Tawny Cypress
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.
Acting
TV
Supergirl
as Senator Miranda Crane
2015
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Shauna
1999
TV
The Blacklist
as Nez Rowan
2013
TV
House of Cards
as Carly Heath
2013
TV
Heroes
as Simone Deveaux
2006
TV
Elementary
as Black Suit
2012
Movie
World Trade Center
as Bleeding Woman
2006
TV
Billions
as Dean Walker
2016
TV
Blue Bloods
as Patrice
2010
Movie
Brooklyn's Finest
as Allisa
2010
TV
Yellowjackets
as Taissa Turner
2021
TV
FBI
as Jillian Starls
2018
Movie
Autumn in New York
as Melissa
2000
TV
Warehouse 13
as Romana
2009
TV
Law & Order
as Erin Grassley
1990
TV
The Good Wife
as Melinda
2009
TV
Bull
as Brooke Ford
2016
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Louisa Iberra
2001
TV
Unforgettable
as Cherie Rollins-Murray
2011
TV
Third Watch
as Sharon Burns
1999
TV
Rescue Me
as Carla
2004
TV
The Blacklist: Redemption
as Nez Rowan
2017
TV
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
as Naia
2020
Movie
Bella
as Frannie
2006