Tyra Banks
Acting • Born 1973-12-04
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.
Filmography
109 credits
Teenage Paparazzo
Movie • 2010
Self (uncredited)
Halloween: Resurrection
Movie • 2002
Nora
Coyote Ugly
Movie • 2000
Zoe
Eight Crazy Nights
Movie • 2002
Victoria's Secret Gown (voice)
Love & Basketball
Movie • 2000
Kyra Kessler
Life-Size
Movie • 2000
Eve
Love Stinks
Movie • 1999
Holly Garnett
LArceny
Movie • 2004
Cynthia Dane
Higher Learning
Movie • 1995
Deja
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Movie • 1998
Self
Supermodels in the Rainforest
Movie • 1994
Self
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2004
Movie • 2004
Self
Totally Gay!
Movie • 2003
Self
Inferno
Movie • 1992
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1998
Movie • 1998
Self
David Blaine: Magic Man
Movie • 1998
Self
Tropic Thunder
Movie • 2008
Tyra Banks
Cleavage
Movie • 2002
Self
Life-Size 2
Movie • 2018
Eve
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Movie • 2009
Herself (uncredited)
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1997
Movie • 2000
Self
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1996
Movie • 1996
Self
The Apartment Complex
Movie • 1999
Neighbour
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful
Movie • 2014
Self
Mr. Woodcock
Movie • 2007
Self
FEED ME
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
Movie • 2024
Self
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
All of Us
TV • 2003
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV • 2005
Self
The Price Is Right
TV • 1972
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Jackie Ames
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
TV • 2005
The Tyra Banks Show
TV • 2005
Self - Host
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Web Junk 20
TV • 2006
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Nina Joseph
American Dreams
TV • 2002
Carolyn Gill
Felicity
TV • 1998
Jane Scott
Gossip Girl
TV • 2007
Ursula Nyquist
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Katisha
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Hughleys
TV • 1998
Nicole
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Tyra Banks
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
E!'s 101
TV • 2003
Self
Shake It Up
TV • 2010
Mrs. Burke
Deal or No Deal
TV • 2005
Self
Glee
TV • 2009
Bichette
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
TV • 1995
Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Asia's Next Top Model
TV • 2012
Self - Top Model Creator / Special Judge
America's Next Top Model
TV • 2003
Self - Judge
I Love That for You
TV • 2022
Tyra Banks
America's Next Top Model
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Barbie Q. Pepper (voice)
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
America's Got Talent
TV • 2006
Self - Host
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Kardashians
TV • 2022
Self
The Magic Hour
TV • 1998
Self
black-ish
TV • 2014
Gigi
Top Model po-russki
TV • 2011
Special guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Insecure
TV • 2016
Inglewood Mayor
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest Co-Host
Beauty
TV • 2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Celebrity Watch Party
TV • 2020
Self
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Host
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self
America's Next Top Model
TV • 2003
Self - Photographer
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Project Runway
TV • 2004
Self - Guest Judge
In Vogue: The 90s
TV • 2024
Self
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self - Presenter
Vietnam's Next Top Model
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
Bel-Air
TV • 2022
Regina Baxter
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge
Extra
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Special Guest
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
TV • 2026
Self