy spin on the lyrics.”– Kit O´Toole, BlogCritics

"Ms. D'Amico´s formidable talent – brassy, sassy and swinging. She knows what she can do as a singer, and pushes that to the limit. The result is exuberance and verve – a style that sets her apart from all of the other young women out there today". - Doug Boynton, Girl Singers UK

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