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Tawny Cypress Biography
Birth Place:
Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Her brother, Toby Cypress, is a comic-book artist
- Originally auditioned for the role of Niki on the TV series Heroes
- Trained with the New Orleans Police Department and a SWAT team for her role on the TV series K-Ville, and learned how to hold a gun and make arrests
- Having watched the attack on the World Trade Center from her nearby apartment, Cypress was greatly affected by it; upon learning that Oliver Stone planned a film about the event, she contacted him and got a small role in his feature film World Trade Center (2006)
Relationships
- Toby Cypress -- Brother
- Bill Charles -- Ex-husband
- Gene Cypress -- Father
- Tom Dillon -- Significant Other
- Dexter -- Son