Tyra Colar

TYRA COLAR is a rising star! She was recently cast by award winning casting director Mark Teschner, in the feature film "And They're Off" starring Sean Astin, Kevin Nealon, and Cheri Oteri. Tyra has worked with some of Hollywood's top professionals such as Emmy award winning director, Rob Schiller and "Cougar Town's", Courtney Cox.

Born and raised in San Jose, California, Tyra first appeared in the spotlight when she was just 16 years old by winning the title of Miss San Jose Teen. She then went on to win other titles such as Ms. Teen of the Nation and Ms. California. After participating in pageantry, Tyra signed with her first agency in San Francisco and did many print ads and national commercials. With a strong passion for acting, eventually Tyra would relocate to Los Angeles, California to pursue her dreams of becoming a successful actress while attending California State University, Northridge. After graduation from CSUN, Tyra relocated to New York City to study with some of the best theater companies and acting coaches including the Atlantic Theater Company, and the Joanna Beckson Acting Studio, to name a few.

While in New York City, Tyra began making regular appearances on the CBS daytime soap, "Guiding Light" and did several guest appearances on the ABC soap "One Life To Live." In addition, she made her first film debut as the lead in the Showtime film, "The Choices We Make". Shortly thereafter, Tyra appeared in the independent film “MovieMoney” starring Andre Royo. With the recent cancellation of "Guiding Light" Tyra moved back to Los Angeles and immediately began working, having appeared in several print ads and television commercials, in addition to an episode of ABC’s "Cougar Town" and CBS "The Mentalist".

You can see Tyra Colar as Bonnie Rivers in "And They're Off", in theaters 2011.