Tatiana Y. Thumbtzen is an American actress, model and dancer. She is well known for her role in portraying the love interest of pop star Michael Jackson in the "The Way You Make Me Feel" music video off his seventh studio album, Bad.


Career

Thumbtzen is of black, Cherokee Indian, and Cuban heritage. Tatiana's family name is of German descent. She began to train in ballet at the age of eight, and moved to New York when she was thirteen on a ballet scholarship, where she studied at Juilliard in the school of American Ballet, a training camp for choreographer George Balanchine of the New York City Ballet Company.

She stated in an interview that through dance, she acquired a contract for modeling, and by age nineteen, she had gone to Japan to start her career as a model. Once returning to New York, Thumbtzen began working on a Harry Belafonte Production film, Beat Street, before moving to Los Angeles at the end of 1986 to begin working on commercials and print-work. She claims that one of her first print work jobs was a campaign for Billy Dean Williams for LA Eyewear.

Thumbtzen, applied with few other jobs, landed the job of acting in Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" music video after being picked by him in the audition. Filming began around the end of 1987 to the start of 1988, which was said to be the beginning of Thumbtzen's career.


Official Website: www.tatianaythumbtzen.com

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1324455/

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