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Tracy Middendorf

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Tracy Middendorf
Born
Tracy Lynn Middendorf

EducationState University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
Spouse
Franz Wisner
(m. 2005)
Children2

Tracy Lynn Middendorf is an American television, movie, and stage actress. Middendorf's most notable roles were in the horror film Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the MTV series Scream, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. She also appeared in the Broadway production of Ah, Wilderness!. She has won two Ovation Awards, one Drama-Logue Award, and one Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her stage work, and also received an American Movie Award in 2015.

Biography

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Acting career

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Middendorf was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She attended the Conservatory of Theatrical Arts at SUNY Purchase[1] before breaking into television as Carrie Brady on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives in 1992. The following year, she made her feature-film debut in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, wherein she played the supporting role of Julie.

During the 1990s, Middendorf built her career as a supporting actress in several television movies and episodes of series, including Beverly Hills, 90210 (the recurring role of Laura Kingman during the show's fourth season), Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Angel, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, and Millennium. She also starred in the television movie Dying to Belong, and had a small part in For Love of the Game.
In March 1995, she resumed her stage career in Los Angeles playing Nicole Warren Diver in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night directed by Simon Levy at the Fountain Theatre.[2] The same year she played Jill in Pilgrims by Stephen Metcalfe at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.[3] The following year, she got an Ovation Awards nomination for her performance in Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending.[4] In 1998, she briefly relocated to the East Coast to star in two different plays: Ah, Wilderness! at the Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater (that marked her Broadway debut) and the Big Knife in Massachusetts. She returned to the Los Angeles stage with Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke, winning the Ovation Award for the best leading female performance.[5][6]

During the 2000s, Middendorf had guest-starring stints in Six Feet Under, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Cold Case, among other shows, and had recurring roles in 24, The Division, Alias, and Lost.

On the big screen, she had parts in Mission: Impossible III, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, El Cortez, and Just Add Water. In 2002, she won another Ovation Award for her performance in Stephen Sachs' After the Fall, which ran for 7 sold-out months at the Fountain Theatre. For that production, she also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.[7]

In 2010, Middendorf was cast as Babette in Boardwalk Empire, first appearing in the series pilot and featured in other eight episodes through the first and the second seasons. After starring in Reaching for the Moon, she won a recurring role in the action-drama hit show The Last Ship as Darien Chandler.

Middendorf continued her stage work, including the title role in Miss Julie, a Yale Repertory Theatre production of Battle of Black and Dogs, a Shakespeare Theatre Company production of Old Times, and debuted as a director in Louise Rozett's Break during the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2011.[1]

In April 2015, she won an American Movie Award as Best Actress for her performance in Snowflake, a critically acclaimed short film she filmed in New York City opposite Ele Keats[8] After starring in the Beth Henley's play Abundance at the Actors Company Theatre in New York City, Middendorf joined the cast of the MTV series Scream as Maggie Duval.[9]

Personal life

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Middendorf is married to writer Franz Wisner (Honeymoon with My Brother), and they have two sons. She has a son from a previous relationship with actor Cameron Dye.[10][11]

Philanthropy

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In 2012, Middendorf created Shutter To Think, a project designed to use photography as a way to support programs for girls around the world. Through the sale of personal photographs taken by well-known actors, writers, directors, and musicians, Shutter to Think is able to help fund programs with globally recognized organizations that are focused on providing opportunities to girls. Contributors include Steve Buscemi, Meryl Streep, and Nicholas D. Kristof, among others.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare Julie Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival
1995 Milestone Sarah Short Film
1999 For Love of the Game Blonde Player's Wife
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon Businesswoman Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival
2006 Mission: Impossible III Ashley
El Cortez Theda
2008 Just Add Water Nora
2010 Boy Wonder Mary Donovan
2013 Reaching for the Moon Mary Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
2014 Snowflake Aurore Short Film
Best Actress Award - American Movie Awards

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 One Stormy Night Caroline Anna 'Carrie' Brady TV movie
Days of Our Lives Series Regular
1993–1994 Beverly Hills, 90210 Laura Kingman 6 episodes
1995 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning Dorothy TV movie
McKenna Skates Episode: "Racing in the Streets"
The Client Denise Episode: "Happily Ever After"
1996 Murder, She Wrote Erin Garman Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tora Ziyal Episode: "For the Cause"
1997 Dying to Belong Kim Lessing TV movie
Touched by an Angel Amethyst Episode: "Last Call"
Perversions of Science Cheerleader Episode: "Panic"
The Practice Jennifer Cole Episode: "Betrayal"
1998 L.A. Doctors Alice Springs Episode: "Under the Radar"
1999 Chicago Hope Jesse Porter Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
Millennium Cass Doyle Episode: "Darwin's Eye"
Angel Tina Episode: "City of"
Ally McBeal Risa Helms Episode: "Car Wash" and "Heat Wave"
2000 The Practice Jennifer Cole Episode: "Officers of the Court"
The X-Files Gracie O'Connor Episode: "Signs and Wonders"
2001 Family Law Amanda Grant Episode: "Americans"
Gideon's Crossing Becky Lasker Episode: "The Way"
Six Feet Under Adele Swanson Episode: "The Will"
2002 The Practice Jennifer Cole Episode: "The Return of Joey Heric"
The Time Tunnel Sheila Phillips TV movie
JAG Mariel Reese Episode: "Code of Conduct"
Any Day Now Tanya Meyer Episode: "Call Him Macaroni"
Night Visions Lucinda Episode: "Harmony"
The Division Kimberly Episodes: "Before the Deluge" and "Sweet Sorrow"
24 Carla Matheson 4 episodes
2003 Alias Elsa Caplan Episodes: "A Free Agent" and "Endgame"
The Guardian Laura Donnellon Episode: "Hazel Park"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bridget Willis Episode: "Lucky Strike"
2004 Cold Case Rebecca Morgan / Linda Frandsen Episode: "Maternal Instincts"
Medical Investigation Anne Harring Episode: "Escape"
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story Amber Frey TV movie
2005 House Sarah Reilich Episode: "Cursed"
2006 Without a Trace Audrey West Episode: "The Thing with Feathers"
2007 Shark Wendy Phillips Episode: "Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark"
Lost Bonnie Episodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass" Part I and "Through the Looking Glass" Part II
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sarah Flint Episode: "Snitch"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Belinda Mayfield Episode: "Working Stiffs"
Bones Gaynor Rabin Episode: "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken"
2010 The Mentalist Jane Doe Episode: "Aingavite Baa"
2010–2012 Boardwalk Empire Babette Recurring role, 9 episodes
2011 Criminal Minds Lyla Bradstone Episode: "Proof"
2014 The Last Ship Darien Chandler Recurring role
2015–2016 Scream Margaret "Maggie" Duval Series Regular, 24 episodes
Favorite Ensemble Nomination - TV Guide Awards
2017 Bloodline Sally's mom Episode: "Part 30"
2018 Gone Helen Ross Episodes: "Demons", "Rise"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue/Director Notes
1995 Tender is the Night Nicole Warren Diver The Fountain Theatre / Simon Levy
Reckless
Getting Out
Pilgrims Jill O'Brien Old Globe Theatre, San Diego / Stephen Metcalfe
1996 Orpheus Descending Carol Cutrere The Fountain Theatre / Simon Levy Ovation Awards Nomination - Best Featured Actress in a Play
1997 Mobile Hymn Park Ranger Santa Monica Playhouse / Robert Litz Drama-Logue Award Winner - Best Ensemble
1998 Ah, Wilderness! Muriel McComber Lincoln Center / Daniel Sullivan Broadway Debut
The Big Knife! Dixie Evans Williamstown Theatre Festival / Joanne Woodward
1999 Summer and Smoke Miss Alma The Fountain Theatre / Simon Levy Ovation Award Winner - Best Actress in a Leading Role
2002 After the Fall Maggie The Fountain Theatre / Stephen Sachs Ovation Award Winner - Best Actress in a Leading Role
LADCC Award Winner - Best Actress in a Leading Role
2007 Miss Julie Miss Julie The Fountain Theatre / Stephen Sachs
2008 The Pavilion Kari Westport Country Playhouse / Chad Rabinovitz
2010 Battle of Black and Dogs Léone Yale Repertory Theatre, New York City / Robert Woodruff
2011 Old Times Kate Lansburgh Theatre, Washington D.C. / Michael Kahn
Break New York International Fringe Festival / Tracy Middendorf Directorial debut
2015 Abundance Bess johnson The Actors Company Theatre, New York City / Jenn Thompson
2018 Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Mastrogeorge Theatre, Austin, Texas / Tracy Middendorf Only Director

References

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  1. ^ a b Kinsey Stephenson, Mark (February 1, 2012). "Tracy Middendorf Looks Back on her LA Fountain Years". The Fountain Theatre Blog.
  2. ^ Loynd, Ray (March 10, 1995). "Theater Attempts to Scale Mt. Fitzgerald : Stage: The novel 'Tender Is the Night' has never been done as a play. It's a daunting task, and it opens today at Fountain Theatre in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Braunagel, Don (August 11, 1995). "Pilgrims". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "LA Ovation Winners". Playbill.com. November 19, 1996.
  5. ^ "L.A.'s Ovation Awards Overcome by 'Reefer Madness'". Playbill.com. November 9, 1998.
  6. ^ Shirley, Don (November 10, 1999). "Running Smoke Rings Around the Competition". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ "2002 Ovation Awards: The list of winners". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 2002.
  8. ^ "Snowflake Official Facebook Page". facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 28, 2014). "MTV Picks Up 'Scream' To Series". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  10. ^ RYON, RUTH (13 May 2001). "For Sitcom Star, It's 'Just Move Me'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  11. ^ Parkyn, John (3 February 2002). "Name Dropping". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Shutter to Think".
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