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Top 10 Fascinating Facts about Tanit Phoenix

Tanit Phoenix was born on September 24, 1980. She is a South African actress, make-up artist and fashion model. She is best known for her appearance in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuits Issue in 2013 and her role as Malachi鈥檚 associate in the 2005 film Charlie Jade.

She is currently estimated to be between $3 million and $5 million net worth. Her wealth comes from her work as an actress, make-up artist and model. She uses Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to keeping touch with her fans.

Here are top 10 fascinating facts about her.

1. Tanit Phoenix Is from Two Bloodlines

Phoenix was born in Durban, Kwa Zulu-Natal and is of Dutch and Irish Descendant. Her last name can be traced from Tullylish Ireland.

In 1882, during Ireland鈥檚 partition, her great grandfather George Phoenix, a young navy mechanic, left Ireland by boat with his uncle and traveled to South Africa.

George Phoenix, married in South Africa, had a son named George, who had a son named Gavin, who had a daughter named Tanit. Phoenix is descended from both Irish and Dutch bloodlines.

2. Tanit Phoenix Career Breakthrough Came In 2003

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Phoenix’s career big break came when she was featured in the 2003 sports illustrated swimsuits issue. The sports illustrated swimsuit issue is published every year featuring female fashions, models, athletes and celebrities wearing swimwear from various locales.

In the same year, she was also featured in GQ magazine, which focuses on culture for men. Music, travels, fashion and style, and technology.

She was also featured in For Him Magazine (FHM), a British multinational magazine that features reality stars, actresses and television presenters. She continued to be featured numerous times.

3. Her Modelling Career Was a Success

Phoenix started her career at 14 in Durban, South Africa, after being discovered by a modeling scout in her hometown, Westville.

She appeared in the European television ad for Fa shower gel, skydiving. She was chosen as a cover girl for German Maxim in 2004. In 2003, phoenix was named 鈥淲ho鈥檚 that girl鈥� at the woman of the year German Maxim awards and a cover of American Maxim.

In her modeling career, she was featured in International TV commercials for Adidas, Volvic water, Coca-cola, Aqua-minerals, Schweppes, Nivea, Transition Lenses, American Swiss Jewelry, Distraction Lingerie Campaign and Vect television commercials and campaign she held for five years.

In 2011, she won Image Games Network (IGN) sexiest woman of the year. She was the most popular girl ever photographed for Babeology by IGN.

4. Tanit Phoenix Began Her Acting Career In 2005

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She started he acting journey in 2005 after a brief appearance as one of Jared Leto鈥檚 girlfriends in the Lord of War film and the South African-Canadian mystery series Charlie Jade as Malachi鈥檚 associate in the episode 鈥淭hings Unseen.鈥�

She filmed a role in Gallowwalkers opposite Wesley Snipes in 2007 and the film was released in 2013. In 2008 she filmed the thriller Kamasutra Nights (now known as Maya).

In 2011, she appeared in the TV series Femme Fatales where she was the show’s narrator and appeared for a snippet of every episode. In 2012 she played a minor role in Safe House and the sexy antagonist alongside Leon Schuster in the Marie Mad Buddies.

Finally, she starred in Death Race 2 and Death Race 3, reprising her role as Eve Wilson in Spud 2: The Madness Continues.

5. Phoenix Was Once a Make-up Artist

Phoenix took her first job as the key makeup artist and designer of the character Jimmy on a hardcore POV action film in 2013. Jimmy was played by her husband, Sharlto Copley. She transformed him into 11 different characters.

6. Tanit Phoenix Interest and Hobbies

Phoenix loves Bung-jumping, skydiving, scuba diving, mountain biking and Muay Tai. She practices yoga, is a ballet dancer, plays guitar and is good at horseback riding.

She is always actively promoting awareness about unknown global situations and active in supporting awareness about animal cruelty. Moreover, she supports South African Guide-Dog Association and Touches a Monkey Heart Foundation in South Africa.

Also, she has a unique gift of understanding the behavior of animals and her intuitive experience. She is linked to an animal whisper and her favorite animal is an elephant.

7. Phoenix On the Mental and Physical Health Benefits of Dance

Phoenix enrolled in ballet from the age of 5 and she has danced for 15 years. She considers dancing her favorite form of fitness and moving her body to the music has many health benefits.

According to her, she considers dancing a great method for finding harmony between mental and physical health. Dancing has proven therapeutic benefits.

During an interview with Glamour South Africa, she said dancing teaches her discipline. She added, 鈥� My fitness friends around the world inspire me and I am extremely disciplined since being trained in ballet.鈥�

Also, she added, 鈥� the time take for exercise is me time and with being a full-time mummy and wife to my husband and focusing on my work ventures and studies, exercise helps to balance my mind and gives me time to take care of me.鈥�

8. Tanit Phoenix Is Vegan

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Phoenix revealed she is vegan and tries mostly raw plant-based foods. During an interview, she revealed that she loves gardening; homegrown edible plants are her passion and added she would be an organic farmer.

She revealed that her dream is to own a large piece of land in Hawaii or somewhere similarly beautiful and tropical. She intends to grow nuts, fruit trees, medicinal plants, vegetables, and herbs and feed her family with organic produce from her garden.

Her family contributed to her vegan lifestyle because the family used to plant organic medicinal herbs, vegetables and fruits on the family farms.

9. She Was Married to An Actor

Phoenix has been in a relationship with actor Sharlto Copley since January 2012. Later they got engaged in Kaual, Hawaii, on March 28, 2015.

After nine months of being engaged, they married in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 15, 2016. they had their first child together on January 1, 2017.

10. Tanit Phoenix Amassed Many Awards Throughout Her Career

Phoenix won Woman of the Year in Germany for a skydiving TVC and an award for most likely South African to achieve international stardom. In 2011 phoenix won Image Games Network (IGN), the sexist woman of the year.