Background

Tanit Phoenix was born on the 24th of September 1980 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, and is of Dutch and Irish descent. Tanit Phoenix grew up in South Africa and inherited her father's craving for adventure while developing a strong bond with the natural world around her, her family farm organic medicinal plants. Being the daughter of a skydiver, she shared her dad's interest in free-falling and grew to love extreme sports of all kinds, including bungi jumping, free diving, and extreme scuba diving. An enlightened beauty if there ever was one, Phoenix also immersed herself in activities like playing guitar and fire spinning. Tanit's name means 'Goddess of Love,' and she's trained in the explosive art of Muay Thai boxing.

Recent discovery on Tanit's family history: her family (Phoenix) dates back to the early 1800s, where they originated from Ireland, Tullylish. Her Great Grandfather was also indoctrinated into the School of Masonry In Northern Ireland. The Phoenix family tree indicates a great number of natural healers and teachers. She is also a descendant from the Mediterranean and dutch bloodline.

Education

Tanit studies Anthropology, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Quatum Mechanics and the Quantum mind, The science of Imagery, World Religion, has a passion for Natural Herbal medicines and Self-sustainability, she has coined her Hypnotherapy/Guided meditation degree and is a qualified Reiki practitioner, giving her an intellectual depth that adds to her striking looks.

Career

Tanit Phoenix started her career with modeling when she was at the age of 14 and made her appearances in the ads for Adidas, American Swiss Jewellery, Nivea, Alberto VO5, Aria, Transition Lense, Volvic and Veet. She has also appeared on the cover of the FHM, Legacy, Indwe, Shape, and GQ magazines. She started her acting career in 2005 with a role in one episode of Charlie Jade. In the same year, she made her appearances in Crazy Monkey Presents Straight Outta Benoni and Lord of War. In 2009 she made her appearance in one episode of The Philanthropist. In 2010 she made her appearances in Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to South Africa, Lost Boys: The Thirst, Spud, and Death Race 2. In 2012 she made her appearances in the films Safe House and Mad Buddies. In 2013 she appeared in the film Death Raed in the film Death Race: Inferno, Spud 2: The Madness Continues and Gallowwalker.

Achievements

• Tanit Phoenix naturally caught the eye of the modeling agents, and at 19, she signed with ICE Model Management. From there, she sought out the necessary combination of print and commercial acting gigs to keep her work lively and suitably challenge her young mind. Her modeling career has taken her abroad where she resided in Paris, London, Germany, Amsterdam, Thailand, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
  
  The South African edition of FHM gave her further beauty dues by featuring her numerous times on its 100 Sexiest Women list. As a South African supermodel, Tanit has been frequently shot for Sports Illustrated and has graced the covers of FHM, Cosmopolitan, Shape, GQ, Marie Claire, and Maxim magazines worldwide. More than 20 of the commercials she has appeared in are international, and she has become an alluring presence in the process.
  
  A Tanit Phoenix commercial career retrospective would likely include her Volvic commercial, in which she pole danced for a group of prehistoric men, her Aqua mineral Commercial playing a badass Nordic warrior, as well as a visually-stunning Transitions eyeglasses commercial that showed off the flora and fauna of her native South Africa. She recently booked the worldwide Veet Campaign where she stunned the world baring her legs. She is also the face of the new tv commercial for the multi-billion dollar casino 'Aria' in Las Vegas.

Works

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• movie

  • Death Race 2

    2010

  • Death Race 3: Inferno

    2012

  • Lost Boys: The Thirst

    2010

  • Gallowwalkers

    2012

  • Kamasutra Nights

    2008

• TV series

  • Femme Fatales (TV series)

    (Women find extraordinary ways of coping with their proble...)

    2011

Religion

According to Tanit, she said "Love" is her religion.

Views

Why not play while we have the opportunity, life grants us the chance to do anything, be anything...We are born to express ourselves with great passion, humility and compassion. I live by this motto and so I 'dare you to do something today that your heart has always desired'... a dream is only a dream till you make it a reality and while doing so always be mindful of how your actions and words affect others... ♥ Live with 100% love in your heart... ♥

Quotations: "I place myself in a vulnerable place when I show my inner being so openly on camera. The most challenging part is letting go so that everyone can see that in you. "

"Smile and be grateful, because at the end of the day it is just so amazing that we are even alive..."

"Being able to show vulnerability behind my eyes is very potent, being sexy is easy, but being vulnerable gives you an inner strength, it makes you untouchable."

"I am inspired by my work and love everything about modeling, film and acting. This passion has always stemmed from observing people and wanting to understand the human condition."

Personality

She describes herself as a Vegan

Physical Characteristics: She is slim, and has a height of about 1.74m

Interests

• She likes traveling

Connections

She is married

Spouse:

Sharlto Copley

colleague:

Luke Goss

colleague:

Danny Trejo