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Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1973 · age 52

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times.

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A life in dates

2024“I was a fan of Victoria’s Secret before I was a model for Victoria’s Secret.”In their wordsTyra Banks Os Making Her Return to the Victoria’s Secret RunwaySep 24, 2024

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit IssueFilm, 20242022SherriSeries2018Life-Size 2Film, Producer2015Hot OnesSeries2014Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of BeautifulFilm2010ConanSeries2009Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show HostAwardHannah Montana: The MovieFilm, 2009Herself (uncredited)2008“Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time.”In their words1 June 2008Lynn Hirschberg (1 June 2008) "Banksable", The New York Times, The New York Times Company.

The CliqueFilm, 2008Producer2007“And I do know about body image. About worrying about it. I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.”In their words15 April 2007Euan Ferguson (15 April 2007) "Interview: Tyra Banks - The supermodel turned spokeswoman", The Guardian, Guardian News and Media Limited.

Gossip GirlSeries, 2007Ursula NyquistMr. WoodcockFilm, 20072006“Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.”In their wordsOctober 2006"Tyra Banks: Success as Fashion Model and Businesswoman Make Her a Role Model as Well". (October 2006) Jet. p. 63.

“I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show?”In their words3 July 2006Forbes, Forbes.com LLC

2005Dancing with the StarsSeries, Producer2004“I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press.”In their words1 March 2004Jet

Project RunwaySeries, 2004LArcenyFilm, 2004Cynthia Dane2002CleavageFilm2000Coyote UglyFilm, Zoe1999Love StinksFilm, Holly Garnett1998David Blaine: Magic ManFilm1997The ViewSeries1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSeriesHigher LearningFilm, 1995Deja1994Supermodels in the RainforestFilm1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeriesInfernoFilm, 19921973Born4 December 1973

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  • Love & Basketball 2000
  • Tropic Thunder 2008
  • Hannah Montana: The Movie 2009
  • Life-Size 2000
  • Love Stinks 1999

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Filmography 31

158 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

On YouTube

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In their own words 4

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Tyra Banks
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4 statements, newest first

  1. Only a smart model is a good model.

    , Own words

  2. I never in a million years thought that I would be back on the runway, but I am so beyond excited and so ready for this

    , Own words

  3. It’s a little bit of an out-of-body experience. I walked off that runway and I [had] this big retirement and it was such a spectacle.

    , Own words

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Awards

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host2009
Teen Choice Awards

About this person

Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1973 · age 52

In the same film or series as Tyra

Tom CruiseAlso in Tropic Thunder (2008)Ice CubeAlso in Higher Learning (1995)Lindsay LohanAlso in Life-Size (2000)Emily OsmentAlso in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)LeAnn RimesAlso in Coyote Ugly (2000)Katee SackhoffAlso in Halloween: Resurrection (2002)