Tasha Sandra Mota e Cunha de Vasconcelos (born 15 August 1966) is a Mozambican-born Portuguese-Canadian model, actress and humanitarian ambassador.

[1] De Vasconcelos was born in Beira, Mozambique to a Portuguese Angolan father (her paternal grandparents were from northern Portugal) and a mother of British ancestry.

[4][5] She worked for many different brands, including Dolce & Gabbana and Van Cleef & Arpels, and notably for Dior and Yves Saint Laurent.

She then joined the cours Florent, then the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, and the Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

The following year she appeared in Largo Winch and in the remake of Murder on the Orient Express for Columbia Broadcasting System.

She appeared in Relic Hunter and the television series Dinotopia in 2002, and as Countess Alexandra in the feature film Johnny English, directed by Peter Howitt and released in 2003.

In March 2011 at the International Women's Day in Paris, as well as on 23 June 2012 at Villepinte, Tasha de Vasconcelos spoke in favour of the Achraf Refugees.

2010: 8 March: appointed Humanitarian Ambassador for the European Union to combat poverty and social exclusion, Brussels, Belgium.

Concrete help given through AMOR: 2007: Collegio Infantil: orphanage providing practical help to mothers and orphaned children, Beira, Mozambique.