Tracie Bennett
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| Tracie Bennett | |
 Tracie as Tracy Glazebrook in Joking Apart |
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| Birth name | Tracey Anne Bennett |
| Born | 17 June 1961 Leigh, Lancashire |
| Notable roles | Tracy Glazebrook in Joking Apart |
Tracie Bennett (born Tracey Anne Bennett, 17 June 1961, in Leigh, near Wigan, Lancashire) is an English stage and television actress. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy in Clapham, London.
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[edit] Professional credits
[edit] Television
Tracie's television debut was in the children's series Going Out, before appearing in Coronation Street between 1982 and 1984 as Sharon Gaskell, the Fairclough's foster daughter. She returned to the role in 1999.
In the 1980s, she appeared in numerous roles in television shows, including:
- Boon,
- Next of Kin,
- Alas Smith & Jones,
- Brush Strokes, and
- Norma in Making Out.
Bennett also played Malandra in the comedy film Shirley Valentine.
She played dim-witted blonde Tracy Glazebrook in the pilot of Steven Moffat's sitcom Joking Apart, a role which she reprised for the subsequent two full length series in 1993 and 1995.
Her television performances in the 1990s include:
- The Upper Hand,
- Heartbeat,
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries,
- Rich Tea and Sympathy,
- People Like Us and
- All Creatures Great and Small.
She presented Tracie Goes To Hollywood for OK! TV (for Carlton), and won an Audie Award for Comedy Best Actress for her narrations for the audio books of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
Tracie was winner of Celebrity Stars in their Eyes, as Judy Garland, in 2000. She has since appeared in:
- Where the Heart Is,
- Mersey Beat,
- Casualty,
- Doctors,
- The Royal and
- Northern Lights.
[edit] Stage
On stage, Tracie has appeared in:
- Carousel,
- She Stoops to Conquer,
- One For The Road,
- Grease,
- Chicago,
- Blood Brothers and
- Educating Rita.
In 1995 she won a Laurence Olivier Award as Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for She Loves Me at the Savoy Theatre.
She played Ida in Honk!, which won the 2000 Olivier award for Best Musical. [1]
In 2003 she was critically acclaimed for her role in High Society in the West End, and for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2004. She then appeared in Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, for which she was nominated for a TMA Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
In January 2006, Tracie joined the London production of Les Misérables in the role of Madame Thénardier at the Queen's Theatre.
[edit] Personal
At one time she was engaged to American record producer Steven Rinkoff.[2]
[edit] External links
- Biography at Corrie.net
- Tracie Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
- Les Miserables Extensive list of credits
- "TV and stage actress Tracie Bennett joins the cast of Les Miserables from 17 January", Ticketmaster, 13 January 2006.
- "Manchester Celebrities: Television, Film, Media & Broadcasting (21)", Manchester UK, 12 November 2005.
