Tawny Cypress
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| Tawny Cypress | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1976 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | Bill Charles (2000-2004) (divorced) 1 child |
Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976) is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She portrayed Simone Deveaux on the TV series Heroes. She previously starred on Fox's drama K-Ville as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau, a police officer who suffers the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Her mother is of Hungarian and German extraction and her father is of African-American and Native American ancestry. Cypress was born and raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and now lives in New York City.[1] Her older brother Toby Cypress is a comic book artist.
[edit] Selected filmography
- TBD (TBD - In Pre-Production) ... as Cindy
- Rescue Me (2009) ... as Carla (4 episodes)
- K-Ville ... (2007–2008) as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau (11 episodes)
- Heroes ... (2006–2007) as Simone Deveaux (14 episodes)
- World Trade Center (2006) ... as Bleeding Woman
- Jonny Zero ... (2005) as Nina Calvo
- Third Watch ... (2000–2005) as A.D.A. Sharon Burns
- All My Children ... (2003) as Shambala Stevens
- 100 Centre Street ... (2001–2002) as Cassandra Rodriguez
- Autumn in New York (2000) ... as Melissa
[edit] References
- ^ Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau. "K-Ville: Bios: Tawny Cypress". Fox Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071228064644/http://www.fox.com/kville/bios/tawny.htm. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
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