Tyra Banks

Also known as Tyra Lynne Banks, BanX

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. 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.

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Tyra Lynne Banks is an American film actor, model, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Born in Inglewood in 1973, she is represented by Elite Model Management. Her notable works include *America's Next Top Model*, *The Tyra Banks Show*, *America's Got Talent*, and *Dancing with the Stars* (American TV series). She has received Teen Choice Awards and has been associated with brands such as LensCrafters, CoverGirl, Dolce & Gabbana, and Nike.

Banks began her work period in 1991 and speaks English. She was educated at Harvard Business School, Walsh University, The Groundlings, and Loyola Marymount University. She uses the pseudonyms BanX and TyTy. Her physical characteristics include green eyes and brown hair.

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Inglewood, California, USA

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), is an American television personality, model, 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. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, she…

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Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model — Self - Host & Creator, ANTM2026
Dirty Rotten Scandals — Self2026
Dirty Rotten Scandals2026
Hollywood Squares — Self2025
Feed Me — Self (archive footage)2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler — Self (archive footage)2024
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue — Self2024
In Vogue: The 90s — Self2024
I Love That for You — Tyra Banks2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022

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Instance of: human
Family name: Banks
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Inglewood
Occupation: voice actor
Educated at: Loyola Marymount University
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Notable work: Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)
Eye colour: green
Hair colour: brown hair
Mass: 73
Official website: tyra.com
Image: Tyra Banks at Fashionshow in 2019.jpg
Height: 173
Brand: Got Milk?
Represented by: Elite Model Management

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Commons category: Tyra Banks
date of birth: 1973-12-04
Commons gallery: Tyra Banks
start of work period: 1991-00-00
social media followers: 19500
nickname: BanX
birth name: Tyra Lynne Banks
writing language: English language
pseudonym: BanX
different from: Tyra Banxxx
ethnic group: African Americans

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Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) 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. 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.

Banks began acting on television in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993) and made her film debut in the drama Higher Learning (1995). In 2000, she had major film roles, such as Eve in Disney Channel's Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly. Banks had small roles in the romantic sports film Love & Basketball (2000), the horror film Halloween: Resurrection (2002), and in the television series Gossip Girl (2009) and Glee (2013).

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