Tracy Middendorf

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Tracy Middendorf
Born
Tracy Lynn Middendorf

Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Education State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
Spouse
Franz Wisner
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(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.

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Biography

Acting career

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

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

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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare Julie Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival
1995MilestoneSarahShort Film
1999 For Love of the Game Blonde Player's Wife
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon BusinesswomanPremiered at the Cannes Film Festival
2006 Mission: Impossible III Ashley
El CortezTheda
2008 Just Add Water Nora
2010Boy WonderMary Donovan
2013 Reaching for the Moon MaryPremiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
2014 Snowflake AuroreShort Film
Best Actress Award - American Movie Awards

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992One Stormy Night Caroline Anna 'Carrie' Brady TV movie
Days of Our Lives Series Regular
1993–1994 Beverly Hills, 90210 Laura Kingman6 episodes
1995Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: LightningDorothyTV movie
McKenna SkatesEpisode: "Racing in the Streets"
The Client DeniseEpisode: "Happily Ever After"
1996 Murder, She Wrote Erin GarmanEpisode: "The Dark Side of the Door"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tora ZiyalEpisode: "For the Cause"
1997 Dying to Belong Kim LessingTV movie
Touched by an Angel AmethystEpisode: "Last Call"
Perversions of Science CheerleaderEpisode: "Panic"
The Practice Jennifer ColeEpisode: "Betrayal"
1998 L.A. Doctors Alice SpringsEpisode: "Under the Radar"
1999 Chicago Hope Jesse PorterEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"
Millennium Cass DoyleEpisode: "Darwin's Eye"
Angel TinaEpisode: "City of"
Ally McBeal Risa HelmsEpisode: "Car Wash" and "Heat Wave"
2000 The Practice Jennifer ColeEpisode: "Officers of the Court"
The X-Files Gracie O'ConnorEpisode: "Signs and Wonders"
2001 Family Law Amanda GrantEpisode: "Americans"
Gideon's Crossing Becky LaskerEpisode: "The Way"
Six Feet Under Adele SwansonEpisode: "The Will"
2002 The Practice Jennifer ColeEpisode: "The Return of Joey Heric"
The Time Tunnel Sheila PhillipsTV movie
JAG Mariel ReeseEpisode: "Code of Conduct"
Any Day Now Tanya MeyerEpisode: "Call Him Macaroni"
Night Visions LucindaEpisode: "Harmony"
The Division KimberlyEpisodes: "Before the Deluge" and "Sweet Sorrow"
24 Carla Matheson4 episodes
2003 Alias Elsa CaplanEpisodes: "A Free Agent" and "Endgame"
The Guardian Laura DonnellonEpisode: "Hazel Park"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bridget WillisEpisode: "Lucky Strike"
2004 Cold Case Rebecca Morgan / Linda FrandsenEpisode: "Maternal Instincts"
Medical Investigation Anne HarringEpisode: "Escape"
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story Amber Frey TV movie
2005 House Sarah ReilichEpisode: "Cursed"
2006 Without a Trace Audrey WestEpisode: "The Thing with Feathers"
2007 Shark Wendy PhillipsEpisode: "Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark"
Lost BonnieEpisodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass" Part I and "Through the Looking Glass" Part II
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sarah FlintEpisode: "Snitch"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Belinda MayfieldEpisode: "Working Stiffs"
Bones Gaynor RabinEpisode: "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken"
2010 The Mentalist Jane DoeEpisode: "Aingavite Baa"
2010–2012 Boardwalk Empire BabetteRecurring role, 9 episodes
2011 Criminal Minds Lyla BradstoneEpisode: "Proof"
2014 The Last Ship Darien ChandlerRecurring role
2015–2016 Scream Margaret "Maggie" DuvalSeries Regular, 24 episodes
Favorite Ensemble Nomination - TV Guide Awards
2017 Bloodline Sally's momEpisode: "Part 30"
2018 Gone Helen RossEpisodes: "Demons", "Rise"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue/DirectorNotes
1995 Tender is the Night Nicole Warren Diver The Fountain Theatre / Simon Levy
Reckless
Getting Out
PilgrimsJill 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
2008The PavilionKari 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 MiddendorfDirectorial debut
2015 Abundance Bess johnson The Actors Company Theatre, New York City / Jenn Thompson
2018Danny and the Deep Blue SeaMastrogeorge Theatre, Austin, Texas / Tracy MiddendorfOnly Director

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  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.
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