Tracey Ullman is a renowned actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman, boasting dual British and American citizenship.
Her early television appearances included sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties, featuring Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes, and Three of a Kind, alongside Lenny Henry and David Copperfield. She then pursued a brief singing career before starring as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top alongside Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Ullman relocated to the United States, where she headlined her own network television comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from 1987 to 1990. She later produced programs for HBO, including the critically acclaimed Tracey Takes On... (1996-1999),for which she garnered numerous awards.
Ullman's sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, aired on Showtime from 2008 to 2010. She has also appeared in several feature films. Notably, Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own television sketch show in the United States, and in 2016, she starred in her own BBC sketch comedy show, Tracey Ullman's Show, her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years.