Tracy Needham : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Life Goes On)

As the only girl in a family of four children, Tracey Needham found her height gave her a leg up whenever she would play football with the boys.I grew up being very competitive with guys", says Needham, who is 5'11". "I was always jumping into football games and wanted to be treated equally and not have boys take it easy on me because I was a girl. But I usually ended up with my nose bloody." Needham was born on a March 28 in Dallas, TX, where her father was a homebuilder. When she was 8, the Needhams moved to Denver, and her father's work dictated that the family move back and forth between the two cities. Needham was fully grown by the eighth grade, and later, when she took to heart a high-school theater director's snippy advice that she was too tall to appear on stage, she worked on the technical crew instead. After her high-school graduation, Needham traveled through Europe and Australia. In 1988, she went to Los Angeles to study acting and audition for roles. She made her TV acting debut on "Jake and the Fatman". After a few more acting classes, she landed the part of Paige Thatcher, the big sister on "Life Goes On" (1989/I) (1989-93), beginning in the series's second season. "On 'Life Goes On', I learned for the first time how to hit a mark, developed confidence and became comfortable with myself", she says.

Tracey Needham is the only daughter of a family of four, her father work in the building. At 8 years old, his family left Dallas for Denver but they traveled a lot between these two cities due to the work of his father.

In high school when she wanted to participate in the theater club she was not accepting because the director of the theater judges that she was too big (1m80) to present well on stage, so she had to work in the technical team.

In 1988 she left for Los Angeles to work as an actress and audition for roles.

As a result of her family moving back and forth between Dallas, TX and Denver, CO, she attended both Cherry Creek High School in Denver, CO and Plano Senior High School in Plano, TX.

Discovered by a talent agent at a gas station.

Daughter, Katie, born in 1999 with husband Tommy Hinkley.

Measurements: 34-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Spouse : Tommy Hinkley (1 January 1995 - present) 1 child.

• Creation date: 01/07/2003 by donovan
• Last update: 01/05/2007 by shaunnah