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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Blacklist

FBI

Blue Bloods

The Good Wife

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Elementary

All Movies (10)

• Inez & Doug & Kira2019 · as Inez
• Gun Hill2014 · as Andrea Login
• Home2013 · as Laura
• Remains2011 · as Cindy
• Brooklyn's Finest2010 · as Allisa
• Bella2006 · as Frannie
• World Trade Center2006 · as Bleeding Woman
• The Time Tunnel2006 · as J.D.
• Stalker Guilt Syndrome2002 · as Female Passerby
• Autumn in New York2000 · as Melissa

All TV Shows (29)

• Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror2022 · as Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• Yellowjackets2021 · as Taissa Turner
• Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector2020 · as Naia
• The Code2019 · as Col. Edina Corpus
• FBI2018 · as Jillian Starls
• The Blacklist: Redemption2017 · as Nez Rowan
• Bull2016 · as Brooke Ford
• Billions2016 · as Dean Walker
• Supergirl2015 · as Senator Miranda Crane
• The Blacklist2013 · as Nez Rowan
• House of Cards2013 · as Carly Heath
• Elementary2012 · as Black Suit
• Unforgettable2011 · as Cherie Rollins-Murray
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Patrice
• The Good Wife2009 · as Melinda
• Warehouse 132009 · as Romana
• K-Ville2007 · as Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeau
• Army Wives2007 · as Brenda
• Heroes2006 · as Simone Deveaux
• Jonny Zero2005 · as Nina Calvo
• Rescue Me2004 · as Carla
• Hack2002 · as Anna Rowe
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Louisa Iberra
• 100 Centre Street2001 · as Cassandra
• 100 Centre Street2001 · as Cassandra Rodriguez
• Third Watch1999 · as Sharon Burns
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Shauna
• Law & Order1990 · as Erin Grassley