Tracy Lynn Middendorf is an Americantelevision,movie, andstageactress. Middendorf's most notable roles were in thehorror filmWes Craven's New Nightmare, theMTV seriesScream, and theHBO seriesBoardwalk Empire. She also appeared in theBroadway production ofAh, Wilderness!. She has won twoOvation Awards, oneDrama-Logue Award, and one Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her stage work, and also received an American Movie Award in 2015.

Middendorf was born inMiami Beach, Florida. She attended theConservatory of Theatrical Arts at SUNY Purchase^[1] before breaking into television as Carrie Brady on the daytime soap operaDays of Our Lives in 1992. The following year, she made her feature-film debut inWes Craven's New Nightmare, wherein she played the supporting role of Julie.

During the 1990s, Middendorf built her career as a supporting actress in several television movies and episodes of series, includingBeverly Hills, 90210 (the recurring role of Laura Kingman during the show'sfourth season),Murder, She Wrote,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,The X-Files,Angel,Ally McBeal,Chicago Hope, andMillennium. She also starred in the television movieDying to Belong, and had a small part inFor Love of the Game.
In March 1995, she resumed her stage career inLos Angeles playing Nicole Warren Diver inF. Scott Fitzgerald'sTender is the Night directed bySimon Levy at theFountain Theatre.^[2] The same year she played Jill inPilgrims byStephen Metcalfe at theOld Globe Theatre inSan Diego.^[3]The following year, she got anOvation Awards nomination for her performance inTennessee Williams'sOrpheus Descending.^[4] In 1998, she briefly relocated to the East Coast to star in two different plays:Ah, Wilderness! at theLincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater (that marked herBroadway debut) andthe Big Knife inMassachusetts. She returned to the Los Angeles stage withTennessee Williams'sSummer and Smoke, winning theOvation Award for the best leading female performance.^[5][6]

During the 2000s, Middendorf had guest-starring stints inSix Feet Under,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, andCold Case, among other shows, and had recurring roles in24,The Division,Alias, andLost.

On the big screen, she had parts inMission: Impossible III,The Assassination of Richard Nixon,El Cortez, andJust Add Water.In 2002, she won another Ovation Award for her performance inStephen Sachs'After the Fall, which ran for 7 sold-out months at theFountain Theatre. For that production, she also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.^[7]

In 2010, Middendorf was cast as Babette inBoardwalk Empire, first appearing in the series pilot and featured in other eight episodes through the first and the second seasons. After starring inReaching for the Moon, she won a recurring role in the action-drama hit showThe Last Ship as Darien Chandler.

Middendorf continued her stage work, including the title role inMiss Julie, aYale Repertory Theatre production ofBattle of Black and Dogs, aShakespeare Theatre Company production ofOld Times, and debuted as a director in Louise Rozett'sBreak during theNew York International Fringe Festival in August 2011.^[1]

In April 2015, she won an American Movie Award as Best Actress for her performance inSnowflake, a critically acclaimed short film she filmed inNew York City oppositeEle Keats^[8]After starring in theBeth Henley's playAbundance atthe Actors Company Theatre in New York City, Middendorf joined the cast of theMTV seriesScream asMaggie Duval.^[9]

Middendorf is married to writer Franz Wisner (Honeymoon with My Brother), and they have two sons. She has a son from a previous relationship with actorCameron Dye.^[10][11]

In 2012, Middendorf created Shutter To Think, a project designed to use photography as a way to support programs for girls around the world. Through the sale of personal photographs taken by well-known actors, writers, directors, and musicians, Shutter to Think is able to help fund programs with globally recognized organizations that are focused on providing opportunities to girls. Contributors includeSteve Buscemi,Meryl Streep, andNicholas D. Kristof, among others.^[12]

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