Tara Knowles (Character Bio)

Dr. Tara Grace Knowles-Teller is a fictional character on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, played by Maggie Siff.

Early Life Biography

Tara is a native of Charming, California. (She said her heritage was half-Irish.) Her mother died when Tara was nine, and according to ATF Agent Stahl, Tara had a “drunk daddy”, whom Tara described as a “bit of a packrat”. Tara was Jax Teller’s high-school sweetheart, and during that era she had a crow tattooed on her lower back representing her connection to SAMCRO. Tara was arrested in Jax’s company at least three times in 1996. She left town when Jax was 19, in order to get away from small-town life and the influence of the club. According to his mother Gemma, this broke Jax’s heart.

After leaving Charming, Tara moved in with a cousin of her father’s, who lived in San Diego, studied at UC San Diego, and graduated with honors. She then attended medical school in Chicago (either Feinberg Medical School at Northwestern University, according to her file in “Fun Town”, or “Loyola Med” according to Agent Stahl in “Better Half”) where she was at the top of her class, then she completed an internship at Chicago Presbyterian.

While in Chicago, Tara dated ATF agent Joshua Kohn, and got pregnant, and had an abortion at six weeks. Kohn became intimidating, violent, and obsessive, so she took out a restraining order against him several months before she returned to Charming, after an absence of 10 years.

Memorable Quotes:

“We don’t know who we are until we’re connected to someone else. We’re just better human beings when we’re with the person we’re supposed to be with. I wasn’t supposed to leave. I belong here.“―Tara to Jax

By the End of the Series:

Tara is deceased, she (was) married to Jax Teller and has two boys, Abel Teller (Stepson) and Thomas Teller.

Tara appeared in 79 Episodes throughout Seasons 1-6. Her death impacted Season 7 greatly causing Jax to spiral downward.

She was killed by Gemma Teller Morrow by repeatedly being stabbed in the head by a meat fork.

Tara’s Car in Season 4 (2012 Ford Edge)

Tara’s Cutlass

Tara’s Beretta Tomcat

Tata’s 38 (given to her by Gemma)