Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman (b.30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, singer, writer, producer and director. She first became known in UK pop culture through her participation in BBC comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind. She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top (1984-85) with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

Ullman enjoyed a brief singing career as a solo artist in 1983/84 with five Top 30 hits including They Don't Know (written by Kirsty MacColl, Move Over Darling (originally recorded by Doris Day) and Sunglasses (originally released by Skeeter Davis in 1965). Her debut solo album album You Broke My Heart in Seventeen Places (1983) reached no. 14 on the UK Albums chart and No. 34 the Billboard 200 in the United States in 1984.

She emigrated to the US in 1987 although she returned to British television in 2016 with the BBC sketch comedy show Tracey Ullman's Show, her first BBC project for over thirty years. This also led to the topical comedy series Tracey Breaks the News in 2017.