Tracie Thoms

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Birthday:

19 August 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Birth Name:

Tracie Nicole Thoms

Height:

165 cm

Tracie Thoms was born on August 19, 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Tracie Nicole Thoms. She is an actress and producer, known for Looper (2012), The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Death Proof (2007).

I like shows that are ensemble-based, that explore the humanity of every character.

I'm really looking forward to developing just really fun, complex, interesting stories about people who happen to be black.

African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school a...Show more »

African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka. Show less «

People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair.

I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like being on stage, having the...Show more »

I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas. Show less «

The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The people who want t...Show more »

The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The people who want to be discovered do theater on the side in L.A. But there are people who are very dedicated to theater who love theater in L.A. Show less «