Tawny Cypress
Biography
Tawny Cypress is an American actress born on August 8, 1976, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. She currently resides in New York City. Her father is of Hungarian and German extraction, and her mother is of African-American and Native American ancestry. She has an older brother named Toby Cypress, who is a comic book artist.
Cypress has appeared in various television and stage plays. Her television work includes portraying Simone Deveaux on the series Heroes and starring as police officer Ginger Love Tap LeBeau on the Fox drama K-Ville, which centered on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Her career includes 38 known acting credits according to archival data.
Career overview
Tawny Cypress is an American actress born on August 8, 1976, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Throughout her career, she has appeared in various television and stage plays, accumulating thirty-eight known acting credits.
In television, she portrayed the character Simone Deveaux on the television series Heroes. Prior to that role, she starred on the Fox drama K-Ville as Ginger Love Tap LeBeau, a police officer dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Outside of her acting career, Cypress's family background includes a father of Hungarian and German extraction and a mother of African-American and Native American ancestry. She currently lives in New York City, and her older brother, Toby Cypress, works as a comic book artist.
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- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
- Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (2022) as Self
- Yellowjackets (2021) as Taissa Turner
- Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020) as Naia
- The Code (2019) as Col. Edina Corpus
- Inez & Doug & Kira (2019) as Inez
- FBI (2018) as Jillian Starls
- The Blacklist: Redemption (2017) as Nez Rowan
- Billions (2016) as Dean Walker
- Bull (2016) as Brooke Ford
- Supergirl (2015) as Senator Miranda Crane
- Gun Hill (2014) as Andrea Login
- The Blacklist (2013) as Nez Rowan
- House of Cards (2013) as Carly Heath
- Home (2013) as Laura
- Elementary (2012) as Black Suit
- Unforgettable (2011) as Cherie Rollins-Murray
- Remains (2011) as Cindy
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Patrice
- Brooklyn's Finest (2010) as Allisa
- The Good Wife (2009) as Melinda
- Warehouse 13 (2009) as Romana
- Army Wives (2007) as Brenda
- K-Ville (2007) as Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeau
- Heroes (2006) as Simone Deveaux
- World Trade Center (2006) as Bleeding Woman
- Bella (2006) as Frannie
- The Time Tunnel (2006) as J.D.
- Jonny Zero (2005) as Nina Calvo
- Rescue Me (2004) as Carla
- Hack (2002) as Anna Rowe
- Stalker Guilt Syndrome (2002) as Female Passerby
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Louisa Iberra
- 100 Centre Street (2001) as Cassandra
- 100 Centre Street (2001) as Cassandra Rodriguez
- Autumn in New York (2000) as Melissa
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Shauna
- Third Watch (1999) as Sharon Burns
- Law & Order (1990) as Erin Grassley