Tracy-Ann Oberman is a Actor British born on 25 august 1966
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Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman, 1966, Brent, Greater London) is an English television, theatre and radio actress. Best known for her role as Chrissie Watts in BBC1 soap opera EastEnders from 2004–05. Also a writer, Oberman has contributed to a number of radio sketch shows and in 2008 co-authored with Diane Samuels the critically acclaimed play Three Sisters on Hope Street. In 2010 she wrote and starred alongside Catherine Tate in her BBC Radio 4 play Bette and Joan and Baby Jane and in 2012 wrote the BBC Radio 4 play Rock and Doris and Elizabeth".In 2015 she wrote and starred in the third part of her Hollywood Trilogy for BBCR4 "Mrs Robinson,I Presume" alongside John Simm and Kevin Bishop. Oberman was a regular columnist for The Guardian newspaper during 2007.
Following training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Oberman spent four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before joining the National Theatre. Her extensive theatrical background includes appearing with Kenneth Branagh in David Mamet's Edmond (2003) and a run in the West End revival of Boeing-Boeing (2007–08). She recently appeared in a production of Earthquakes in London in its 2011 run as Sarah Sullivan.
Oberman's TV credits include Doctor Who, Mistresses, Robin Hood, and Doctors. Prior to EastEnders Oberman appeared in a variety of television programmes including Casualty (1997–98), Kiss Me Kate (1998), and The Bill (2000), "New Tricks" as regular Forensic Pathologist Fiona Knnedy (BBC1 2014-2015) and carved out a comedic niche with leading roles in Bob Martin (2000–2001), Lenny Henry In Pieces (2000–2003) and Big Train'"Toast of London" and "Friday NIght Dinner"( 2010-2015)'. Oberman has performed in more than 600 radio plays since the mid-90s. She also had a recurring role in the penultimate and last series of procedural comedy-drama New Tricks (2014–15) as Fiona Kennedy, Forensic Pathologist.
Oberman is also a column contributor to The Guardian and was been a regular contributor to the Jewish Chronicle 2009-2014.She also contributes to Red Magazine. She also writes radio plays for BBC Radio 4. Biography
In 2004, Oberman became engaged to music producer Rob Cowan. The couple were honeymooning in Thailand when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck. In an interview with The People, Oberman described the experience as "one of those crystallized moments in my life. It's made me focus on the people I love. It also showed me the incredible generosity people are capable of. When you have seen something like that, you also stop taking the trivia so seriously".
In 2005, Oberman was cast in Mike Leigh's play Two Thousand Years at the National Theatre but had to drop out when she became ill. In August 2006, Oberman gave birth to a girl at a Central London hospital with her husband Rob Cowan by her side.
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