Tawny Cypress

Biography

Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976) is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She portrayed Simone Deveaux on the TV series Heroes. She previously starred on Fox's drama K-Ville as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau, a police officer who suffers the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Her father is of Hungarian and German extraction and her mother is of African-American and Native American ancestry. Cypress was born and raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and now lives in New York City.

Her older brother Toby Cypress is a comic book artist.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Shauna

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Louisa Iberra

Rescue Me

Carla

Third Watch

Sharon Burns

Army Wives

The Blacklist

Nez Rowan

Law & Order

Erin Grassley

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2019	Inez & Doug & Kira	Inez
2014	Gun Hill	Andrea Login
2013	Home	Laura
2011	Remains	Cindy
2010	Brooklyn's Finest	Allisa
2006	Bella	Frannie
2006	The Time Tunnel	J.D.
2006	World Trade Center	Bleeding Woman
2000	Autumn in New York	Melissa

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror	Self
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show
2021	Yellowjackets	Taissa Turner
2020	Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector	Naia
2019	The Code	Col. Edina Corpus
2018	FBI	Jillian Starls
2017	The Blacklist: Redemption	Nez Rowan
2016	Bull	Brooke Ford
2015	Supergirl	Senator Miranda Crane
2013	The Blacklist	Nez Rowan
2013	House of Cards	Carly Heath
2012	Elementary	Black Suit
2011	Unforgettable	Cherie Rollins-Murray
2010	Blue Bloods	Patrice
2009	Warehouse 13	Romana
2009	The Good Wife	Melinda
2007	K-Ville	Ginger 'Love Tap' LeBeau
2007	Army Wives
2006	Heroes	Simone Deveaux
2005	Jonny Zero
2004	Rescue Me	Carla
2002	Hack	Anna Rowe
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Louisa Iberra
2001	100 Centre Street	Cassandra Rodriguez
2001	100 Centre Street	Cassandra
1999	Third Watch	Sharon Burns
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Shauna
1990	Law & Order	Erin Grassley