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Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a
British comedy|British comedian, Actor|actress,
and singer who is most famous for being the host
of a variety television show bearing her name. 
Ullman has an extraordinary ability to mimic
accents, with her numerous characters rarely
sounding anything like her normal accent.

Born in London, England, her early appearances
were in British TV sketch comedy shows with Rik
Mayall in Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind
with Lenny Henry and the English comedian David
Copperfield, comedian|David Copperfield. She also
appeared with French and Saunders and Ruby Wax in
Girls on Top.  

In 1983, she had great success as a singer on the
legendary Punk rock|punk label Stiff Records,
although her style was more comic romantic than
punk. She had six songs in the British Top 100 in
less than two years, including her first hit
"Breakaway" and the international hit "They Don't
Know" (both written by label-mate Kirsty MacColl),
and the Madness (band)|Madness cover version "My
Guy" (whose video featured the British politician
Neil Kinnock), Her songs were over-the-top
evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with an
1980s edge, "somewhere between Minnie Mouse and
The Supremes" as Britain's Melody Maker put it, or
"retro before retro was cool", as a retrospective
reviewer wrote in 2002. The video for "They Don't
Know" featured a cameo from Paul McCartney; at the
time Ullman was filming a minor role in
McCartney's film Give My Regards To Broad Street.
During this time, she was also a guest VJ on MTV
in the United States.

Her U.S. television show, The Tracey Ullman Show,
earned four Emmys and spawned The Simpsons, which
was featured in very simple cartoon shorts.  She
later appeared in Tracey Takes On... on HBO.

She has appeared in many films, including I Love
You to Death, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Household
Saints, Small Time Crooks, and A Dirty Shame. She
was also the modern-day cartoon voice of Little
Lulu. She also had a recurring role as Ally's
unconventional therapist on the television series
Ally McBeal.

Thanks to her part/ownership of The Simpsons she
features in the Sunday Times Rich List of
wealthiest UK citizens.  She became a naturalized
U.S. citizen in 2003.

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0001808|name=Tracey Ullman
* http://www.hwired.com/tullman/ The Tracey Ullman
"Go Home" Page
* http://www.rreini.com/tracey/ Totally Tracey
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