Biography
Who is Tracy Spiridakos?
Early life and background
The actress was born Panagiota Spiridakos in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her parents were restaurant owners named George and Anastasia Spiridakos. She grew up with two brothers. After her birth, the family moved to her father's hometown of Skala, which is located south of Sparta, Greece. They eventually returned to Canada in 1992. Because of this upbringing, she speaks fluent Greek and feels a strong personal connection to her heritage.
During her junior high school years, she started acting. She attended the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba to develop her skills. She completed her secondary education at Oak Park High School in Winnipeg, graduating in 2000.
Early career and television beginnings
In 2007, she relocated to Vancouver to pursue professional acting opportunities. Shortly after arriving, she secured a small part on the show Supernatural. This led to other walk-on roles in television programs such as Bionic Woman, The L Word, Hellcats, and Psych. She also appeared in the television movie Goblin and the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Also, she had a recurring role as a werewolf named Brynn McLean on the show Being Human.
Her first starring role came in 2009 for the Canadian Teletoon series Majority Rules!. She played the character Becky Richards for the duration of the show, which ran until 2010. She also made her first feature film appearance in 2011 with a part in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Around that same time, she filmed a thriller movie titled Kill for Me, working alongside actors Donal Logue and Katie Cassidy.
Breakthrough roles and later work
In 2012, she appeared as Sammi in the Nickelodeon film Rags. That same year, she landed a lead part on the NBC series Revolution. She played the character Charlotte Matheson, a survivalist living in a dystopian future. She auditioned for this project during her initial pilot season in Los Angeles. Production for the show took place in Atlanta for the pilot and Wilmington, North Carolina, for the first season. Her performance earned her a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television.
Following Revolution, she guest-starred on the Showtime sitcom Episodes as the character Dawn. In 2015, she joined the cast of the A&E drama Bates Motel, portraying Annika Johnson for the third season. She also filmed a television pilot for CBS directed by Pamela Fryman, where she played a character named Holly opposite Adam Brody. Also, she acted in the romantic comedy film Byrd & the Bees, starring alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Finola Hughes.
Chicago P.D. and recent projects
Tracy Spiridakos joined the NBC police drama Chicago P.D. In 2017. She appeared in the final three episodes of the fourth season as Detective Hailey Upton. Her character was a former Robbery-Homicide detective who joined the Intelligence Unit. She remained with the series as a regular cast member from the fifth season through the eleventh season. Following her time on the police drama, she was cast as the lead for the crime series titled Anna Pigeon, starting in 2026.
Birthday and age
Tracy Spiridakos was born on February 20, 1988, which makes Tracy 38 years old today. That birthday falls under the Pisces sign. Tracy shares the date with 37 other famous people.
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