Tyra Banks American Actress Born 1973 in Inglewood

Tyra Banks (4 December 1973, Inglewood) is an American actress. Audiences know her from Coyote Ugly (2000) and Gossip Girl (2007).

Early life

Her education includes Immaculate Heart Middle & High School, finishing in 1991; Harvard Business School; and Loyola Marymount University.

Career

Her screen career on record begins in 1995 with Higher Learning. The 1990s brought Love Stinks (1999). Her 2000s credits include Tropic Thunder (2008) and Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). During the 2010s, she worked on Life-Size 2 (2018).

Tyra Banks’s credits add up to 10 films and 2 TV series from 1995 to 2018. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (4), followed by comedy (3) and romantic comedy (3). Tropic Thunder (2008) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $196 million.

Jason Bateman appears in two of her listed titles. Another co-star who recurs in her credits is Omar Epps (two titles). Among her other notable work are America's Next Top Model, America's Got Talent and Dancing with the Stars.

Recognition

Tyra Banks’s wins include the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host, awarded in 2009 for The Tyra Banks Show. The list of wins also includes an award at the Teen Choice Awards. In total, she has won 2 awards and earned one nomination.