Tamara Mello: Popular's Cool Activist
J-14 Magazine, February 2000, page 68
Tamara Mello became a vegetarian when she was researching
for her role as Lily, the girl-with-a-cause on Popular. "I read a lot of
books, and I think once you learn all this stuff, it's hard to go back. I
will never eat a barbecued rib again," she tells J-14. Instead Tamara stays
healthy by eating lots of tofu, vegetables and nuts. She recently quit
drinking coffee, and has green tea instead. "It's good for the immune
system," she says. She also stays healthy with daily doses of laughter, and
admits the cast of Popular can get pretty giddy. "We're all really good
friends and there are so many inside jokes, so if it gets tense and late, we
start giggling in the middle of a take," she laughs. When she's not working,
Tamara makes her own jewelry. She wears her grandmother's necklace for
inspiration. Her other fave accessory? Her dog Ashby. "He's always been my
best friend," she says. Tamara never leaves home with out her dog Ashby. She
even sneaks him onto the set of Popular.
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