Tanit Phoenix

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Birth: 24 September, 1984

Ethnicity: Afrikaner (Dutch, possibly other), Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Tanit Phoenix is a South African model and actress. She is the daughter of Tanit and Gavin Phoenix. She is married to actor Sharlto Copley, with whom she has a daughter.

Tanit’s paternal grandparents are George Lawrence Phoenix (the son of George Phoenix) and Anne Klaassen. Tanit’s great-grandfather George was born in Coose, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), and was the son of William Phoenix and Lucy Conlon.

Sources: Genealogy of Tanit Phoenix (focusing on her father’s side) –

Family history of Tanit Phoenix (focusing on her father’s side) –

Death record of Tanit’s paternal grandfather, George Lawrence Phoenix –

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