Tamara Johansen

Tamara Johansen
Alaina Huffman as Tamara Johansen
First appearance	"Air"
Portrayed by	Alaina Huffman
Information
Occupation	United States Air Force First Lieutenant Medical Officer
Family	Carmen (daughter, with Everett Young; deceased)

First Lieutenant Tamara Johansen, USAF (also known as T.J.) is a fictional character in the Canadian-American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Syfy television series Stargate Universe, a military science fiction serial drama about the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship Destiny, which is travelling in a distant corner of the universe. She is portrayed by Canadian actress Alaina Huffman.

Johansen is a US Air Force medic who comes from a poor background. Not able to afford medical school, she considered the US Air Force her best option. Johansen made her first appearance in the pilot episode, "Air", first broadcast in the United States and Canada in 2009. It was later revealed Johansen is pregnant with Colonel Young's child after the two had an affair before being stranded on the ship.

Johansen comes from a modest background and dreamed of being a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. Instead, she joined the Air Force. However, after receiving a scholarship, she elected to leave the Stargate program to attend medical school, much to the dismay of IOA representative Camile Wray. After Doctor Simms dies during the attack on the Icarus Base, she is the only medically trained person aboard the Destiny, and is forced to assume doctor-like responsibilities over the rest of the people aboard ship. Lieutenant Johansen is third in Destiny's chain of command, after Colonel Everett Young and First Lieutenant Matthew Scott.