Taryn Dakha Was Romany Malcos Wife for 8 Years
Taryn Dakha is the former wife of Romany Malco, an American actor, director, writer, and former rapper. Romany Malco’s ex-wife is 43 years old, and was married to him for 8 years before they went their separate ways.
Taryn is an actress and former skateboarder who has come a long way in her career with some films to her name, includingFantastic Four.However, she is more recognized for her failed marriage to Romany, even years after they divorced. Away from the shadows of her former husband, there are many more things worth knowing about Taryn.
Taryn Dakha is 43 years old and was born on July 17, 1980. The birth of the former actress came in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which was also where she was brought up alongside her brother Tyler by her parents, Peter Dakha and Cindy Dakha.
Details about her childhood and early interests are not available. More so, she has not revealed so much about herself and so things, including what her parents did for a living and other personal details are hardly found in the public domain.
As regards her education, her earliest educational pursuits remain hidden, but we know she later went to Burnaby Central Secondary School. Her further studies after leaving the public school located in British Columbia is another side of her story that has remained in the dark.
She was still a very much young woman when she started out as a model and she came to record some successes thereof, even though she would later be known more as an actress than for her modeling. The modeling career of the beautiful actress who has a height of only 5 feet 6 inches is centered around sports and casual wear, swimwear, parts modeling, as well as lingerie.
The love story of the actress and Romany Malco began in 2007 when the pair met for the first time. This happened when the two were working on one of Taryn’s last films in Hollywood,The Love Guru.
The circumstance of their meeting has not been revealed, but the actor and Taryn, who is also a Stuntwoman, soon began dating after they met at the set of the movie. At the time they started dating, Taryn was 27 years old while Romany was 39 years old.
Romany Romanic Malco Jr. was born on November 18, 1968. He is an actor, rapper, music producer, and voice actor among other things. Of Trinidad and Tobago roots, he served in the United States Marine Corps for a brief period before getting back to entertainment fully.
He became known for films such asThe 40 Year-Oldin 2005 which he earned him an MTV Movie Award Nomination in 2005,Baby Mama(2008), andThink Like a Man(2012).
After dating for only a year, Taryn Dakha and Romany Malco got married on September 3, 2008. The ceremony was a simple one that was not publicized. It is believed that the ceremony took place in Los Angeles, California, and was attended by close friends and family members.
Although their whirlwind romance and marriage seemed as though it was something that was destined to last forever, it sadly came to an end after only 8 years in 2016. While there is no official statement on why the marriage ended, there are unverified claims that it was a result of extramarital affairs linked to Taryn.
The short-lived marriage between Taryn Dakha and Marco ended with no child between them. However, there is a report that the actress has a child with a lover whose identity is not known.
On his part, Taryn is also a father. He remarried and is now said to have a son, Brave. The kid was born on January 22, 2021, in the United States. Apart from his son, he also has two step-kids from previous relationships with his wife whose identity is not known.
Following her divorce, the actress has decided to give love a second chance by walking down the aisle with Geroy Simon, the American football slotback whose career lasted from 1997 to 2013.
The pair met and began dating in 2017 and by October 2022, the former American footballer celebrated their fifth year of being together. In December 2021, the pair got engaged and Simon took to Instagram to celebrate Taryn for holding him down when he was at his lowest.
For both of them, it wasn’t their first marriage as while Taryn was married to Romany, Geroy was married to Tracy Lasorsa-Simon. They were together for 17 years before the union ended following the death of Tracy.
One important thing that defines the life of Taryna is skateboarding which she started when she was a little girl. She was said to have gotten the support of her parents which helped her to go professional.
By the time she was 17 years old in 1997, the professional Figure Skater was ranked 10th in Canada. Once described as one of the finest figure skaters from Canada, she has represented British Colombia in many competitions in the past. More so, she got to tour withDisney on Ice in South Americaafter she retired from figure skating.
Other things she did when she was much younger were boxing and rollerblading. However, she did not become a professional in any of these.
As stated, Taryn Dakha began her career as a model, but she did not do this for a very long time before she became an actress. However, rather than earn her role as an actress, she has, instead, mostly acted as Jessica Alba’s double.
One of the first films she was part of wasFantastic Fourin 2005 when she played Alba’s double. Her next role was in the 2007 comedy romance film,Good Luck Chuck, and then inThe Eyein 2008. Apart from these, Taryn has also appeared in other works such asThe Love Guru(2008) andMachete(2010).
The 2019 film became her last known appearance as an actress and after that, she mostly stayed away from the public scene. In fact, she was only recognized for her marriage to her actor-husband afterward. She has also been in the cleaning business for many years since 2010 after she left Hollywood. She worked with Arkuda Services Inc.
In 2021, she became a licensed mortgage broker.
