Biography
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, 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, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
2024
as Self
In the 1960s, Jule Campbell shattered glass ceilings, transforming a struggling sports magazine into a media empire: the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit I...
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2024
2024
as Self - Model
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is a typically star-studded annual event used by the company as a marketing tool for its lingerie and is known for ...
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Revolutionary fragrances, Haute Couture and spectacular shows: in the world of luxury, Thierry Mugler broke every code. Enter into the backstage of th...
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
2024
Executive Producer
Seventeen year old Tanya's plans for a carefree summer are derailed when her stressed-to-the-limit mom takes off for a wellness retreat and puts Tanya...
FEED ME
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Filmmaker Connor Luke Simpson explores the underground-and often misunderstood-subculture known as feederism. A community where the fatter you are, th...
Life-Size 2
2018
as Eve
Grace Manning is in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are ca...
Life-Size 2
2018
Executive Producer
Grace Manning is in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are ca...
Colette
2018
Thanks
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France...
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful
2014
as Self
NBC and Time Inc. present Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful, a two-hour TV special celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sports Illustr...
Propaganda
2013
as Self (archive footage)
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean ...
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self (uncredited)
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Herself (uncredited)
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change...
The Clique
2008
Executive Producer
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
Tropic Thunder
2008
as Tyra Banks
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the fru...
Mr. Woodcock
2007
as Self
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a m...
LArceny
2004
as Cynthia Dane
A young man from New Jersey comes to Los Angeles to visit his slightly crazy cousin and gets mistaken for a successful New York artist.
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2004
2004
as Self
Sports Illustrated's 40th Anniversary Swimsuit Edition. Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Marisa Miller, and many of the popular models come back for the 40th.
Totally Gay!
2003
as Self
Totally Gay! is a 2003 television special on VH1 that discusses gay pop culture in the United States. The content of the show includes the hottest sit...
Cleavage
2002
as Self
"Cleavage" is an uplifting and informative journey to the most eye-catching destination on earth: The space between a woman's breasts. Cleavage is wha...
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as Victoria's Secret Gown (voice)
Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.
Halloween: Resurrection
2002
as Nora
Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Mye...
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1997
2000
as Self
"Saturday Night Live" alum Rob Schneider brings his offbeat humor to the sexy SI annual Swimsuit video as he frolics on the beaches with models like V...
Coyote Ugly
2000
as Zoe
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sid...
Love & Basketball
2000
as Kyra Kessler
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in ...
Life-Size
2000
as Eve
Sad and lonely after the death of her mother, Casey would do anything to see her again. But when a series of mystic mishaps mistakenly brings her fash...
The Apartment Complex
1999
as Neighbour
A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.
Love Stinks
1999
as Holly Garnett
A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at hi...
David Blaine: Magic Man
1998
as Self
In Magic Man, Blaine is shown traveling across the country, entertaining unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City, Atlantic City, Dallas, San Francis...
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Self
Jon Stewart hosts the Sesame Street Muppets' 30 year celebration, but Elmo steps in when things go awry.
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1998
1998
as Self
This special provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the annual "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue available on newsstands February 18, 19...
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1996
1996
as Self
Sexy supermodels Tyra Banks, Valeria Mazza, Kathy Ireland, Stacey Williams, Ingrid Seynhaeve, Rebecca Romijn, Angie Everhart, Manon von Gerkan and new...
Higher Learning
1995
as Deja
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will ...
Supermodels in the Rainforest
1994
as Self
The film features American retailer Victoria's Secret regular model Frederique Van Der Wahl, joining Tyra Banks and other supermodels in the rainfores...
Inferno
1992
A young English author is having trouble finishing his latest work. He needs to "avoid distractions, particularly of the female kind." To achieve this...