Tara Summers is a British actress from London, England active in the United States. She was educated at Heathfield St Mary's School, in Berkshire. A graduate of Brown University (where she received a B.A. in History), the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and the National Theatre Institute, Summers has also written and starred in her own one-woman theatrical show, "Gypsy of Chelsea." The play is the story of her own childhood, charting her mother's turbulent journey from cocaine addiction to recovery.
She currently stars as Katie Lloyd on Boston Legal for which she was nominated, along with her Boston Legal castmates for a SAG Award in the category of Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008.