Tyra Banks

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Tyra Banks: Biography

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Birth Name: Tyra Lynne Banks
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/04/1973, Sagittarius
Profession: Model; actor; TV personality

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A top supermodel throughout the '90s and '00s, Banks was always more than just a pretty face and perfect body. Her résumé boasts stints as an actress, recording artist, author, talk-show host and real... read more

Tyra Banks: TV Guide News

Top 10 "Best Boobs" in Hollywood | Today's Top Videos | 7/3/2008
Oh, how we love top 10 lists – especially when the subject matter is Hollywood's most boobalicious babes. So who made the cleavage cut from In Touch magazine? We've got Jennifer Aniston (bet John's thrilled to tell his friends that one), Katherine Heigl, ScarJo, Tyra and… the number one leading lady with the best boobage: Jessica Simpson! Wonder if Papa Joe was petitioning for that one?! read more
Backstage at the Daytime Emmys Brings Laughs, Tears | Soaps News | 6/21/2008
We were promised more energy, more fun and more excitement for this year's Daytime Emmy Awards, and the event delivered. Opening with multiple, overlapping spoofs on daytime television, hosts Sherri Shepherd and Cameron Mathison set the tone from the start. With an all-new, banquet-style set-up and an open bar for the guests, the sweltering L.A. evening outdoors was left far behind for the cool festivities inside the Kodak theater. Backstage in the press room, TVGuide.com heard from the winners of each category, where the newly crowned Daytime Emmy recipients gushed about their new trophies.Tyra Banks was one of the first of the night to take home a win. For her acceptance speech, she took over the entire stage area with her team when they won for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative series, and she was no less outspoken when she arrived at the press room. Explaining that she'd had her own "ugly cry" after holding her composure on camera, she also spoke to her mother's emotions over... read more
Jimmy Kimmel Headlines Daytime Emmy Presenters | Soaps News | 6/5/2008
Jimmy Kimmel, Barbara Walters and Tyra Banks headline a slate of celebs scheduled to present at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (June 20, 8 pm/ET on ABC).Kimmel will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Regis Philbin, who is marking more than 40 years in television.The schedule of performers also includes numerous soap stars, including All My Children power couple Darnell Williams and Debbie Morgan, Jack Wagner of Bold and the Beautiful, and Anthony Geary of General Hospital.Montel Williams — who is ending his talk show atfer 17 years — is also scheduled to appear. — J.R. WhalenRelated:•Cameron Mathison, Sherri Shepherd to Host Daytime Emmys read more
Cheers: Top Model's Big Winner | Cheers & Jeers | 5/15/2008
Cheers to Tyra Banks for finally putting her money where her mouth is and picking a full-figured winner of America's Next Top Model. It only took ten cycles to do it, but there's no denying Whitney deserved the title, especially considering her final competition: the deeply vapid Anya. (Tyra said she looked like a mannequin and meant it as a compliment; Paulina Porizkova said she looked dumb and didn't.) Whitney owned the runway with energy and personality to spare. Skinny girls, eat your hearts out!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine! read more
Fall TV: CW's Game for The Game, Tyra Banks' Stylista | Today's News: Our Take | 5/12/2008
The pre-upfronts pickups continue. The CW has greenlit a third season of The Game, which forges on despite the months-ago dismissal of its forerunner, Girlfriends.The CW also has picked up to series Stylista, a Devil Wears Prada-esque reality competition produced by Top Model tandem Tyra Banks and Ken Mok, and dangling a job at Elle in front of 11 wannabe fashion journos. Stylista likely will be packaged with ANTM on Wednesday nights. — MWMMore Fall TV coverage:• Ausiello's "Bubble" Show Status Report• More Boston Legal Suits ABC• CW Officially Picks Up 90210 • Fox's Death Lives On, Back to You Won't Be Back• Fox's New Amsterdam Immortal No More • CW Axes Aliens in America read more

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Tyra Banks: Credits

Title	Year	Type
BET Honors (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
Daytime Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
BET Awards '07 (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
Daytime Emmy Awards (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
Fashion Rocks (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series