Tiffany Limos (born January 31, 1980) is an American

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known for her role as Peaches in the 2002 film ''

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''. Limos made her acting debut in 2002 with the film '' Teenage Caveman''. By 2003, Limos had also written three scripts. In 2007, Limos was honored at the Cinemanila Film Festival by then-President of the Philippines

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. Limos also tributed the Cannes Directors' Fortnight at the Cinemanila Film Festival, she honored Olivier Pere the President of the

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Directors' Fortnight. Limos and film critic Elvis Mitchell interview Limos in the documentary New York Conversations in 2010.

Early life

Tiffany Limos was born in

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Career

At 16, Limos began modeling for the Ford agency and appeared in teen magazines like '' Sassy'' and '' YM''. She subsequently quit modeling and worked as a hostess at the Coffee Shop in

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. She worked at ''Visionaire'' and "V" magazine as a creative consultant in 1999. That same year Limos wrote a script for Larry Clark called ''American Girl From Texas'' that Clark has often cited as his dream project.Smith, Damon ''The Kids Are Not Alright''. http://brightlightsfilm.com/61/61larryclarkiv.php#.Up7FknZDHsI In 2012, Limos appeared in

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's film ''The Great Cinema Party'' which was a part of that year's Jeonju Digital Project. In 2013, directed Academy Award Winning Director

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for Nowness.com Limos collaborated with

for a decade and helped him on such projects as ''

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'', ''

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'', and produced a video for

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called '' Heard 'Em Say''. Limos apprenticed and worked for

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, and

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Filmography

* '' New York Conversations'' (2010) * '' The Thorn in the Heart'' (2009) * '' Untitled Kanye West Project'' (2007 film) * '' Friendly Fire'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' Sueño'' (2005) * '' Larry Clark, Great American Rebel'' (2003) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Teenage Caveman'' (2002)"Freestyling with Larry Clark"
''

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''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Limos, Tiffany Living people American film actresses American people of Filipino descent 1980 births 21st-century American women