Tawny Cypress
Born: 1976-08-08 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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 father is of Hungarian and German extraction and her mother 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. Her older brother Toby Cypress is a comic book artist.
Filmography
2021
- Yellowjackets as Taissa Turner
2020
2019
- The Code as Col. Edina Corpus
- Inez & Doug & Kira as Inez
2018
- FBI as Jillian Starls
2017
- The Blacklist: Redemption as Nez Rowan
2016
- Bull as Brooke Ford
2015
- Supergirl as Senator Miranda Crane
2014
- Gun Hill as Andrea Login
2013
- The Blacklist as Nez Rowan
- House of Cards as Carly Heath
- Home as Laura
2012
- Elementary as Black Suit
2011
- Unforgettable as Cherie Rollins-Murray
- Remains as Cindy
2010
- Blue Bloods as Patrice
- Brooklyn's Finest as Allisa
2009
- The Good Wife as Melinda
- Warehouse 13 as Romana
2007
- Army Wives as Brenda
- K-Ville as Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeau
2006
- Heroes as Simone Deveaux
- Bella as Frannie
- World Trade Center as Bleeding Woman
- The Time Tunnel as J.D.
2005
2004
- Rescue Me as Carla
2002
- Hack as Anna Rowe
- Stalker Guilt Syndrome as Female Passerby
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Louisa Iberra
- 100 Centre Street as Cassandra
2000
- Autumn in New York as Melissa
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Shauna
- Third Watch as Sharon Burns
1990
- Law & Order as Erin Grassley