Tara Carpenter
Tara Carpenter is a fictional character in the Scream film series, played by Jenna Ortega in Scream and Scream VI. Tara is the half-sister of Sam Carpenter and 1 of the main protagonists who gets targeted by Ghostface in the 2 movies.

Early life
Tara Carpenter was born on December 14, 2002, to Mr. Carpenter and his wife Christina. Tara grew up with her sister Sam, who she didn't know was actually her half-sister.

In 2010, Sam discovered Mr. Carpenter wasn't her biological father and exposed it to the whole family, causing him to leave. After that, Sam still stayed with Tara and Christina for 5-6 more years, going on a downward spiral whilst reading her real father Billy Loomis's diary.

When Tara was about to turn 14 sometime on December 14, 2016, Sam left her at a bar and according to Tara, never returned. During this time, Tara also met and befriended Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin, the niece and nephew of Randy Meeks, Wes Hicks, her secret crush and the son of Sheriff Judy Hicks, Amber Freeman, who became her close friend and Liv McKenzie, Chad's girlfriend.

References

Scream (franchise) characters