Tracey Ullman, who was born as Trace Ullman on 30 December 1959, is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director and author. Numerous critics have praised her for her ability to shift between characters and accents, and a few have described her as the “female Peter Sellers”. Ullman began her career as a dramatic actress on stage and in the British soap opera Mackenzie, in which she portrayed Lisa Mackenzie.
Following her win of an award for her performance in the improvised play Four in a Million at the Royal Court Theatre, she switched to comedy. She appeared in the British TV sketch shows A Kick Up the Eighties (together with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield), for which she received a BAFTA in 1984. She also had a brief singing career, producing three singles that reached the top ten, before taking on the role of Candice Valentine in the ITV sitcom Girls on Top, which featured Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, and Ruby Wax.
Profile Summary CategoryInformation Full NameTracey Ullman Born30 December 1959 (age 66) BirthplaceSlough, Buckinghamshire, England CitizenshipUnited Kingdom; United States EducationItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts OccupationsActress; Comedian; Singer; Dancer; Screenwriter; Producer; Director; Author Years Active1976–Present WorksFull list SpouseAllan McKeown (married 1983; died 2013) Children2 AwardsFull list Comedy Career – MediumTelevision; Film; Theatre; Books Comedy GenresSketch comedy; Social commentary; Satire; Character comedy; Parody; Musical comedy Musical GenresPop; Rock; Doo-wop; Synth-pop InstrumentVocals Musical WorksDiscography Musical Career – Years Active1983–1985 Musical LabelStiff Age Tracey Ullman was born on 30 December 1959 in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England and is now 66 years of age.
Biography Tracey Ullman was born in Slough, in the county of Buckinghamshire (which is now known as Berkshire), and is the younger of two daughters. Her mother, Doreen (born Cleaver; 1929–2015), had British and Roma origins. Her father, Anthony John Ullman (1917–1966), was a Roman Catholic from Poland. He served in the Polish Army and took part in the Battle of Dunkirk during World War II.
Having moved to England and married, he worked as a solicitor, sold furniture and was a travel agent, as well as helping to arrange marriages and acting as a translator for the Polish community in England. When Ullman was six, her father died in front of her while he was recovering from heart surgery. Following his death the family relocated to Hackbridge in south-west London.
Since her husband had no longer been providing income, Ullman’s mother found it difficult to support the family. In order to boost their spirits, Ullman and her sister Patti used to put on nightly performances on the windowsill of their mother’s bedroom. After their mother had married again, the family kept moving and Ullman went to a number of different state schools, where she wrote and acted in the school plays.
A headmaster eventually noticed her and suggested that she should go to a school for the performing arts. She received a full scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy when she was twelve years old. At sixteen she went for a dance audition believing that she was applying for a summer season in Scarborough. As a result of the audition she was given a contract with a German ballet company to stage a revival of Gigi in Berlin.
When she returned to England she joined the Second Generation dance troupe and performed in London, Blackpool and Liverpool. She then moved on to musical theatre and was cast in a number of West End musicals such as Grease, Elvis The Musical and The Rocky Horror Show. Career Highlights Ullman gained fame via British sketch programmes such as Three of a Kind and then established herself in the United States through The Tracey Ullman Show, on which the animated shorts featuring The Simpsons were first presented.
She has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTAs, and a Golden Globe Award. For films she has starred in productions such as Small Time Crooks and Into the Woods, and she later went back to British television with Tracey Ullman’s Show. Personal life In 1983 Ullman got married to the producer Allan McKeown and they had two children. McKeown died at home due to prostate cancer on 24 December 2013.
Ullman’s mother died in a fire that took place in her apartment on 23 March 2015 and the inquest concluded that her death was accidental; she was 85 at the time. In September 2018 Ullman stated that her daughter was expecting a child and that she would soon be a grandmother. Ullman obtained American citizenship in December 2006 and has dual citizenship between the United Kingdom and the United States.
She was ranked first in the “Wealthiest British Comedians” list in 2006, her wealth at that time being estimated at £75 million. The Sunday Times estimated her wealth to be £80 million in 2017. She is a great knitter and in 2006 co-authored a book on knitting called Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun. Net Worth Tracey Ullman is a highly acclaimed British-American actress and comedian who has a net worth of about £80 million and has won a number of awards.
