Tasha De Vasconcelos Bio - Biography

Name Tasha De Vasconcelos
Height
Naionality Canadian
Date of Birth 15-August-1966
Place of Birth Beira, Mozambique
Famous for Modeling
Tasha De Vasconcelos is a Mozambique-born Canadian model, actress, and humanitarian. De Vasconcelos was born in Beira, Mozambique. Her family was forced to flee from two revolutions: a first, in that country, when she was 8-years-old, and then a second at 14 from Rhodesia. They moved to Canada in 1980, where de Vasconcelos studied International Relations at the University of British Columbia. At the age of 19, de Vasconcelos was discovered by a scout from Elite Model Management and began her modeling career.

She started in New York City and adopted the name Tasha on the suggestion of her agent. She worked for many different brands, including Dolce & Gabbana and Van Cleef & Arpels, and notably for Dior and Yves Saint Laurent. De Vasconcelos' acting career began with a role in the French film Riches, belles etc., in 1998. Following this, she joined the cours Florent, then the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, and the Actors Studio in Los Angeles. She appeared in several television series at the beginning of 2000. She acted in the BBC One series Sunburn and portrayed Lauren in five episodes of Perfect World in 2000. The following year she appeared in Largo Winch and in the remake of Murder on the Orient Express for Columbia Broadcasting System.

She appeared in Relic Hunter and the television series Dinotopia in 2002 and as Countess Alexandra in the feature film Johnny English, directed by Peter Howitt and released in 2003. The same year, she appeared in Fatal Attraction and Dot the ill. She appeared in the telefilm Une suite pour deux, aired in September 2008 by French channel.

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