Tracy Griffith's acting career began with a role in the slasher film Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland in 1989. She then landed a part on the daytime soap Guiding Light, a long-running program that started in 1952.
Her first feature film was The Good Mother, released in 1988, where she starred alongside Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson. The film was directed by Leonard Nimoy. Following her success in this film, Griffith moved to Los Angeles and soon secured a starring role in the feature film The First Power opposite Lou Diamond Phillips.
Tracy Griffith continued to appear in various films throughout the 1990s, including The Finest Hour with Rob Lowe, All Tied Up with Teri Hatcher, and Skeeter, an action film for New Line Cinema. Her other notable film credits include Joe & Joe, a Sundance-selected independent film, and Crazy in Alabama, a TriStar feature directed by Antonio Banderas and starring her half-sister Melanie Griffith.
In addition to her film work, Griffith has also appeared in several television shows and movies. She played the girlfriend of Johnny Depp on 21 Jump Street in 1987, and co-starred with Lindsay Wagner on the Lifetime drama Their Second Chance in 1997. She also appeared in the mini-series The Siege at Ruby Ridge, playing the sister of Laura Dern.
Tracy Griffith was a series regular on the ABC drama The Monroes, where she played Kelly Monroe, the renegade daughter of William Devane. Her other television credits include the CBS movies Circle of Deceit and Murder in the Mirror, as well as a guest appearance on the TNT drama Bull.
Tracy Griffith has also pursued her passion for cooking and has worked as a sushi-chef at the trend-setting Beverly Hills restaurant, Tsunami's. She was the "mystery guest" on the game show To Tell the Truth, where she fooled the contestants about her profession.
In her free time, Tracy enjoys playing her guitar and singing. She has performed at several benefits to raise money and awareness for her favorite causes, including animal rights and endangered animal preservation. She is a certified dive-master and has attended fund-raising events with her friend Tippi Hedren to support her efforts in maintaining the wild animal preserve, Shambala.
Tracy Griffith was born on October 19, 1965, in New York City to Peter Griffith and his second wife Nanita Greene. She is the sister of Melanie Griffith and the brother Clay A. Griffith.
