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Biography

Tyra Banks grew up in Inglewood, California. Her parents are Carolyn London (a photographer) and Don Banks. Her parents divorced when she was six…more

Born

12/4/1973, Los Angeles, California

Birth Name

Tyra Lynne Banks

Gender

Female

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Star (10)

Role
- America's Next Top Model
  Host/Judge
  - S 18: Ep 12 Highlights
    5/23/12
  - S 18: Ep 11 Jez Smith
    5/16/12
  - S 18: Ep 5 Beverly Johnson
    3/28/12
  - S 18: Ep 3 Cat Deeley
    3/14/12
  - S 18: Ep 2 Kris Jenner
    3/7/12
  - + 166 More Credits
- America's Next Top Model
  Star
  - S 16: Ep 11 Daniella Issa Helayel
    5/4/11
  - S 12: Ep 13 America's Next Top Model Is...
    5/13/09
  - S 12: Ep 12 Take Me to the Jungle
    5/6/09
  - S 12: Ep 11 Let's Go See The City
    4/29/09
  - S 12: Ep 10 The Amazing Model Race
    4/22/09
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Tyra Banks Show
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 167 Tyravilles
    7/29/09
  - S 4: Ep 166 Summer Advice Squad
    7/27/09
  - S 4: Ep 165 The Secret Code of Men
    7/17/09
  - S 4: Ep 164 Love the Skin You're In
    7/13/09
  - S 4: Ep 163 Transforming Your Life
    6/22/09
  - + 666 More Credits
- True Beauty
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 8 Finale
    2/23/09
  - S 1: Ep 6 Get Fit
    2/10/09
  - S 1: Ep 5 Natural Beauty
    2/2/09
- America's Next Top Model
  herself
  - S 11: Ep 1 The Notorious Fierce Fourteen
    9/3/08
- Teen Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Teen Choice Awards 2008
    8/4/08
  - S 1: Ep 9 Teen Choice 2007
    8/27/07
- America's Next Top Model
  Host
  - S 10: Ep 10 Viva Italia!
    4/23/08
  - S 10: Ep 8 Top Model 10 Confidential
    4/9/08
  - S 10: Ep 2 New York City, Here We Come
    2/27/08
  - S 10: Ep 1 Welcome to Top Model Prep
    2/20/08
  - S 9: Ep 15 Exposed, Part II
    2/13/08
  - + 19 More Credits
- America's Next Top Model
  Host/Judge/Photographer
  - S 9: Ep 12 The Girls Go to the Great Wall
    12/5/07
- The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
    12/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
    11/19/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 2002 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
    11/20/02
  - S 1: Ep 1 2001 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
    11/15/01
- Teen Choice Awards
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Teen Choice 1999
    8/1/99
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 127 Bacall/Banks
    3/2/05
  - S 8: Ep 69 Burstyn/Banks
    12/3/04
  - S 7: Ep 120 Banks/Furtado
    2/24/04
  - S 7: Ep 56 Ford/Hargitay
    11/18/03
  - S 6: Ep 171 May 20, 2003
    5/20/03
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 1 Millenium makeovers with Tyra Banks
    1/3/00
  - S 13: Ep 33 Tyra Banks on the beach
    2/17/99
  - S 16: Ep 8 From runway to real life with Tyra Banks
  - S 14: Ep 45 Tyra Banks on sibling rivalry
  - S 13: Ep 223 Millenium makeovers with Tyra Banks
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  Jackie
  - S 4: Ep 12 You've Got To Be a Football Hero
    11/29/93
  - S 4: Ep 11 Take My Cousin -- Please
    11/22/93
  - S 4: Ep 9 Fresh Prince After Dark
    11/8/93
  - S 4: Ep 8 Blood is Thicker Than Mud
    11/1/93
  - S 4: Ep 4 Father of the Year
    10/4/93
  - + 3 More Credits
Guest Star (56)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 77 January 2, 2012
    1/2/12
  - S 17: Ep 45 November 8, 2004
    11/8/04
  - S 7: Ep 102 January 25, 1995
    1/25/95
- The Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 37 Episode 232
    10/27/11
  - S 1: Ep 95 Episode 95
    3/15/11
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 140 A Streetcar Named Dr. Nathan Gluckman
    9/14/11
- Extra
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 8 September 14, 2011
    9/14/11
- Piers Morgan Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 58 April 6, 2011 - Russell Brand; Tyra Banks
    4/6/11
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 64 Episode #4.064
    11/18/10
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 47 47
    11/17/09
- Gossip Girl
  Ursula
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dan de Fleurette
    10/5/09
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 229 November 14, 2008
    11/14/08
  - S 57: Ep 183 September 10, 2008
    9/10/08
  - S 57: Ep 88 April 30. 2008
    4/30/08
  - S 56: Ep 196 October 1, 2007
    10/1/07
  - S 55: Ep 182 September 12, 2006
    9/12/06
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 99 Thursday, January 17, 2008
    1/17/08
- The Salt-N-Pepa Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Spinderella Cut It Up One Time
    11/5/07
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 I'm Watching You
    10/14/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Self
  - S 14: Ep 2402 Tyra Banks, Masi Oka, Brandi Carlile
    4/26/07
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 32: Ep 219 November 2, 2006
    11/2/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 133 Tyra Banks, Jason Statham, Papa Roach
    9/8/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Going, Going, Gone
    6/6/06
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 106 Tyra Banks/Jackie Collins
    3/7/06
  - S 2: Ep 7 Tyra Banks/Tyler James Williams/Ted Alexandro
    9/20/05
- The Price is Right
  Model
  - S 34: Ep 103 Season 34, Episode 103
    2/17/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 108 Tyra Banks/Betty White
    2/16/06
  - S 2: Ep 23 Martin Short/Tyra Banks/Aron Ralston
    10/6/04
  - S 1: Ep 96 Seth Green/Tyra Banks
    2/4/04
- Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out
  Guest Host
  - S 2: Ep 2 Tyra Banks
    2/9/06
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 32: Ep 1 The 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/10/06
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 108 Show #3052
    12/2/05
  - S 14: Ep 54 Show #2998
    9/12/05
  - S 13: Ep 180 Show #2901
    3/29/05
- E! True Hollywood Story
  herself
  - S 10: Ep 16 Tyra Banks
    11/13/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 87 Tyra Banks, Jesse Eisenberg, Slipknot
    3/1/05
  - S 11: Ep 54 Tyra Banks, Andy Serkis, Los Lonely Boys
    1/13/04
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 63 Show #2283
    12/2/04
  - S 5: Ep 62 Show #0924
    12/15/97
- The Tony Danza Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 42 Episode 42
    11/9/04
- VH1 Goes Inside
  Herself
  - — America's Next Top Model
    11/7/04
- Punk'd
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 8 Tyra Banks, Kanye West, Benji and Joel Madden
    6/13/04
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 27 Best Kept Hollywood Secrets 80 - 61
    6/7/04
- 106 & Park
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 54 Guest Hosts Lil' Wayne and Raven-Symone
    6/3/04
- Hollywood HD
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 18 Shrek 2 Premiere, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
    5/18/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 54 3/24/04
    3/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 45 3/11/04
    3/11/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 52 3/22/04
    3/22/04
- American Dreams
  Velvelette
  - S 2: Ep 17 Chasing the Past
    3/21/04
- All of Us
  Roni
  - S 1: Ep 17 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    2/24/04
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 100 Tyra Banks
    2/23/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 91 1/27/04
    1/27/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 115 Tyra Banks, Tony Siragusa, and Phantom Planet
    1/24/04
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 122 Tyra Banks, Marc Maron, Live
    5/20/03
  - S 10: Ep 36 Rudolph Guiliani, Tyra Banks, Zach Galifianakis
    11/19/02
- Soul Food
  Nina Joseph
  - S 1: Ep 13 Ordinary Pain
    1/3/01
- Felicity
  Jane Scott
  - S 3: Ep 8 A Good Egg
    11/22/00
  - S 3: Ep 7 Kissing Mr. Covington
    11/15/00
  - S 3: Ep 6 One Ball, Two Strikes
    11/8/00
- MadTV
  Herself/Katisha
  - S 5: Ep 25 Episode #525
    5/20/00
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 8 Life Size
    3/4/00
- MadTV
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 17 Episode #517
    2/19/00
- The Hughleys
  Nicole
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sap & the Star
    10/15/99
- Soul Train
  Co-Host
  - S 28: Ep 26 The 13th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    3/26/99
  - + -3 More Credits
- Just Shoot Me!
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 15 Nina Sees Red (2)
    2/16/99
  - S 3: Ep 14 Nina Sees Red (1)
    2/9/99
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 7 Chinatown
    9/11/98
- The Magic Hour
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 June 12, 1998
    6/12/98
  - S 1: Ep 1 June 8, 1998
    6/8/98
- New York Undercover
  Natasha Clayborne
  - S 3: Ep 19 Hubris
    3/27/97
- New York Undercover
  Natasha Claybourne
  - S 3: Ep 18 Descell
    3/13/97
  - S 3: Ep 16 Outrage
    2/13/97
- All That
  Customer
  - S 3: Ep 5 Tyra Banks / Blackstreet
    12/14/96
- Soul Train
  Host
  - S 24: Ep 3 Public Enemy/ Ed DeBarge/ Brownstone
    10/8/94
  - S 23: Ep 6 Me'Shell NdegeOcello/ J.T. Taylor/ Usher Raymond
    11/27/93
- Eurotrash
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tyra Banks
    10/22/93
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 36 Tyra Banks and Bobbi Brown Makeover Teens
  - S 19: Ep 4 From Runway to Real Life withTyra Banks
Cameo (1)

Role
- Deal or No Deal
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 53 Episode 355
    3/27/08
Creator (1)

Role
- America's Next Top Model
  Creator
  - S 18: Ep 5 Beverly Johnson
    3/28/12
  - S 18: Ep 3 Cat Deeley
    3/14/12
  - S 18: Ep 2 Kris Jenner
    3/7/12
  - S 16: Ep 13 Vivienne Westwood / Jay Manuel
    5/18/11
Executive Producer (3)

Role
- America's Next Top Model
  Executive Producer
  - S 18: Ep 5 Beverly Johnson
    3/28/12
  - S 18: Ep 3 Cat Deeley
    3/14/12
  - S 18: Ep 2 Kris Jenner
    3/7/12
  - S 16: Ep 13 Vivienne Westwood / Jay Manuel
    5/18/11
- True Beauty
  Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Final Test
    7/19/10
  - S 2: Ep 7 Stop Smoking
    7/12/10
  - S 2: Ep 6 Bride in Trouble
    7/5/10
  - S 2: Ep 5 Change My Score!
    6/28/10
  - S 2: Ep 4 Finding The Ring
    6/21/10
  - + 4 More Credits
- Stylista
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/22/08

Tyra Banks News

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News Briefs: A&E Cancels Breakout Kings

By Tim Surette, May 18, 2012

Plus: MTV no longer wants its Pants back, The CW's The Selection still has a chance, and who is leaving Glee? read more
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News Briefs: NBC Picks Up Matthew Perry's Go On

By Tim Surette, Apr 20, 2012

Plus: President Obama will sit down with a late-night host, America's Next Top Model shakes things up, and goodbye to Tim. read more

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- Tyra was left embarrassed after strapping in to a lie-detector machine on an episode of her chat show. Asked if she was jealous of Oprah Winfrey, she said no, but was called out by the machine.
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- One of Tyra Bank's celebrity fans is actress Eliska Amor who says she considers Tyra a role model for inspiring healthy body image and confidence.
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- Tyra Banks has a difficulty saying the word "frighteningly".
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- Tyra Banks: Always act like you're the prettiest girl in the room, even if you don't feel like it at the moment. And when you're going out, make sure all your friends in the group look and feel hot too! You'll be Team Hotness -- and as you walk in, all eyes will be on you.
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- Tyra Banks: (to ET on choosing models on ANTM) I always try to go for different looks, I try to not make girls look like girls from the previous season. We have some really high fashion-looking girls this year.
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- Tyra Banks: (to ET on pushing for plus sized models) I have been pushing to have two plus-sized models on since season six, I got tired of having one girl in that house who didn't have anyone to identify with. I also wanted to be racially diverse so that everyone could look at these girls and identify with them. We finally got these two strong, plus-sized girls this season.
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