# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tamsier-joof
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:43:26.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tamsier-joof"
name: "Tamsier Joof"
slug: "tamsier-joof"
description: "Tamsier Joof Aviance or Tamsier Aviance, formerly known by the stage name Tam Jo, is a British dancer, choreographer, actor, model, entrepreneur, radio presenter, and author. He took the name \"Aviance\" after joining the House of Aviance, one of the legendary vogue-ball houses in the United States. As well as appearing in several musicals, and as stage backing dancer for Mary Kiani, Take That and Janet Jackson, he was also known within the London voguing scene during the 1990s and is among the original London vogue dancers of that era."
tagline: "Senegalese model and actor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "1973-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.56
  momentum:             4.326241134751773
  historical:           5.273938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7237855/"
    handle:    "nm7237855"
sources:
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsier_Joof_Aviance"
    title: "Tamsier Joof Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsier_Joof_Aviance"
    title: "Tamsier Joof Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsier_Joof_Aviance"
    title: "Tamsier Joof Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsir_Juuf_Aviance"
    title: "Tamsir Juuf Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamshier_Joof_Aviance"
    title: "Tamshier Joof Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsier_Joof_Aviance"
    title: "Tamsier Joof Aviance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19787346"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump