Biography of Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Sydney Tamiia Poitier is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing in movies like ‘Death Proof’ (2007), ‘Grindhouse’ (2007) and ‘True Crime’ (1999). She has also appeared on the television series The Twilight Zone, Abby, Veronica Mars, and Grays Anatomy. She debuted her career in the late ’90s on the NBC drama series First Years, which was canceled after three episodes. She starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Grindhouse. She played Clara in Clinical, a 2017 horror thriller. She has appeared in television series like Homecoming and Carter in 2018.

Early life and education of Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Sydney Tamiia Poitier was born on November 15, 1973 , in Los Angeles, United States of America. She belongs to the American nationality and her ethnicity is black. She was born to Sidney Poitier and Jonna Shimkus . Her father was an American actor and director who won the first black winner of the Best Actor Oscar in 1994.

Sydney’s mother Tamiia Poitier is also a former Canadian actress. She has an older sister named Anika and four half-sisters named Beverly , Pamela , Gina , and Sherri , from her father’s first marriage to Juanita Hardy . She received her BA in acting from the Tisch School of the Arts. She later she also attended Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier’s Career

Sydney Tamiia Poitier unsurprisingly got attention in her father’s performance. However, she did not follow him professionally for years. She was involved in a rare high school production for her acting, but she was unable to seriously improve it until she attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

There Sydney Tamiia Poitier was lucky enough to participate in large-scale productions such as Titus Andronicus. After finishing Sydney’s early education, she moved to the Stella Adler Conservatory to attend additional acting lessons that she learned from. Benicio Del Toro, Robert De Niro , Salam Hayek, and many others.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier made her first screen break in the small 1998 indie Park Day before receiving an offer to play a stranded stranded in the 1999 TV movie ‘Free of Eden.’ After a few months, she appeared in ‘True Crime’.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier has made a big break with the 2007 American exploitation film ‘Death Proof’. In which she played alongside Kurt Russell , Vanessa Ferlito , Rosario Dawson , and many others. She guest-starred in two parts of Private Practice in 2011.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier Net Worth and Salary

Sydney Tamiia Poitier has raked in a huge amount of money from her career which according to some authoritative sources can be believed to exceed $3 million in 2018. In the year 2007, she was in the cast of the horror movie Death Proof which it became a great success. at the box office grossing over $30 million. In the film, she shared the screen with Rosario Dawson , Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd , Rose McGowan, and Sidney Tamiia Poitier .

Personal life and relationship of Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Sydney Tamiia Poitier has been married to her longtime boyfriend Dorian Heartsong in 2012. They tied the knot at Church Estate Vineyards among families and partners. Despite the couple remaining for four years, the couple is running smoothly with no divorce rumors yet.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier and her husband welcomed their first daughter named A’Zalia Delancey Coffey , she was born on May 14, 2015 . Her husband is an American songwriter and producer, he is an artist based in Los Angeles, California.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier Body Measurement

• Sydney Tamiia Poitier has a slim body and looks like a beauty with her curly hair and charming face.
• Tamiia’s height is tall at a height of 5′ 9 ½’ (1.77m)
• Weight: 59kg.
• Age: November 15, 1973 (45 years old)
• Body Measurement: 34-23-33 inches