Tamara Knausz
- Actress
Tamara Knausz is a Hungarian American actress and model. Born and
raised in Gyor, Hungary.
At 16 her mom convinced her to enter Elite's Look of the Year Modeling competition in Hungary, which she got into the finals of and received a contract with Elite Modeling Agency.
In the summer of 1999, Tamara emigrated to the United States. After spending a couple of years in San Francisco, she moved to New York City and continued her modeling career. She shot covers and editorials for magazines such as Men's Fitness, Cosmopolitan and Shape Magazine and international print campaigns for brands such as Samsung, BudLight and Avon.
Once she realized that models generally have a limited shelf life, Tamara began to think about her future, eventually realizing her true passion is acting. With that realization, Tamara enrolled in acting classes and began the slow process of auditioning. She has studied with New York's finest acting and speech coaches. Including Ron Stetson (The Neighborhood playhouse), The Sam Chwat Speech Center, Alice Spivak, Angela Pietropinto, Peter Miner and Sheila Grey.
Her hard work and tenacity paid off in 2007, when she landed a lead role on the feature film Able Danger. It was after that when she bid farewell to New York and set out for the bright lights of L.A..
Since moving to LA in the beginning of 2008 she booked several national commercials (Vault Energy Drink, Chevrolet, Orbitz Travel etc.), appeared as a model on NBC's hit game show Deal or no Deal and had the honor to co-star on TV shows such as The Mentalist and Two and a Half Men alongside Charlie Sheen.
At 16 her mom convinced her to enter Elite's Look of the Year Modeling competition in Hungary, which she got into the finals of and received a contract with Elite Modeling Agency.
In the summer of 1999, Tamara emigrated to the United States. After spending a couple of years in San Francisco, she moved to New York City and continued her modeling career. She shot covers and editorials for magazines such as Men's Fitness, Cosmopolitan and Shape Magazine and international print campaigns for brands such as Samsung, BudLight and Avon.
Once she realized that models generally have a limited shelf life, Tamara began to think about her future, eventually realizing her true passion is acting. With that realization, Tamara enrolled in acting classes and began the slow process of auditioning. She has studied with New York's finest acting and speech coaches. Including Ron Stetson (The Neighborhood playhouse), The Sam Chwat Speech Center, Alice Spivak, Angela Pietropinto, Peter Miner and Sheila Grey.
Her hard work and tenacity paid off in 2007, when she landed a lead role on the feature film Able Danger. It was after that when she bid farewell to New York and set out for the bright lights of L.A..
Since moving to LA in the beginning of 2008 she booked several national commercials (Vault Energy Drink, Chevrolet, Orbitz Travel etc.), appeared as a model on NBC's hit game show Deal or no Deal and had the honor to co-star on TV shows such as The Mentalist and Two and a Half Men alongside Charlie Sheen.
