"Tanit Phoenix"
Name:
Tanit Phoenix
Date of
Birth: September 24, 1980
Place of
Birth: Durban, Natal, South Africa
Tanit
Phoenix, born 24 September 1984 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal is a South African
Supermodel and an international Actress.
Model
career
Phoenix
started her career at the age of 15 and has starred in (and is the face of)
commercials for American Swiss Jewellery, Nivea, Alberto VO5, Multi-billion
dollar Aria (Casino) (Las Vegas), Transitions Lenses, Volvic and Veet. She
worked as an International fashion model for Munich Models, Why Not Model
Agency - Milan, Model Management - Hamburg, Ice Model Management - Cape Town
and Success Models - Paris.
In
September 2005, 2006 and now in 2010, she was the cover girl of Cosmopolitan
magazine. Tanit made quite a name for herself as a daredevil after she starred
in the European TV ad for Fa showergel, skydiving topless from the heavens. She
was then chosen to be the cover girl in the German mens magazine Maxim and then
the cover girl for American Maxim the year after. Tanit has also been on the
covers of mens magazines FHM and GQ and has been frequently been shot for
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Marie Claire, and Shape.
Movie
career
Tanit
Phoenix began her acting career as Candy in Lord of War opposite Nicolas Cage
and Jared Leto , and had her second role the Canadian mystery series Charlie
Jade as Malachi's associate in the episode "Things Unseen", then the
following year starred opposite Wesley Snipes in the horror film Gallowwalker.
In 2010, she starred in the horror film Lost Boys: The Thirst and the action
film Death Race: Frankenstein Lives opposite Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Danny
Trejo. Tanit has just completed filming the comedy Spud opposite John Cleese in
South Africa. Tanit has landed the lead in HBO's new anthology TV series, Femme
Fatales, where she plays the mysterious host, Lilith.
Personal
life When her work schedule allows, Tanit travels to third world countries
where she lives with local tribes people in the jungle working with wild
animals. Tanit Phoenix is very passionate about animals, and has become known
as an animal activist. Her family farm organic medicinal plants. Tanit supports
the South African Guide-Dogs Association, Save the Elephant Foundation &
Touch a Monkey's Heart foundation.
Tanit
means Goddess of Love in Phoenician. Recent discovery on Tanit Phoenix's family
history: The family name, Phoenix, dates back to the early 1800s, where they
originated from Ireland, Tullylish. She is also descendant from a Mediterranean
and Dutch blood line.
It's well
known that Tanit Phoenix has pursued academic studies in the science of
Anthropology, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Mechanics, the Quantum
Mind, the science of Imagery and World Religion over the past several years in
between her busy work schedule. A vivacious, vibrant, tenacious woman when it
comes to her work, and an independent free thinker when it comes to her
studies; Tanit's passion for natural herbal medicines and self-sustainable
living signified a depth of character to the press that made her hard to pigeon
hole. All this along with her Hypnotherapy and Guided meditation degree and
being a qualified Reiki practitioner, has given her an intellectual depth that
adds to her striking looks.
Phoenix
also immersed herself in numerous extracurricular activities. She is an avid
guitar player. A frequent visitor to Thailand, she mastered the art of fire
spinning and trained in the explosive art of Muay Thai boxing. She is a dancer,
her mother enrolled her in Ballet from the age of 5, where she excelled at
dancing for 10 years. Her many talents, combined with a daredevil sense of
adventure can be attributed to her rise to success beyond that of merely being
an extraordinarily striking beauty.
Komentar