This South African is so hot that you’d probably feel the heat that is emanating from her. Yup, with every seductive pose of her, you can feel what she’s trying to convey… To come close and take what she’s offering to give you…
Ah yes, Tanit Phoenix here is just doing that. She’s can make you feel that fire that she was born into. Oh, this timeless feature will make you go searching for more of her.
Who is Tanit Phoenix
Tanit is a South African fashion model, actress, and makeup artist. She is known for her swimwear and lingerie photo shoots after appearing in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2003 and in GQ magazine and FHM in the same year. She is also an actress and has appeared in Gallowwalkers (2012), Death Race 2 (2010), and Hardcore Henry (2015).
Her Early Life
Tanit Phoenix was born on September 24, 1980, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is of Dutch and Irish descent. Tanit began ballet when she was just 5 and performed ballet until 15 years of age.
Career Journey
Tanit began her career in Durban, South Africa at the age of 14, after being discovered by a modeling scout in her hometown, Westville. She has appeared in international TV commercials for Adidas, Coca-Cola, Volvic water, Aqua-mineral, Visine, Schweppes, American Swiss Jewellery, Citroen C3, Nivea, Alberto VO5, Aria, Transition Lenses, Volvic, Distractions lingerie campaign, and Veet television commercials and campaign which she held for 5 years.
Phoenix appeared in the European TV ad for Fa shower gel, skydiving. She was then chosen to be a cover girl for German Maxim in 2004 after being named “Who’s That Girl?” at the Woman of the Year German Maxim awards in 2003, and then appeared on the cover of American Maxim the year after. She was ranked #5 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll of South African FHM readers in 2004, #6 in 2005, #10 in 2006, #40 in 2007. In 2011 Phoenix won “IGN’s Sexiest woman of the year”. She was the most popular girl ever photographed for Babeology by IGN.
She has also appeared on the cover of South African Cosmopolitan four times, South African and American FHM numerous times, Legacy, Indwe, South African Marie Claire, German and South African Shape, and South African GQ magazines, and has frequently been shot for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In May 2014 Tanit Phoenix appeared on the cover for Maxim South Africa.
Acting Career
Tanit began her acting career with a brief appearance as one of Jared Leto’s girlfriends in the 2005 film Lord of War, and the South African-Canadian mystery series Charlie Jade as Malachi’s associate in the episode “Things Unseen”. In 2007 she filmed a role in Gallowwalkers, opposite Wesley Snipes. The film was not released until it went to video in 2013. In 2008 she appeared in the thriller Kamasutra Nights (also known as Maya).
In 2010, she starred in the horror film Lost Boys: The Thirst and in the comedy Spud opposite John Cleese.
The following year, Phoenix appeared in the TV series Femme Fatales, for Cinemax/HBO, where she is the narrator of the show and appears for a snippet of every episode; the series was renewed for a second season that aired in 2012. She also had a minor role in Safe House and plays the sexy antagonist alongside Leon Schuster in the 2012 movie Mad Buddies.
Make-up Artist career
In 2013, PTanit took her first job as the key makeup artist and designer of the character Jimmy on the P.O.V. action film Hardcore Henry. Jimmy was played by her husband Sharlto Copley. She transformed him into 11 different characters.
Facts and Trivia
Tanit has been in a relationship with actor Sharlto Copley since January 2012. On February 15, 2016, they wed in Cape Town, South Africa, and announced their first child together on January 1, 2017.
Tanit is a vegan and her family farms organic medicinal herbs, vegetables, and fruits.
“Tanit” means “Goddess of love” or “‘Goddess of Life and Death” in Phoenician.
Her family’s last name can be traced to Tullylish, Ireland. In 1822, during Ireland’s partition, her great-grandfather George Phoenix, who was a young Navy mechanic, left Ireland by boat with his uncle and traveled to South Africa. He married in South Africa, had a son named George, who had a son named Gavin, who had a daughter named Tanit.
Her Body Measurements
Tanit stands 5 feet, 9 inches and she rocks a 38-26-38 figure.
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