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Tracie Thoms

Birth Place: Baltimore, MD, USA

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BIO

Thoms was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Mariana and Donald Thoms. She has a brother, Austin. She started studying acting when she was ten and later on attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. She now holds a BFA from Howard University and a postgraduate diploma in acting from the Juilliard School (Group 30), where she was a classmate of actors Lee Pace and Anthony Mackie. She is currently playing the role of Joanne in the musical RENT on Broadway.



Thoms is known for her role of Mahandra McGinty in the television show Wonderfalls. She also played the part of Sasha in the series "As If", which was cancelled after three episodes. Most recently she has been added to the cast of the CBS crime drama Cold Case, as the narcotics detective, Kat Miller. Thoms has also made guest appearances on Law & Order and The Shield.
Thoms has appeared in several movies, most notably in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rent in which she plays Joanne Jefferson, lawyer and lover of Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel). She took over the role from Fredi Walker, who played Joanne in the original Rent Broadway show and who decided not to reprise her role due to her age. Prior to being cast as Joanne, she had been a big RENThead herself and had seen it in Broadway several times. She had also been auditioning for the theatre production for years but had never gotten the part. On July 18, 2008, she announced on her Myspace she will be joining the final cast of RENT starting July 26, 2008, playing the character Joanne, replacing Merle Dandridge.

She was featured in the 2002 Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken and the 2004 films Brother to Brother and The Warrior Class. Thoms appeared in the 2006 release of the film version of The Devil Wears Prada as Lily. Thoms has completed filming on the City Lights Pictures movie Descent along with Rent co-stars Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Rosario Dawson and will soon begin filming Jimmie with co-stars Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight. Recently, she appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, again, alongside Rosario Dawson.
Thoms made her Broadway debut in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow. She has also appeared in several off-Broadway and regional productions, including Up Against the Wind (New York Theater Workshop), The Oedipus Plays (The Shakespeare Theater), A Raisin in 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).

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STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Off-Center Revival, 2019
Performer [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2016
Dr. Charlotte

[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club World Premiere Production, 2014
Veronica

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2011
Taylor

[Off-Broadway]
2009
Nina

[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2007
Maggie

[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2005
Grace

[Off-Broadway]
2004
Performer

[Broadway]
Special Benefit Production, 2004
Pantene

[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2004
Mary Bow

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
2001
Performer

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 1996
Joanne Jefferson [Replacement]


Movies

Brother to Brother
[ 2004 ] Mom on Subway
Rent
[ 2005 ] Joanne Jefferson
Sex and Breakfast
[ 2005 ] Sarah
The Devil Wears Prada
[ 2006 ] Lily
Descent
[ 2007 ] Denise
Death Proof
[ 2007 ] Kim
Peter and Vandy
[ 2009 ] Marissa
I Will Follow
[ 2010 ] Tiffany
Looper
[ 2012 ] Beatrix
Safe House
[ 2012 ] CIA Analyst
Meeting Evil
[ 2012 ] Latisha Rogers
McCanick
[ 2013 ] Alice
Raze
[ 2013 ] Teresa
Annie
[ 2014 ] Annie's "Mom"
The Watcher
[ 2016 ] Amanda
The Drowning
[ 2016 ] Angela
9 Rides
[ 2016 ] Fiancee
A Christmas in New York
[ 2016 ] Katherine Taylor
Equity
[ 2016 ] Melanie
The Concessionaires Must Die!
[ 2017 ] Church Lady
The Basement
[ 2018 ] Lauren
Straight Up
[ 2019 ] Dr. Larson
Boy Genius
[ 2019 ] Sandra
aTypical Wednesday
[ 2020 ] Jason's Mom
California No
[ 2020 ] Samantha
Yes Day
[ 2021 ] Billie, Concert Coordinator
Bolivar
[ 2021 ] Susan Woods
Paulie Go!
[ 2022 ] Cheryl
Back to Lyla
[ 2022 ] Dr. Nolan
Jerry and Marge Go Large
[ 2022 ] Maya
Blood Relatives
[ 2022 ] Ms Shelling

TV Shows

Porn 'n Chicken
Andrea
As If
Sasha
America's Most Terrible Things
Terri
The Shield
Bonnie
Wonderfalls
Mahandra McGinty
Law & Order
Linda Ziman
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Joanne Jefferson
This Can't Be My Life
Rachel Brooks
Private Practice
Colette
Cold Case
[ 2005-2010 ] Kat Miller
Human Target
Michelle
Suits
Becky
Wonder Woman
Etta Candy
Harry's Law
Katherine
Bandwagon: The Series
Tracie, Tracie Thoms
The Good Wife
Judy Bishop
Gothica
Mina
Person of Interest
Monica Jacobs
Emily Owens M.D.
Natalia Gorgia
Veep
Alicia Bryce
Songbyrd
Clara Frye
BrainDead
Ashley Cook
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
Demetria
Send Me: An Original Web Series
Gwen
Living with Models
Hatch Girl
The Mindy Project
Kathy
He's with Me
[ 2015-2016 ] Naomi
American Gods
Buffer
Criminal Minds
Monica Walker
Wisdom of the Crowd
Special Agent Lydia Driscoll
Gone
[ 2017-2018 ] FBI Agent Maya Kennedy
UnREAL
Fiona Berlin
The First
Nancy
Grey's Anatomy
Roberta Gibbs
Love
[ 2016-2018 ] Susan Cheryl
Mad About You
Dean Calhoun
Abby's
Emily
The Affair
Joyce
The Good Doctor
Patricia Reynolds
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
Agent Cutter
Blindspot
Arla Grigoryan
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Female Traveler
NCIS: Los Angeles
Lt. Col. Lucilla Catro
(home)Schooled
Roberta
Truth Be Told
[ 2019-2021 ] Desiree Scoville
Sidetracked
Leigh
Family Guy
[ 2021-2022 ] Beautiful Woman, Pouncy
Queen Sugar
Camille
Station 19
[ 2020-2022 ] Dr. Diane Lewis
The Legend of Vox Machina
Everlight
Tab Time
Frieda Fraidy Cat
Love, Victor
Naomi

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Tracie Thoms been in?

Tracie Thoms has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.

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Tracie Thoms has not appeared in the West End.

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