Tawny Cypress
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.
Movie Appearances
Bella
as Frannie
2006
Remains
as Cindy
2011
Autumn in New York
as Melissa
2000
Home
as Laura
2013
Gun Hill
as Andrea Login
2014
The Time Tunnel
as J.D.
2006
World Trade Center
as Bleeding Woman
2006
Inez & Doug & Kira
as Inez
2019
Brooklyn's Finest
as Allisa
2010
Stalker Guilt Syndrome
as Female Passerby
2002
TV Appearances
Third Watch
as Sharon Burns
1999
Heroes
as Simone Deveaux
2006
Yellowjackets
as Taissa Turner
2021
K-Ville
as Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeau
2007
Jonny Zero
2005
Army Wives
as Brenda
2007
Hack
as Anna Rowe
2002
Unforgettable
as Cherie Rollins-Murray
2011
Elementary
as Black Suit
2012
Blue Bloods
as Patrice
2010
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
as Self
2022
Warehouse 13
as Romana
2009