Tyra Banks

==Television and film career==
[[File:Tyra Banks(Cannes).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Banks at [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2000|alt=|left]]

Banks's television career began on the fourth season of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', in which she played lead character [[Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)|Will Smith]]'s old friend [[Jackie Ames]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyra Banks: Biography|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tyra-banks/bio/177758|work=www.tvguide.com}}</ref> She made seven appearances in the series.<ref name="ABOUT TYRA BANKS"/><ref>{{cite web|title=TYRA BANKS SHOW FULL EPISODES|url=http://tyrabanksshowfullepisodesxct.wordpress.com/|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref> Other TV credits include ''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyra Banks Joins Cast of Felicity|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115740&page=1#.UAjh1mFSRJM|work=abcnews|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref> ''[[All That]]'', ''[[MADtv]]'', ''[[Nick Cannon]]'s [[Wild 'n Out]]'' (in which she was featured as a special guest host and team captain)<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out Tyra Banks|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/nick-cannon-presents-wild-n-out/tyra-banks-731166/|work=tv.com}}</ref> and ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (guest-starring as a "[[Barker's Beauties|Barker's Beauty]]").<ref>{{cite web|last=Mahan|first=Colin|title=Price Is Right for Tyra Banks|url=http://www.tv.com/news/price-is-right-for-tyra-banks-3281/|work=tv.com|date=February 14, 2006|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tyra Banks on The Price is Right|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_b7__duTs| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301153934/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_b7__duTs| archive-date=2014-03-01 |work=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> She also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' in an episode entitled "Chinatown".<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Ghost Coast to Coast Chinatown|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/space-ghost-coast-to-coast/chinatown-102388/|work=tv.com}}</ref>

Banks started her production company, "Ty Ty Baby Productions"—soon afterward changed to ''[[Bankable Productions]]''—which produced ''The Tyra Banks Show'', ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' and the 2008 movie ''[[The Clique (film)|The Clique]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bankable Productions Inks Deal with Warner Bros|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_30/ai_n27426305/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716215607/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_30/ai_n27426305/|archive-date=July 16, 2012|work=findarticles.com|date=October 30, 2007|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref> 
Banks is the executive producer and former presenter and judge of ''America's Next Top Model''. In addition, she hosted ''The Tyra Banks Show'', a daytime talk show aimed at younger women, which premiered on September 12, 2005, and ran until May 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tyra Banks Announces Plans to End Talk Show|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/arts/television/29arts-TYRABANKSANN_BRF.html|work=www.nytimes.com|access-date=July 20, 2012|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=December 29, 2009}}</ref> 
In 2008, Banks won the [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for her work and production on ''The Tyra Banks Show'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|title=Ellen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks Win Daytime Emmys|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208186,00.html|work=people.com|date=June 21, 2008| access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref> and won for the second time in a row for outstanding, informative talkshow in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title="Rachel Ray," "Tyra Banks" win talk show Emmys|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emmys-idUSTRE57U0HW20090831|work=reuters.com|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=July 20, 2012|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023121410/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/31/us-emmys-idUSTRE57U0HW20090831|url-status=live}}</ref>

Banks's first big screen role came in 1994, when she co-starred in the drama ''[[Higher Learning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/entertainment_and_celebrities/cover_models/tyra_banks_shape_cover |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629221348/http://www.shape.com/lifestyle/entertainment_and_celebrities/cover_models/tyra_banks_shape_cover |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |title=Tyra Banks's Bikini Body }}</ref> She then co-starred with [[Lindsay Lohan]] in the Disney film ''[[Life-Size]]'', playing a doll named Eve who comes to life. Other films she has starred in include ''[[Love Stinks (film)|Love Stinks]]'' (1999), ''[[Love & Basketball]]'' (2000), ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'' (2000), ''[[Halloween: Resurrection]]'' (2002)<ref name="ABOUT TYRA BANKS"/> and ''[[Hannah Montana: The Movie]]'' (2009).<ref name="GuestCast">{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.tvguide.liveworld.com/blog-entry/TV-Show-Blog/Tv-Previews/Offices-Melora-Hardin/800039704 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202825/http://www.cc.tvguide.liveworld.com/blog-entry/TV-Show-Blog/Tv-Previews/Offices-Melora-Hardin/800039704 |archive-date=January 22, 2009 |title=The Office's Melora Hardin on Jan and the show's finale - TV Previews |author=Anna Dimond |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=July 20, 2008 }}</ref>
Banks appeared in the fourth episode of the third season of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' playing Ursula Nyquist, a larger-than-life actress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/tyra-banks-joining-gossip-girl-2009317 |title=Tyra Banks Joining ''Gossip Girl'' |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=July 31, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> She also appeared on the Disney Channel show ''[[Shake It Up (U.S. TV series)|Shake It Up]]'' as a school librarian.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyra Banks Cameos on Disney Channel's Shake It Up|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2012/03/tyra-banks-librarian-cameo-disneys-shake-it-up.html|publisher=NY Mag|access-date=November 9, 2014|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' reported that Banks would co-create and produce an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] comedy series based on her teenage years titled ''Fivehead.''<ref>{{cite news|title=Tyra Banks To Co-Create And Produce ABC Comedy Series About Her Teen Years|url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/tyra-banks-comedy-series-abc-teen-years-fivehead-353016/|access-date=November 9, 2014|publisher=Deadline|date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> In 2015, Banks starred in the round table lineup talk show ''[[FABLife]]'' alongside model [[Chrissy Teigen]], fashion stylist [[Joe Zee]], interior designer Lauren Makk, and [[YouTube]] [[List of YouTubers|personality]] Leah Ashley.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/tyra-banks-syndicated-talkshow-the-fab-life-adds-stations-for-fall-premiere-1201409367/|title=Tyra Banks Syndicated Talkshow 'The FAB Life' Adds Stations for Fall Premiere|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 20, 2015|date=January 20, 2015|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/tyra-banks-new-talk-show-the-fab-life/|title=Tyra Banks Debuting New Talk Show 'The FAB Life'|work=[[BET]]|date=January 22, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2015|publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]}}</ref> Banks quit the series after less than three months to focus on her cosmetics company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tyra-banks-quits-her-own-839985|title=Tyra Banks quits her own daytime show after two months|last1=Guthrie|first1=Marisa|date=November 20, 2015|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last2=Stanhope|first2=Kate|access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Banks returned to acting for her starring role in ''[[Life-Size 2]]'', which premiered on [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] on December 2.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/12/life-size-2-premiere-date/|title=Tyra Banks reveals Life-Size 2 premiere date|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Joey|last=Nolfi|date=October 12, 2018|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Banks will also star and executive produce ''Beauty'', a documentary series for [[Quibi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/tyra-banks-to-star-executive-produce-beauty-docuseries-for-quibi-1202633490/|title=Tyra Banks To Star & Executive Produce 'Beauty' Docuseries For Quibi|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=June 17, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, she signed a deal with Universal Television.<ref>{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-08-10|title=Tyra Banks Sets First-Look Deal With Universal Television|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tyra-banks-first-look-deal-universal-television-1202901925/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2020, it was announced that Banks would be the new host of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref>Bahr, Sarah (July 15, 2020). [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/arts/television/tyra-banks-dancing-with-the-stars.html "Tyra Banks Is Tapped as New 'Dancing With the Stars' Host."] ''[[The New York Times]]''.  Retrieved October 19, 2020.</ref> In August 2020, Banks signed a deal with [[ABC Signature]].<ref>{{cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2020-08-20|title=Tyra Banks Inks First-Look Deal With ABC Signature|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/tyra-banks-first-look-deal-abc-signature-1203019007/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref> In March 2023, Banks decided to leave the show after 3 seasons to focus on business commitments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/tyra-banks-leaving-dancing-with-the-stars-1235302893/|title=Tyra Banks Is Leaving ''Dancing With The Stars''|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Lynette Rice|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=March 17, 2023}}</ref>