Tracey Ullman Bio | Wiki
Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
In 2016, Tracey returned to British television with the BBC sketch comedy show Tracey Ullman’s Show, her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years. This led to the creation of the topical comedy series Tracey Breaks the News in 2017.
Tracey Ullman Age
Tracey was born on December 30, 1959, in Slough, United Kingdom. She is 62 years old.
Tracey Ullman Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height o 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1. 65 m).
Tracey Ullman Family
She was born in Slough, Berkshire to her parents Anthony John Ullman and Doreen Ullman. Tracey is the younger of two daughters including her sister Patti. Her father was a Roman Catholic Pole, and her mother was British with Roma ancestry.
Tracey’s father served in the Polish Army and took part in the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II. After emigrating and marrying in England, he worked as a solicitor, a furniture salesman, and a travel agent.
When Tracey was six, her father, who had been recovering from a heart operation, died of a heart attack in front of her. After their mother remarried, the family began moving around the country, with Tracey attending numerous state schools, where she wrote and performed in school plays.
Tracey Ullman Husband
Tracey married her husband producer Allan McKeown in 1983. The couple has two children, Mabel, born in 1986, and Johnny, born in 1991. Sadly, on December 24, 2013, McKeown died at home from prostate cancer.
Tracey’s mother died in a fire accident at her flat on March 23, 2015, at the age of 85. She acquired American citizenship in December 2006. She holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Tracey Ullman Education
She caught the attention of a headmaster, who recommended that she attend a performing arts school. Tracey won a full scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy at the age of twelve. At sixteen, she attended a dance audition under the impression that she was applying for the summer season in Scarborough.
The audition resulted in a contract with a German ballet company for a revival of Gigi in Berlin. Upon returning to England, Tracey joined the “Second Generation” dance troupe, performing in London, Blackpool, and Liverpool. She branched out into musical theatre and was cast in numerous West End musicals including Grease, Elvis The Musical, and The Rocky Horror Show.
Tracey Ullman Daughter
Tracey’s daughter Mabel was born in 1986. In September 2018, she said that her daughter was pregnant and that she was about to become a grandmother for the first time.
Tracey Ullman Show
The Tracey Ullman Show debuted on April 5, 1987, along with Married… with Children. The Tracey Ullman Show was awarded ten Primetime Emmy Awards, with Tracey winning three, one in the category of Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 1990. The show was the first Fox network primetime show to win an Emmy award. The show concluded after a four-season run in 1990.
After a thirty-year absence, Tracey returned to the BBC with the sketch comedy program Tracey Ullman’s Show in 2016. It aired in the United States on HBO. In 2017, the show earned its first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
In 2018, it garnered two additional Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the categories of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming. The show eventually led to the creation of the topical comedy program Tracey Breaks the News in 2017.
Tracey Ullman Oxygen Network
In 2001, she took a break from her multi-character-based work and created a fashion-based talk show for Oxygen Network, Visible Panty Lines. The series was spun-off from her e-commerce clothing store Purple Skirt. Interviewees included Arianna Huffington and Charlize Theron. The show ran for two seasons concluding in 2002.
Tracey Ullman Showtime
Upon her naturalization in the United States, it was announced in April 2007 that Tracey would be making the switch from HBO to Showtime after working fourteen years with the former. Her State of the Union, a new sketch comedy series, debuted on 30 March 2008. It ran for three seasons concluding in 2010.
Tracey Ullman Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. In 2017, The Sunday Times estimated Tracey’s wealth to be $78 million.
Who Is Tracey Ullman
Tracey is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.