Tahyna Tozzi

Tahyna MacManus
Born Tahyna Valentina Tozzi
(1986-04-24) 24 April 1986
Cronulla, Australia
Residence Caringbah South, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Actress, singer, model
Years active 1994–present
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse(s)
Tristan MacManus (m. 2014)
Children 1
Parent(s) Yvonne Tozzi (mother)
Relatives Cheyenne Tozzi (sister)

Tahyna Valentina MacManus (née Tozzi; born 24 April 1986) is an Australian model, singer and actress, best known for her role as Perri on Australian television series Blue Water High on free to air channel ABC.

Early life

Tozzi grew up in the Sydney beach-side suburb of Cronulla with her Italian father, Dutch mother and younger sister, Cheyenne Tozzi. She began modelling at eight years old.[1]

Career

Tozzi played Perri Lawe on the ABC drama Blue Water High in 2005. She returned to the series for the second-to-last episode of the second series, which aired in December 2006. Following that, she starred in Beautiful (2009 film), her first feature film, playing 17-year-old provocateur Suzy.[2]

In 2009, she appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Emma, a captured mutant able to turn her skin into diamond. She was rescued by Logan and then taken back to the Xavier Institute with Scott Summers.[3][4]

Most recently, Tahyna starred in the film Trophy Kids alongside David Gallagher and Ryan Eggold, which won Best Ensemble Cast at the Breckenridge Festival of Film.[5] In the same year Tozzi also starred in the psychological thriller Needle, which was directed by John V. Soto.[6] She does the voice acting and her likeness was used for a character named Daina Le Guin in the 2011 sci-fi horror game Dead Space 2.

In 2010 and 2011 Tozzi was the face of Australian cosmetic brand Australis Cosmetics.[7]

Tozzi is also currently developing her own film Track Town, with her friend Teresa Palmer. The pair will produce, write and star in the 1990s road movie they describe as a hybrid of The Wackness and Thelma & Louise.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Beautiful Suzy
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Emma
2010 Needle Mary
2011 Trophy Kids Quinn Thorndike
2013 The Last Light Jenny
2014 Julia Sadie
2014 The Ever After TBA Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005–06 Blue Water High Perri Lawe 27 episodes
2008 The Strip Kristal Cade 3 episodes
2008 CSI: NY Quinci Feeney "Forbidden Fruit" (season 5: episode 11)
2009 Eleventh Hour Gorgeous Model "Olfactus" (season 1: episode 17)
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Olivia Hamilton "Family Affair" (season 10: episode 1)
2011 Charlie's Angels Amanda Kane "Bon Voyage, Angels" (season 1: episode 3)
2015 Scary Endings Sasha "We Always Come Back" (season 1: episode 1)

Personal life

On 25 January 2014, Tozzi married, Tristan MacManus, a dancer on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing.[9] On April 5, 2016 she gave birth to their daughter named Echo Ìsolde.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Tozzie Shire girls hit big-time," Sydney Morning Telegraph, 19 July 2007, retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Tozzi impresses in first feature film role," Sydney Morning Telegraph, 13 October 2007, retrieved 17 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "IMDb.com". Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Tahyna Tozzi back in Sydney with Koby Abberton". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  5. ↑ "TROPHY KIDS PREMIERES", 10 June 2011, retrieved 2 July 2012
  6. ↑ A Trailer to Needle You
  7. ↑ http://www.australiscosmetics.com.au/home
  8. ↑ "IMDb Development Titles of the Week", 11 March 2011, retrieved 17 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Doherty, Peta (25 January 2014). "Actress Tahyna Tozzi marries dancer Tristen MacManus". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Watkins, Jane (6 April 2016). "Tahyna Tozzi welcomes her first child with husband Tristan MacManus and couple give their bub a VERY unique name... while sister Cheyenne shares intimate snap of pair in hospital". Daily Mail Australia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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