---
name: "Tyra Banks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyra-banks"
fi1m_id: "tyra-banks"
imdb_id: "nm0004723"
tmdb_id: 77897
wikidata_id: "Q172303"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T04:10:59.354821+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tyra Banks

## Identity

Tyra Banks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyra-banks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tyra-banks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004723
- **TMDB ID:** 77897
- **Wikidata ID:** Q172303
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Banks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77897

Actor. Born 4 December 1973 in Inglewood, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1973, Inglewood, California, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2009
- **Also known as:** BanX, Tyra Lynne Banks
- **Average Fi1m score:** 53, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Banks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77897

## Biography

Tyra Banks, also credited as Tyra Lynne Banks or BanX, is an American actress, model, television personality and producer. She began her career as a model in the late 1980s and transitioned into acting in the 1990s.

Her film credits include *Coyote Ugly* (2000) as Zoe, *Love & Basketball* (2000) as Kyra Kessler, *Halloween: Resurrection* (2002) as Nora, and *Tropic Thunder* (2008). On television she has appeared in *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990) as Jackie Ames, *Gossip Girl* (2007) as Ursula Nyquist, and *Glee* (2009) as Bichette.

Banks is also known for creating and hosting the reality series *America's Next Top Model* (2003–2018) and for other producing and hosting work.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, usmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, as Bichette — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), Fi1m 38, as Zoe — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead* (2024), Executive Producer
- *I Love That for You* (2022), series, as Tyra Banks
- *Bel-Air* (2022), series, as Regina Baxter
- *Beauty* (2020), series, Actor
- *Life-Size 2* (2018), as Eve · Executive Producer
- *Colette* (2018), Thanks
- *Insecure* (2016), series, as Inglewood Mayor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)
- *I’m beautiful* (2015), series, Creator
- *black-ish* (2014), series, as Gigi
- *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as Mrs. Burke
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Bichette — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *True Beauty* (2009), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Clique* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), as Tyra Banks
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Ursula Nyquist
- *Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out* (2005), series, Actor
- *LArceny* (2004), as Cynthia Dane
- *All of Us* (2003), series, Actor
- *Eight Crazy Nights* (2002), as Victoria's Secret Gown (voice)
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, as Carolyn Gill
- *Halloween: Resurrection* (2002), as Nora
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), as Zoe — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Nina Joseph
- *Love & Basketball* (2000), as Kyra Kessler
- *Life-Size* (2000), as Eve
- *The Apartment Complex* (1999), as Neighbour
- *Love Stinks* (1999), as Holly Garnett
- *Felicity* (1998), series, as Jane Scott
- *The Hughleys* (1998), series, as Nicole
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Tyra Banks
- *MADtv* (1995), series, as Katisha
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Barbie Q. Pepper (voice)
- *Higher Learning* (1995), as Deja
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor
- *Eurotrash* (1993), series, Actor
- *Inferno* (1992), Actor
- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), series, as Jackie Ames
- *Sesame Street* (1969), series, Actor
- *Aruba Model Search*, series, Creator
- *Eesti tippmodell*, series, Creator
- *Honduras Next Top Model*, series, Creator
- *Africa's Next Supermodel*, series, Creator
- *Scandinavia's Next Top Model*, series, Creator
- *Caribbean Model Search*, series, Creator
- *Mega Model*, series, Creator
- *Modelville*, series, Creator
- *Topmodel*, series, Creator
- *Super Model Centroamérica*, series, Creator
- *Top model: Philippines*, series, Creator
- *West Africa's Next Top Model*, series, Creator
- *Afghanistan's Next Top Model*, series, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Tyra Banks (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-6427d8e0db70.jpg) Tyra Banks (2010) — Anthony Quintano, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Tyra_Banks_%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855363427185%29.jpg/1280px-Tyra_Banks_%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855363427185%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tyra Banks at the 2012 Time 100 gala.](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-73fd9e524b54.jpg) Tyra Banks at the 2012 Time 100 gala. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Tyra_Banks_2012_Shankbone.JPG/1280px-Tyra_Banks_2012_Shankbone.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-26203a6f8f6c.png) Tyra Banks — Juice Group, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Tyra_Banks_2018_4.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tyra Banks, Santa Monica, CA on September 14, 2011 - Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-3152f2412609.jpg) Tyra Banks, Santa Monica, CA on September 14, 2011 - Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com — Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tyra_Banks_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-4078587f5994.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-9a254909b0db.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-d8e79d17f662.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyra Banks on why she's going to Harvard Business School in 2011](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-0d4342c5445b.jpg) Tyra Banks on why she's going to Harvard Business School in 2011 — Digitas Photos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Banks2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tyra Banks at the 2012 Time 100 gala.](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-758bedea456c.jpg) Tyra Banks at the 2012 Time 100 gala. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Tyra_Banks_2012_Shankbone_5.JPG/1280px-Tyra_Banks_2012_Shankbone_5.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-a5c56887b29a.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-ced1ae19e70c.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB
- ![Tyra Banks](https://film.one/media/person/483109/gallery-dfc647fe6933.jpg) Tyra Banks — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host 2009: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host (won), for *The Tyra Banks Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show 2007: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show (nominated), for *The Tyra Banks Show*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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