Tracy Pollan - Biography

Tracy Jo Pollan (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress. She is perhaps best-known for her recurring role as Ellen Reed on the sitcom Family Ties in the mid-1980s. It was on this show that she met future husband Michael J. Fox.

Personal life

Pollan was born on Long Island, the daughter of Corky, a magazine editor, and Stephen M. Pollan, a financial consultant and writer. She has two sisters and a brother, author Michael Pollan.

Pollan and Fox married July 16, 1988 and have four children: Sam Michael Fox (born May 30, 1989), twins Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances (born February 15, 1995), and Esmé Annabelle (born November 3, 2001). Pollan is Jewish, and the couple's children are raised in Reform Judaism.

Awards

• Received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2000 for her role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
• Nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her 1992 role in A Stranger Among Us.

Filmography

• For Lovers Only (1982 TV movie) -
• Baby It's You (1983 movie) - Leslie (college student)
• Sessions (1983 TV movie) - Leslie
• Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983 TV movie) - Eileen Grafton
• A Good Sport (1984 TV movie) - Suzanne
• "The Great Love Experiment" on ABC Afterschool Special (TV series, season 12 (1984)) - Jen Robbins
• The Baron and the Kid (1984 TV movie) - Mary Beth Phillips
• The Little Sister (1985 TV movie) - Nicki Davis
• Promised Land (1987 movie) - Mary Daley
• The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987 TV movie) - Kari Swenson
• A Special Friendship (1987 TV movie) - Elizabeth Van Lew
• Family Ties (TV series; appeared in 13 episodes 1985-1987) - Ellen Reed
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988 movie) - Vicky
• The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990 TV miniseries) - Kathleen Kennedy
• Fine Things (1990 TV movie) - Liz O'Reilly
• A Stranger Among Us (1992 movie) - Mara
• Dying to Love You (1993 TV movie) - Lisa Ann Rohn
• Children of the Dark (1994 TV movie) - Kim Harrison
• Spin City (TV series; appeared in 2 episodes 1997-1998) - Renee Miller
• Anna Says (1999 TV series) - Anna (also an Executive Producer)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series; appeared in 2 episodes 2000) - Harper Anderson
• Hench at Home (2003 TV movie) - Kay Hench
• 1st to Die (2003 TV movie) - Lindsay Boxer
• Natalee Holloway (2009 TV movie) - Beth Holloway-Twitty
• Medium (TV series; appeared in 3 episodes 2009) - Caitlyn Lynch
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series; appeared in 1 episode 2010) - Patricia Caruso
• Justice for Natalee (2011 TV movie) - Beth Holloway
• Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 8 , Ep 10 (2011), "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox" - Herself

Notes

External links

• Natalee Holloway movie site at myLifetime.com
• Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 1992