Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Still of Tara Buck and Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan

Tara Buck at event for The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards 

Liev Schreiber and Tara Buck in Ray Donovan (2013)

Kristin Bauer and Tara Buck in True Blood (2008)

Tara Buck, Kate del Castillo, Jason Mewes, and Luis Moncada in K-11 (2012)

Still of Tara Buck, Gina Torres, Ronen Rubinstein and Brianna Baker in 9-1-1: Lone Star and Bad Call

Still of Tara Buck, Gina Torres and Brianna Baker in 9-1-1: Lone Star and Bad Call

Still of Tara Buck, Eddie Marsan, Devon Bagby, Pooch Hall, Kerris Dorsey, Dash Mihok and Jon Voight in Ray Donovan and Horses.

Still of Tara Buck, Alyssa Diaz and Liev Schreiber in Las Vegas and Ray Donovan

Still of Tara Buck, Eddie Marsan, Paula Malcomson and Liev Schreiber in Las Vegas and Ray Donovan.

Tara Buck at event for 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, HBO Party.

Tara Buck attends the Cadillac Oscar Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont

Still of Tara Buck and Niecy Nash in Dead Again

Still of Tara Buck, Niecy Nash and Frankie Faison in Dead Again

Production still of Tara Buck in Run Sweetheart Run

Tara Buck and Seth MacFarlane in The Orville and Gently Falling Rain

Tara Buck and Seth MacFarlane in Gently Falling Rain (2022)

Still of Tara Buck, Gina Torres, Alexander Bedria and Brianna Baker in Bad Call and 9-1-1: Lone Star

Tara Buck at NBC-Universal's Golden Globes After Party

Tara Buck attends Cadillac Celebrates the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Chateau Marmont.

Tara Buck and Margarita Levieva in Inherit the Viper.

Tara Buck attends the Cadillac Oscars Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont

Trevor Riley, Persephone Apostolou, Tara Buck, Shane Johnson, Dan Warner and Judah Simard.

Tara Buck attends the Television Academy's 5th Annual Dynamic And Diverse Celebration.

Still of Tara Buck in True Blood and Frenzy

Tara Buck attends Universal, NBC, Focus Features Golden Globes After Party.

Tara Buck has built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut from tragedy, comedy, farce, to fantasy. Tara is best known for her role as Ginger, on HBO's gritty Southern vampire drama, True Blood (2008). She first appeared in season one of the series as a guest star and after quickly becoming a fan favorite, remained on the series for the entire seven seasons of the show. Tara also recurred on the fourth and fifth seasons of the highly acclaimed Showtime series Ray Donovan playing Maureen Dougherty, a LAPD patrol cop and love interest to Terry Donovan.

In 2016 Tara starred in the Netflix original movie Pee-wee's Big Holiday produced by Judd Apatow and opposite Paul Reubens. That same year Tara was cast as the lead in the independent feature film Great Plains.

Tara received rave reviews for her skilled performance in the FX series Nip/Tuck (2003) as the attention seeking, fake carver victim, Rhea Reynolds. Additionally Buck has worked in pivotal roles on numerous TV series including The Orville, Shameless, Justified, Bones, The X Files, Southland, Cold Case, The Shield and The Closer among many others.

The stage has always been a home and a source of inspiration for Tara. She has starred in numerous live theater productions including Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize winner play, How I Learned To Drive and in the West Coast premiere of Ten Cent Night written by Marisa Wegrzyn. Tara was nominated for the prestigious Ovation Award for her tour de force performance in A Gift From Heaven.

Tara lives in Southern California with her husband Chris Pierce who is a professional musician. In addition to the arts, they both share a passion for wine and are co-owners of a boutique wine label called Ledbetter. Ledbetter Wines can be found in some of the best restaurants in California.

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