Tawny Cypress

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Tawny Cypress
Born
Tawny Cypress

Education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Tom Dillon
(m. 2011)
Children1

Tawny Cypress is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She starred as art dealer Simone Deveaux on the NBC superhero series Heroes . She previously held roles on several TV series, including Fox's drama K-Ville as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau, Carly Heath on the Netflix drama House of Cards, and Cherie Rollins-Murray on the second and third seasons of the CBS series Unforgettable. In 2019, Cypress starred as Inez in the film Inez & Doug & Kira. Since 2021, Cypress has starred as Taissa Turner on Showtime's Yellowjackets . [1]

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Early life

Tawny Cypress was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.[ citation needed ] She spent her childhood living in communities along the Jersey Shore, including the towns of Sea Girt, Belmar and Red Bank. [2] She attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Cypress also attended William Esper Studio, where she was invited to teach in 2020. [3]

Career

Since 2000, she has been actively working in film and television. She had a main role in The Blacklist: Redemption as Nez Rowan, a mercenary. [4] In 2021, Cypress was cast on Yellowjackets in the main role of Taissa Turner, a survivor of a horrific plane crash in the 1990s, now running for the New Jersey State Senate while trying to keep quiet the demons of nineteen months of survival in the Canadian wilderness.

Personal life

Cypress resides in New York City. [5] Her brother is comic book artist Toby Cypress. Since 2011, she has been married to Tom Dillon. They have one child and reside in New Jersey with their many dogs and cats. [6]

Cypress revealed in the documentary Queer for Fear that she is attracted to women. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Autumn in New York Melissa
2006 Bella Frannie
2006 World Trade Center Bleeding Woman
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Allisa
2011 Remains Cindy
2013 Home Laura
2019Inez & Doug & KiraInez

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 NYPD Blue Rosana BoothEpisode: "A Hole in Juan"
2000–2005 Third Watch A.D.A. Sharon BurnsRecurring role (7 episodes)
2001–2002 100 Centre Street Cassandra RodriguezRecurring role (6 episodes)
2002 Hack Anna RoweEpisode: "Bad Choices"
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Louisa IberraEpisode: "Legion"
2003 All My Children Prof. Shambala StevensRecurring role (6 episodes)
2005 Jonny Zero Nina CalvoRecurring role (6 episodes)
2005 Stella GemmaEpisode: "Meeting Girls"
2006 Love Monkey Crystal SloaneEpisode: "Mything Persons"
2006The Time TunnelJ.D.TV film
2006–2007 Heroes Simone Deveaux Recurring role (14 episodes)
2007–2008 K-Ville Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeauRecurring role (11 episodes)
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ShawnaEpisode: "Undercover"
2008 Army Wives BrendaEpisodes: "Casting Out the Net", "Duplicity"
2009House RulesRobin CalhounTV film
2009 Rescue Me CarlaRecurring role (5 episodes)
2010 Warehouse 13 RomanaEpisode: "Age Before Beauty"
2011 Gun Hill Andrea LoganTV film
2012 The Good Wife MelindaEpisode: "I Fought the Law"
2012 Blue Bloods PatriceEpisode: "Nightmares"
2013 Elementary Black SuitEpisode: "The Red Team"
2013 House of Cards Carly HeathRecurring role (5 episodes)
2013–2014 Unforgettable Cherie Rollins-MurrayRegular role (26 episodes)
2016 Supergirl Senator Miranda Crane/White Martian2 episodes
2016 The Blacklist Nez Rowan4 episodes
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Main role
2017 NCIS: New Orleans FBI Special Agent Sarah BarnsEpisode: "The Asset"
2018 Bull Brooke FordEpisode: "Excessive Force"
2018 FBI Jillian StarlsEpisode: "The Armorer's Faith"
2019 The Code Col. Edina Corpus2 episodes
2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Naia2 episodes
2020-2021 Billions Dean Allison Walker2 episodes
2021–present Yellowjackets Taissa TurnerMain role
2022 The Equalizer Vanessa2 episodes

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