Name	Tracie Bennett
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	17-June-1961
Place of Birth	Leigh, Lancashire
Famous for	Acting

Tracie Bennett is an English stage and television actress. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London. Best known for her work in the theatre, both dramatic and musical, Bennett received Olivier Awards for her performances in the musicals She Loves Me and Hairspray, and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Judy Garland in the Broadway production of the biopic play End of the Rainbow.
Tracie Bennett's television debut was in the drama series Going Out, before appearing in Coronation Street between 1982 and 1984 as Sharon Gaskell, the Fairclough's foster daughter. She returned to the role in 1999. She played dim-witted blonde Tracy Glazebrook in the pilot of Steven Moffat's sitcom Joking Apart (1991), a role which she reprised for the subsequent two full length series in 1993 and 1995. She played Keaveney Millandra in the comedy film Shirley Valentine (1989).
She appeared in She Loves Me at the Savoy Theatre in 1994 for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award as Best Supporting Performance in a Musical. She played Ida in Honk!, which won the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical.
In 2003, she was critically acclaimed for her role in the London production of High Society, and for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2004. She appeared in Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2005 for which she was nominated for a TMA Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.