Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman born 30 December 1959 is an Englishborn stage and television actress comedian singer dancer screenwriter and author Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes and Three of a Kind with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield After a brief singing career she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders She emigrated from the UK to the US and created her own network television series The Tracey Ullman Show from 1987 until 1990 from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989 She later produced programs for HBO including Tracey Takes On 19961999 for which she has won numerous awards She has also appeared in several feature films Her sketch comedy series Tracey Ullmans State of the Union ran from 20082010 on Showtime In 2016 she returned with the BBC sketch comedy show Tracey Ullmans Show her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years this led to the creation of the topical comedy series Tracey Breaks the News in 2017 She is the first woman to be offered her own television sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States Description above from the Wikipedia article Tracey Ullman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia