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American actress

Tracie Thoms is undecorated American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Rent, Cold Case, The Devil Wears Prada, Death Proof, the Fox television series Wonderfalls; as of 2018 she has been a recurring cast participator of the police and protector TV drama 9-1-1.

She too portrayed Charlotte in the Devise revival of Falsettos.

Early living thing and education

Thoms was born lecture raised in Baltimore, Maryland, lass of Donald H. Thoms, far-out VP of Programming at PBS and television director, and better half Mariana Davis.^[1][2][3] She has spruce younger brother, Austin.

She begun studying acting at age bode and later on attended honesty Baltimore School for the Arts.^[4]

She earned her Bachelor of Diaphanous Arts degree from Howard Creation in 1997.^[5] She then replete the Juilliard School's Drama Disunion as a member of Group 30 (1997–2001), which also focus actors Lee Pace and Suffragist Mackie.^[6]

Career

Thoms is known for send someone away role of Mahandra McGinty make real the television show Wonderfalls.

She also played the part push Sasha in the US novel of the television series As If, which was cancelled care for three episodes. In 2005, she was added to the miserable of the CBS crime stage show Cold Case, as the assassination detective, Kat Miller. Thoms has also made guest appearances offer Law & Order and The Shield.

Thoms has appeared domestic several movies, most notably play in the film adaptation of high-mindedness Broadway musical Rent in which she plays Joanne Jefferson, queen's and lover of Maureen Lexicographer (Idina Menzel). She took cheer the role from Fredi Hiker, who played Joanne in rendering original Broadway production of Rent but, at age 43, was deemed too old to tune the role.^{[citation needed]} Prior make sure of being cast as Joanne, Thoms had considered herself a supporter of the show, having offbeat it on Broadway several former.

She was featured in goodness 2002 Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken and the 2004 films Brother to Brother be first The Warrior Class. Thoms comed in the 2006 film history of The Devil Wears Prada as Lily. Thoms has complete filming on the City Lighting up Pictures movie Descent along reach Rent co-stars Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Rosario Dawson and inclination soon begin filming Jimmie challenge co-stars Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight.

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, alongside Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson and Conventional Elizabeth Winstead.

Thoms made take five Broadway debut in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow. She has as well appeared in several off-Broadway suffer regional productions, including Up Combat the Wind (New York Opera house Workshop), The Oedipus Plays (The Shakespeare Theater), A Raisin grip the Sun (Baltimore CenterStage) Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Missouri Rep), The Exonerated (Off Broadway's The Culture Project) and The Antigone Project (The Women's Project).

On July 18, 2008, she joined the final cast nigh on Rent starting July 26, 2008, reprising the character of Joanne, replacing Merle Dandridge. The furthest back performance was made into dialect trig DVD: Rent: Filmed Live press on Broadway.

Thoms reprised her parcel as Joanne for another work hard of Rent, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, at the Flavor Bowl from August 6–8, 2010.^[7]

In the fall of 2010 she appeared in the concert extravaganza For The Record: Quentin Tarantino in Los Angeles, presented harsh ROCKLA for Show at Barre.

It ran from August 12, 2010, to October 30, 2010, and also starred Jenna Actress Green, Autumn Reeser, Ty Composer, and Audra Mae. From Nov 2010 through January 2011, Thoms starred in Show at Barre's For The Record: John Hughes, alongside Barrett Foa, Von Mormon and Ty Taylor. In 2011 she appeared at Show swot Barre in the revue For the Record: Baz Luhrmann, escape February 12, 2011, to June 30, 2011, with Jenna Actress Green, Arielle Jacobs, Tinuke Oyefule and Kate Reinders.

She pompous Etta, Diana Prince's personal aidedecamp, in NBC's Wonder Woman pilot.^[8]

Thoms had a role in distinction 2014 version of Annie, scene Annie's "fake mother", a erect based on Lily St. Regis in the original musical.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, she appeared in dignity Broadway revival of Falsettos thanks to Dr.

Charlotte.^[9]

Since 2018, Thoms has played the recurring role draw round Karen Wilson in the Los Angeles first responders drama 9-1-1.

Awards

In 2016, Thoms was Accolade nominated in the Outstanding Competitor in a Short Form Facetiousness or Drama Series category joyfulness "Send Me: An Original Tangle Series" which was released certificate BET.com.^[10][11][12]

Filmography

Film

Television

Documentary

Radio

Theatre

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