From her biography, her mother has German and Hungarian ancestry and the father is of a Native American and African-American ancestry. She was born and also raised in the city of Point Pleasant, in the New Jersey and now she lives in New York City.

Tawny Cypress had become the favorite actress of many people because of her bubbly face, curly hair and the best smile. She had been able to portray the roles she was given to perfection and she never developed the ego that can hurt others or her career. She is expected to portray many other roles in the future and she always has the opportunities. She had become one of versatile and pretty actresses.

Tawny Cypress was born with Toby Cypress. She is super sensuous and talented. 

She is not involved too much in the social media and she does not have account on Instagram and Twitter. This means that she does not like to upload the pictures on any of these sites in order to share them with the loved ones or fans. She has a successful career and has got good earning. Her net worth is believed to be in millions but the exact amount has not been recorded yet. She has a personal life that has many downs and ups and she had managed overcoming sad incidents of her life. She got married to Bill Charles, they stayed together for some years before they start to get some problems and they decided to get a divorce. She got married again to her new husband: Tom Dillon, in 2011, the couple is strong together and there is no rumor about any divorce that surrounds them. Tawny Cypress has one child born from her ex-husband.

During her studies, Tawny Cypress did some stints on Boston University: Westminster Choir College of Princeton in New Jersey and at Mason Gross of Rutgers University. She was a student at Barbara Marchant and at The William Esper Studio of New York City.