Sydney Tamiia Poitier, the co star of Carter a tv series being shot in North Bay says she’s having a great time filming the show.

She says she’s been touring the city with her 2 and a half year old daughter and some of their hot spots have been Creative Learning and Northern Tykes downtown.

She is the daughter of Sidney Poitier who starred in classic films like In The Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and To Sir With Love.

She says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t into acting.

Poitier says the acting bug hit her hard at an early age.

She says it could have happened genetically but regardless there was never a time when she didn’t want to act.

She says on the show she plays Sam St Clair an overworked detective and along with star Jerry O’Connell who plays an actor they solve crimes in the small town of Bishop.

Carter debuts in the spring on Bravo.

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