Biography
Tawny Cypress is an American actress well known for her roles in the NBC superhero series Heroes and in various television shows, including Fox’s drama K-Ville as Ginger “Love Tap” LeBeau, Carly Heath on Netflix’s House of Cards, and on the second and third seasons of CBS’s Unforgettable.
Age
She is 47 years old as of 8 August 2023. She was born in 1976 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States.
Family – Education
Her brother is Toby Cypress, a comic book artist. She grew up in places along the Jersey Shore, including Sea Girt, Belmar, and Red Bank.She attended Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Cypress also went to William Esper Studio, where she was invited to teach in 2020.
Husband
Since 2011, she has been married to Tom Dillon. They have one child and live in New Jersey with several dogs and cats.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1.3 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 iches (1.68 m).
Yellowjackets
She appeared as Adult Taissa Turner in Showtime’s Yellowjackets. Taissa Turner was a standout player for the WHS Yellowjackets soccer team 25 years ago, as they prepared to compete at nationals. Prior to the accident, Taissa joined the team and won the New Jersey state championships. Taissa accidently freezes out Allie during practice, fracturing her leg and earning her teammates’ disapproval. During a party, the squad becomes increasingly angry, turning against one another. squad captain Jackie eventually brings the squad together, and they accept Taissa’s error.
Taissa survives the plane disaster and witnesses Misty Quigley sever Assistant Coach Ben Scott’s leg. Taissa also notices Mari staring at the wreckage and remarks that she did Allie a favor by fracturing her leg. Despite Jackie’s objections, Taissa advises leaving the crash scene and traveling to a neighboring lake. After the “ayes” vote, they head to the lake, thanking Shauna for her support. Shauna admits that they just believe they have a clue about their behavior.
The Blacklist: Redemption
She played Nez Rowan, an international criminal, in the NBC series “The Blacklist” and a prominent character in “The Blacklist: Redemption”. Nez and Solomon are working together at the Hunt Valley Nuclear Research Facility. Employees kneel, hands behind their heads. Nez pulls a cart containing a barrel labeled with the acronym nuclear materials. The materials are loaded and hauled away. Aram studies the recordings and discovers that she is an ex-marine nuclear weapons specialist who has multiple aliases and has been freelancing for 8 years. One of her Harper Waters aliases is registered at a motel near Baltimore.
Samar and Ressler travel there and apprehend her. She suggests a contract and provides a gratuity to demonstrate her good will and the importance of reaching an agreement. She informs the Task Force on the timing, firepower, and location of the attack on a military convoy. However, it is a diversion while Solomon pursues Elisabeth Keen.
Nez attempts to kidnap Benjamin Stadler for Scottie Hargrave, but her plan fails. However, she manages to flee Samar and Ressler. Nez is waiting for Scottie Hargrave at the site of a massacre. Their men have all died. Nez reveals that a message was left for her boss, signed with a R for Reddington, and then she says another one. She then plans an operation at the Port of Amsterdam for the following day based on Scottie’s order. Once again, Samar and Ressler foil her mission.
Heroes
She appeared as Simone Deveaux. Simone Deveaux was an art dealer and the girlfriend of two of Season 1’s primary protagonists, the other being Isaac Mendez. She was Charles Deveaux’s daughter. Simone entered her father, Charles Deveaux’s, apartment while waking up Peter Petrelli, her father’s nurse, from a dream. She apologized, and Peter informed her that Charles had been comatose for a week and was near to death. After Simone thanked him, Peter intimated that he wanted to ask her out on a date, but Simone said she was already dating someone else, putting them both in an awkward predicament.
Simone approached Isaac Mendez, an artist and her boyfriend, who was destroying his works. She was horrified that he was destroying such great paintings, but Isaac explained that he didn’t remember painting any of them because he was high on drugs at the time. He explained to Simone that the paintings were “evil” by showing her a painting of a bus on fire that he had made three weeks earlier. Isaac showed Simone a newspaper item that exhibited the same image and stated that the attack occurred the day before. Isaac suspected that something was wrong with him, but while Simone screamed for aid, he yelled at her to go.
Back at her father’s apartment, Simone was looking for morphine and requested Peter to accompany her because he is a nurse. They arrived at Isaac’s residence and found him unconscious from a narcotics overdose. Simone desperately dialed 911, but Isaac quickly recovered, saying, “We have to stop it.” He pointed to a big picture on the ground depicting New York City bursting.
Movies
♦ 2019 – Inez & Doug & Kira
♦ 2013 – Home
♦ 2011 – Remains
♦ 2009 – Brooklyn’s Finest
♦ 2006 – Bella
♦ 2006 – World Trade Center
♦ 2000 – Autumn in New York
TV Shows
♦ 2022 – The Equalizer
♦ 2021–present – Yellowjackets
♦ 2020-2021 – Billions
♦ 2020 – Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
♦ 2019 – The Code
♦ 2018 – Bull
♦ 2018 – FBI
♦ 2017 – The Blacklist: Redemption
♦ 2017 – NCIS: New Orleans
♦ 2016 – Supergirl
♦ 2016 – The Blacklist
♦ 2013–2014 – Unforgettable
♦ 2013 – Elementary
♦ 2013 – House of Cards
♦ 2012 – The Good Wife
♦ 2012 – Blue Bloods
♦ 2011 – Gun Hill
♦ 2010 – Warehouse 13
♦ 2009 – House Rules