Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Known for
Acting
Born
December 4, 1973 (age 52)
Birthplace
Inglewood, California, USA

Biography

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 was one of the world's top-earning models.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model poster

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

TV · as Self - Host & Creator, ANTM · 3 eps

2026
Dirty Rotten Scandals poster

Dirty Rotten Scandals

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
Dirty Rotten Scandals poster

Dirty Rotten Scandals

TV · 6 eps

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2024
Feed Me poster

Feed Me

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler poster

Inside the Dream: Mugler

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue poster

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue

Movie · as Self

2024
In Vogue: The 90s poster

In Vogue: The 90s

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2022
I Love That for You poster

I Love That for You

TV · as Tyra Banks · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The Kardashians poster

The Kardashians

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Bel-Air poster

Bel-Air

TV · as Regina Baxter · 2 eps

2020
Beauty

Beauty

TV · 1 ep

2020
Celebrity Watch Party poster

Celebrity Watch Party

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Life-Size 2 poster

Life-Size 2

Movie · as Eve

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Insecure poster

Insecure

TV · as Inglewood Mayor · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful

Movie · as Self

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Gigi · 2 eps

2012
Asia's Next Top Model poster

Asia's Next Top Model

TV · as Self - Top Model Creator / Special Judge · 1 ep

2012
Steve Harvey poster

Steve Harvey

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
Top Model po-russki poster

Top Model po-russki

TV · as Special guest · 1 ep

2010
Teenage Paparazzo poster

Teenage Paparazzo

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2010
Shake It Up poster

Shake It Up

TV · as Mrs. Burke · 2 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Vietnam's Next Top Model poster

Vietnam's Next Top Model

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Hannah Montana: The Movie poster

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Movie · as Herself (uncredited)

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Bichette · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2008
Tropic Thunder poster

Tropic Thunder

Movie · as Tyra Banks

2007
Mr. Woodcock poster

Mr. Woodcock

Movie · as Self

2007
Gossip Girl poster

Gossip Girl

TV · as Ursula Nyquist · 1 ep

2006
Web Junk 20

Web Junk 20

TV · 1 ep

2006
America's Got Talent poster

America's Got Talent

TV · as Self - Host · 48 eps

2006
Germany's Next Topmodel poster

Germany's Next Topmodel

TV · as Self - Guest Judge, Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List poster

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out poster

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Tyra Banks Show poster

The Tyra Banks Show

TV · as Self - Host · 507 eps

2005
Deal or No Deal poster

Deal or No Deal

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self - Host · 33 eps

2004
LArceny poster

LArceny

Movie · as Cynthia Dane

2004
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2004 poster

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2004

Movie · as Self

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Project Runway poster

Project Runway

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2003
Totally Gay! poster

Totally Gay!

Movie · as Self

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
All of Us poster

All of Us

TV · 1 ep

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
E!'s 101

E!'s 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
America's Next Top Model poster

America's Next Top Model

TV · as Self - Judge, Self - Guest, Self - Photographer · 297 eps

2002
Halloween: Resurrection poster

Halloween: Resurrection

Movie · as Nora

2002
Eight Crazy Nights poster

Eight Crazy Nights

Movie · as Victoria's Secret Gown (voice)

2002
Cleavage poster

Cleavage

Movie · as Self

2002
American Dreams poster

American Dreams

TV · as Carolyn Gill · 1 ep

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2000
Coyote Ugly poster

Coyote Ugly

Movie · as Zoe

2000
Love & Basketball poster

Love & Basketball

Movie · as Kyra Kessler

2000
Life-Size poster

Life-Size

Movie · as Eve

2000
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1997 poster

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1997

Movie · as Self

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Nina Joseph · 1 ep

1999
Love Stinks poster

Love Stinks

Movie · as Holly Garnett

1999
The Apartment Complex poster

The Apartment Complex

Movie · as Neighbour

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! poster

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Movie · as Self

1998
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1998 poster

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1998

Movie · as Self

1998
David Blaine: Magic Man poster

David Blaine: Magic Man

Movie · as Self

1998
Felicity poster

Felicity

TV · as Jane Scott · 3 eps

1998
The Hughleys poster

The Hughleys

TV · as Nicole · 1 ep

1998
The Magic Hour poster

The Magic Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest Co-Host · 7 eps

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Tyra Banks · 2 eps

1996
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1996 poster

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1996

Movie · as Self

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Higher Learning poster

Higher Learning

Movie · as Deja

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Katisha · 2 eps

1995
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show poster

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show poster

Die Harald Schmidt Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Barbie Q. Pepper (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Supermodels in the Rainforest poster

Supermodels in the Rainforest

Movie · as Self

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · 3 eps

1994
Extra poster

Extra

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps

1993
Eurotrash poster

Eurotrash

TV · 1 ep

1992
Inferno poster

Inferno

Movie

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
Michael Jackson's Black or White poster

Michael Jackson's Black or White

Movie · as Tyra Banks (uncredited)

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Jackie Ames · 8 eps

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show poster

The Oprah Winfrey Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · 1 ep

1975
Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1972
The Price Is Right poster

The Price Is Right

TV · as Self

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep