Tahyna MacManus

Tahyna MacManus (née Tozzi; born 24 April 1986) is an Australian actress, director, writer and producer. Tahyna starred in several television series and film blockbusters including X-Men Origins: Wolverine before moving to roles behind the lens focusing on directing and producing. Tahyna co-founded an all female led production company, Neon Jane Productions alongside producer Kelly Tomasich. In 2020 the duo launched The Australian Womens Film Festival, a short film festival celebrating women in film and honouring those who have made a significant contribution to the industry.

Tahyna MacManus
Tahyna Tozzi in January 2012
Born	Tahyna Tozzi (1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 39) Cronulla, Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	Actress, Director & Producer
Years active	1994–present
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Tristan MacManus ​ (m. 2014)​

Early life

MacManus grew up in the Sydney beach-side suburb of Cronulla with her Italian father, Dutch mother and younger sister, model Cheyenne Tozzi. She began modelling at eight years old.^[1]

Career

MacManus played Perri Lawe on the ABC drama Blue Water High in 2005. She returned to the series for the second-to-last episode of the second series, which aired in December 2006. Following that, she starred in Beautiful, her first feature film, playing 17-year-old provocateur Suzy.^[2]

In 2009, she appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Emma, a mutant able to turn her skin into diamond.^[3][4]

Tahyna starred in the film Trophy Kids alongside David Gallagher and Ryan Eggold, which won Best Ensemble Cast at the Breckenridge Festival of Film.^[5] In the same year Tozzi also starred in the psychological thriller Needle, which was directed by John V. Soto.^[6] She does the voice acting and her likeness was used for a character named Daina Le Guin in the 2011 sci-fi horror game, Dead Space 2.

In 2017, she began filming her feature documentary Misunderstandings Of Miscarriage (M.u.M) which aims to shatter the silence and grief surrounding pregnancy loss through interviews with women across the world. The film also includes interviews with obstetricians, gynaecologists, psychologists and endocrinologists whilst simultaneously documenting Tahyna's own traumatic journey through miscarriage. The film features Claire Holt and Deborra-Lee Furness and will be released in 2020.

In 2020, she co-founded The Australian Womens Film Festival alongside Kelly Tomasich.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Beautiful	Suzy	Feature film
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Emma Silverfox / Emma Frost	Feature film
2010	Needle	Mary	Feature film
2011	Trophy Kids	Quinn Thorndike	Feature film
2013	The Last Light	Jenny	Feature film
2014	Julia	Sadie	Feature film
2014	The Ever After	Ms. Sanders	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–06	Blue Water High	Perri Lawe	TV series, 27 episodes
2008	The Strip	Kristal Cade	TV series, 3 episodes
2008	CSI: NY	Quinci Feeney	TV series, season 5: episode 11: "Forbidden Fruit"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Gorgeous Model	TV series, season 1: episode 17: "Olfactus"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Olivia Hamilton	TV series, season 10: episode 1: "Family Affair
2011	Charlie's Angels	Amanda Kane	TV series, season 1: episode 3: "Bon Voyage, Angels"
2015	Scary Endings	Sasha	TV series, season 1: episode 1: "We Always Come Back"

Personal life

On 25 January 2014, Tahyna married dancer Tristan MacManus.^[7] On 5 April 2016, she gave birth to a daughter named Echo Isolde. On 14 March 2019, she gave birth to a son named Oisín Lír.^{[citation needed]} Tahyna gave birth to her third child, a son named Tadhg Nuada on 3 May 2021.