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{{Short description|British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, director, producer and writer}}
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| image           = Tracy Ullman by John Mathew Smith.jpg
| caption = Ullman at a book signing in 1998
| birth_name      = Trace Ullman
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|12|30}}
| birth_place     = [[Slough]], [[Berkshire]], England
| citizenship     = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|singer|dancer|screenwriter|producer|director}}
| years_active    = 1976–present
| works           = [[Tracey Ullman on screen and stage|Full list]]
| alma_mater      = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Allan McKeown]]|27 December 1983|24 December 2013|end=died}}
| children        = 2
| awards          = [[List of awards and nominations received by Tracey Ullman|Full list]]
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| genre           = {{hlist|[[Sketch comedy]]|[[social commentary]]|[[satire]]|[[character comedy]]|[[parody]]}}
| medium          = {{hlist|Television|film|theatre|books}} 
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| background      = solo_singer
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[doo-wop]]|[[synthpop]]}}
| instrument      = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| years_active    = 1983–1985
| label           = [[Stiff Records|Stiff]]
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'''Tracey Ullman''' (born '''Trace Ullman'''; 30 December 1959)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ullman, Tracey 1959- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/ullman-tracey-1959 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]] |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, and director. Critics have lauded her ability to shift seamlessly in and out of character and accents, with many dubbing her the "female [[Peter Sellers]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman: 'My face is good for impersonations'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/10/tracey-ullman-my-face-is-good-for-impersonations|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 January 2016|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tracey Ullman: The Energy, The Talent|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1987/08/23/tracey-ullman/59fa70cc-7633-42e4-8027-489d2b28fd63/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=22 August 1987|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="watchout">{{cite web|title=Watch Out For Ullman She's a Master of Accents, A Wiz at Changing Personalities. The Star of "I Love You To Death" Might Even Tuck Away Your Mannerisms For Future Reference.|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-04-08/entertainment/25917720_1_shaggy-bob-tracey-ullman-shakespeare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525232559/http://articles.philly.com/1990-04-08/entertainment/25917720_1_shaggy-bob-tracey-ullman-shakespeare|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2015|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|publisher=Philly.com|access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Her earliest mainstream appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows ''[[A Kick Up the Eighties]]'' (with [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Miriam Margolyes]]) and ''[[Three of a Kind (1981 TV series)|Three of a Kind]]'' (with [[Lenny Henry]] and [[David Copperfield (comedian)|David Copperfield]]). After a brief singing career (which garnered three top-ten singles), she appeared as Candice Valentine in ''[[Girls on Top (British TV series)|Girls on Top]]'' with [[Dawn French]] and [[Jennifer Saunders]].

Ullman emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States. She would go on to star in her own network television comedy series, ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' from 1987 until 1990, which also featured the first appearances of the long-running animated [[media franchise]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. She later produced programmes for [[HBO]], including ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]'' (1996–99) garnering numerous awards. Her sketch comedy series ''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]'' ran from 2008 to 2010 on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. She has appeared in several feature films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Returns to BBC with First Television Series in 30 Years|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/08/tracey-ullman-returns-to-bbc-with-first-television-series-in-30-years|work=The Guardian|date=8 January 2016|access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, she returned to British television with the [[BBC]] sketch comedy show ''[[Tracey Ullman's Show]]'', her first project for the broadcaster in over 30 years.<ref name="tusjan">{{cite web|title=BBC - Tracey Ullman's Show - Media Centre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/02/tracey-ullmans-show|work=BBC|publisher=BBC.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126140853/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/02/tracey-ullmans-show|url-status=dead}}</ref> This led to the creation of the topical comedy series ''[[Tracey Breaks the News]]'' in 2017.

In 2017, Ullman was reportedly Britain's richest comedian and the second-richest British actress,<ref>{{cite news|title=The UK's Richest Comedian Unloads Upper East Side Pad|url=https://nypost.com/2017/07/26/the-uks-richest-comedian-unloads-upper-east-side-pad/|work=The New York Post|date=26 July 2017|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref> with an estimated wealth of £80 million.<ref name="wealth">{{cite web|title=Starring role for women in the Sunday Times film and TV Rich List|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rich-list-2017-starring-role-for-women-in-film-and-tv-rich-list-hk9p620km?shareToken=ea86335bb1b8b37fc5f63f548c003c41|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|access-date=14 May 2017|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818101543/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rich-list-2017-starring-role-for-women-in-film-and-tv-rich-list-hk9p620km?shareToken=ea86335bb1b8b37fc5f63f548c003c41|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including twelve [[American Comedy Awards]], seven [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], two [[British Academy Film Awards]], four [[Satellite Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]].

==Early life==

Tracey Ullman was born Trace Ullman in [[Slough]], [[Buckinghamshire]] (now [[Berkshire]]),<ref name="queenofparody">{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Is Sitting Pretty as the Queen of Parody and Pops|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089118,00.html|first=Barbara|last=Graustark|date=12 November 1984|access-date=10 June 2015|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610211834/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089118,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the younger of two daughters,<ref name="prodigal">{{cite web|title=Return of the Prodigal Daughter|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709481/Return-of-the-prodigal-daughter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226080757/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4709481/Return-of-the-prodigal-daughter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=5 July 1997|access-date=29 August 2018}}</ref> to Doreen ([[née]] Cleaver; 1929–2015), who was of British and [[Romani people|Roma]] extraction,<ref>{{harvnb|Ullman|1998|p=98}}</ref> and Anthony John Ullman (1917–1966), a [[Roman Catholicism in Poland|Roman Catholic]] [[Polish people|Pole]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwXjAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|page=1712|isbn = 9781857430813}}</ref> Anthony served in the [[Polish Army]] and took part in the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Takes Charge : Ullman's at Home Behind the Scenes and in Front of the Camera |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-07-ca-33095-story.html|first=Judith|last=Michaelson|date=7 February 1996|access-date=28 February 2021|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> After emigrating and marrying in England, he worked as a [[solicitor]], a furniture salesman, and a travel agent. He also brokered marriages and translated among the émigré Polish community.<ref name="skitcom"/>

When she was six, Ullman's father, who had been recovering from a heart operation, died of a heart attack in front of her.<ref name=npr-state>{{cite web|title=Tracy Ullman Takes on the 'State of the Union'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89037585|work=[[NPR]]|publisher=NPR|date=25 March 2008|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=vanityfair-88>{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=James |date=March 1991 |title=Amazing Trace |magazine=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast Publications Inc.|volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=88}}</ref> She was subsequently uprooted to [[Hackbridge]], southwest [[London]]. Her mother could barely make ends meet without their father's income.<ref name="shemadeit">{{cite web |url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=83 |title=The Paley Center for Media &#124; She Made It &#124; Tracey Ullman |publisher=She Made It |date=30 December 1959 |access-date=17 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317140929/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=83 |archive-date=17 March 2014}}</ref> In an effort to cheer her family up, Ullman, along with her sister Patti, created and performed nightly shows on their mother's bedroom windowsill. After their mother remarried, the family began moving around the country, with Ullman attending numerous state schools, where she wrote and performed in school plays.<ref>{{cite journal |date=16 February 1984 |title=The Tracey Ullman Show |url=http://41.media.tumblr.com/10173329d75001ab79fdb6810b83168b/tumblr_nky5r4PyEW1upi75eo1_1280.jpg |journal=Smash Hits |pages=38}}</ref>

She eventually caught the attention of a headmaster, who recommended that she attend a performing arts school. She won a full scholarship to the [[Italia Conti Academy]] at the age of twelve.<ref name="liveandexposed">{{cite video |people=Ullman, Tracey |date=2005 |title=Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed |medium=DVD |publisher=HBO Video}}</ref> At sixteen, she attended a dance audition under the impression that she was applying for summer season in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Furness |first=Adrian |date=27 March 1982 |title=Two Little Words Made Her a Star |journal=TVTimes Magazine |pages=75}}</ref> The audition resulted in a contract with a German ballet company for a revival of ''[[Gigi (musical)|Gigi]]'' in Berlin.<ref name="TVNYT">{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|title=Television Review – A Case of Multiple Personalities|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/arts/television-review-a-case-of-multiple-personalities.html|work=The New York Times|date=24 January 1996|access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> Upon returning to England, she joined the Second Generation dance troupe, performing in London, [[Blackpool]], and [[Liverpool]].<ref>[http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/ullman.htm Tracking Tracey]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921223706/http://dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/ullman.htm |date=21 September 2010 }}. Retrieved 1 April 2007.</ref> She branched out into musical theatre and was cast in numerous [[West End theatre|West End]] musicals including ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'', ''[[Elvis (musical)|Elvis The Musical]]'', and ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''.<ref name="vanityfair-88"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040212073207/http://www.rockyhorror.org/faq/faqframe/m-hrhs.html History Of The RHPS]. Retrieved 1 April 2007.</ref>

==Television career==
===Early years===
Ullman began her television career in 1980 playing [[Lynda Bellingham]]'s daughter in the British series ''Mackenzie''. "I really thought I was great when I did a quite serious soap opera for the BBC. I played a nice girl from [[St. John's Wood]]. 'Mummy, I think I'm pregnant. I don't know who's done it.' Then I would fall down a hill or something. 'EEEEE! Oh, no, lost another baby.' It seemed all I ever did was have miscarriages—or make yogurt."<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Is Sitting Pretty as the Queen of Parody and Pops|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20089118,00.html|work=Barbara Graustark|publisher=([[People Magazine]])|access-date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110090524/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20089118,00.html|archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>

Ullman appeared in [[Les Blair]]'s [[avant-garde]] ''Four in a Million'', an improvised play about club acts, at London's [[Royal Court Theatre]].<ref name="watchout"/> She won the [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|London Critics Circle Theatre Award]] as Most Promising New Actress for her performance.<ref>[http://brits.co.uk/show/1984/ The BPI Awards 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403060011/http://brits.co.uk/show/1984/|date=3 April 2007}}. Retrieved 1 April 2007.</ref>

In 1981, she was cast in the [[BBC Scotland]] [[sketch comedy]] programme ''[[A Kick Up the Eighties]]'', which in turn led to her being offered the sketch show ''[[Three of a Kind (1981 TV series)|Three of a Kind]]'', co-starring comedians [[Lenny Henry]] and [[David Copperfield (comedian)|David Copperfield]]. Ullman said "My first reaction was you must be joking, as women are treated so shoddily in comedy. Big busty barmaids and all those sort of clichés just bore me rigid."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tracey's Papers |url=http://tracey-archives.tumblr.com/post/113163172393/tracey-ullman-the-face-no37 |journal=The Face |pages=69}}</ref> Eventually a deal was struck with the proviso being that she would have script approval and choose her own costumes.<ref>{{cite web|title=1982 Stiff Records press release.|url=http://tracey-archives.tumblr.com/post/113162928508/1982-stiff-records-press-release|work=The Tracey Ullman Archives|publisher=Tumblr.com|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> ''Three of a Kind'' premiered in July 1981, running for three series until 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Three of a Kind (1981-83)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/535119/|work=BFI Screenonline|publisher=Screenonline.org.uk|access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref> Throughout the series, Ullman would also sing, performing comical spoofs of well-known artists of the time such as [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]], [[Bananarama]], [[Jennifer Warnes]], and [[Dollar (band)|Dollar]]. ''Three of a Kind''  led to her beginning her own brief but successful singing career in 1983, and also winning her first [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] (for "Best Light Entertainment Performance") in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1984/television/light-entertainment-performance|work=BAFTA|publisher=bafta.org|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> By this time, she had become a household name with the British media referring to her as "Our Trace".<ref name="skitcom">{{cite web|title=Queen of the Skitcom: Tracey Ullman Has Lost Her Prized Anonymity, but Her Ratings Have Fox Grinning|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-17-tm-2236-story.html|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|date=17 April 1988|access-date=10 June 2015|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In 1985, she signed on to star in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Girls on Top (British TV series)|Girls on Top]]''. She was cast as the promiscuous golddigger Candice Valentine. The show, co-starring [[Dawn French]], [[Ruby Wax]], and [[Jennifer Saunders]] continued for a second series without Ullman who bowed out after the first series. Saunders also wrote the scripts.

===''The Tracey Ullman Show''===
[[File:Tracey Ullman 1987.jpg|thumb|Ullman in 1987]]
In 1985, Ullman was persuaded by her husband, British independent television producer [[Allan McKeown]], to join him in [[Los Angeles]], where he was already partially based.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mills |first=Nancy |date=19 November 2000 |title=A Demented Pixie Grows Up |journal=You Magazine |pages=29–32}}</ref> She set her sights on a film and stage career, believing that there was little in the way of television for her.<ref name="realcharacter">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/movies/television-tracey-ullman-she-s-a-real-character.html |title=Television – Tracey Ullman: She's a Real Character |last=O'Connor |first=Thomas |date=25 September 1988 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="goldfinger">{{cite journal |last=Farr |first=Louise |date=20 February 1988 |title=Enter Ullman, Swinging from a Rope and Singing 'Goldfinger' |journal=TV Guide }}</ref> Her British agent put together a videotape compilation of her work and began circulating it around Hollywood. The tape landed in the hands of Craig Kellem, vice president for comedy at [[Universal Television]].<ref name="skitcom"/> A deal was immediately struck with [[CBS]]. ''I Love New York'', a show about a "slightly wacky" British woman working in New York, was written by ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' writer [[Anne Beatts]].<ref name="skitcom"/> Unhappy with the direction the network wanted to take the show, Ullman's agent decided to contact producer [[James L. Brooks]].<ref name="goldfinger"/><ref name="foxylady">{{cite magazine |title=Foxy Lady |last=Zehme |first=Bill |date=27 August 1987 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X}}</ref> Brooks felt that a sketch show would best suit her. "Why would you do something with Tracey playing a single character on TV when her talent requires variety? You can't categorize Tracey, so it's silly to come up with a show that attempted to."<ref name="realcharacter"/><ref name="bravo">{{cite web|title=Bravo - Influences: Tracey Ullman|url=https://vimeo.com/52657083|website=Vimeo.com|publisher=Vimeo|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tracey Ullman Makes a Face|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/magazine/tracy-ullman-makes-a-face.html?pagewanted=1|work=The New York Times|date = 15 October 1989|access-date=28 July 2015|last1 = Lazar|first1 = Jerry}}</ref> ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' debuted on 5 April 1987, along with ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Network at 25: Blazing Trails and Burning Bridges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/arts/television/the-fox-network-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date = 20 April 2012|access-date=15 December 2015|last1 = Hale|first1 = Mike}}</ref> The show also produced ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as a series of animated shorts, or "[[commercial bumper|bumpers]]", which would air before and after commercial breaks. [[The Simpsons Shorts|''The Simpsons'' shorts]] would eventually be spun-off into their own half-hour series in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Simpson Family Made Its Television Debut 30 Years Ago |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/simpson-family-television-debut-30-years-ago-180962482/ |work=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' was awarded ten [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], with Ullman winning three, one in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tracey Ullman Show |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/tracey-ullman-show|work=Television Academy|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Best Tracey Ullman Show |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/best-tracey-ullman-show|work=Television Academy|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> The show was the first Fox network primetime show to win an Emmy award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ullman to Leave Fox Network|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19900516&id=IgYqAAAAIBAJ&pg=6698,528720&hl=en |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina |date=16 May 1990 |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The show concluded after a four-season run in 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=James |date=March 1991 |title=Amazing Trace |magazine=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast Publications Inc. |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=88–90}}</ref><ref name="ullman">{{cite magazine|title=Tracey Ullman Sues Fox|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1992/10/23/tracey-ullman-sues-fox|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Ew.com|access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>

===HBO===
In 1991, Ullman's husband placed a successful bid on a television franchise in the [[Southern England|South of England]]. The television programming lineup agreed upon included a Tracey Ullman special.<ref name="takeson1">{{harvnb|Ullman|1998|p=xi}}</ref> Unlike the Fox show, this programme would be shot entirely on location. ''[[Tracey Ullman: A Class Act]]'', a send-up of the [[Social structure of the United Kingdom|British class system]], premiered on 9 January 1993 on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC - Comedy - Guide - Tracey Ullman: A Class Act |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/traceyullmanacla_66603500.shtml |work=BBC |publisher=BBC.co.uk |access-date=14 September 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404051645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/traceyullmanacla_66603500.shtml |archive-date=4 April 2005}}</ref> This led to [[HBO]] in America becoming interested in having a special made for their network, with the caveat that Ullman take on a more American subject. She chose [[New York City]].<ref>{{harvnb|Ullman|1998|p=xiii}}</ref> ''[[Tracey Ullman Takes on New York]]'' debuted on 9 October 1993. The programme went on to win two Emmy Awards, a [[CableAce Award]], an [[American Comedy Award]], and a [[Writers Guild of America Award]]. The success led to the creation of the HBO [[sketch comedy]] series ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{harvnb|Ullman|1998|p=xv}}</ref>

Ullman returned to HBO in 2003 with the television special ''[[Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales]]'', which she also directed.<ref>{{cite web|title=GlennShadix.com - The Official Web Site of Glenn Shadix |url=http://www.glennshadix.com/news.html |work=Glenn Shadix |publisher=Glennshadix.com |access-date=14 September 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605140510/http://www.glennshadix.com/news.html |archive-date=5 June 2003 }}</ref> She returned to HBO again in 2005 with her one-woman stage show ''[[Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed]]''.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/events/tracey/?ntrack_para1=leftnav_category1 "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed".] HBO.com. Retrieved 14 March 2007.</ref>

===Purple Skirt and Oxygen===
In 2001, Ullman took a break from her multi-character-based work and created a fashion-based talk show for [[Oxygen Network]], ''[[Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines]]''. The series was spun-off from her [[e-commerce]] clothing store [[Purple Skirt]]. Interviewees included [[Arianna Huffington]] and [[Charlize Theron]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines Episodes |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/tracey-ullmans-visible-panty-lines/episodes/430461/|work=TV Guide|publisher=Tvguide.com|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> The show ran for two seasons, concluding in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleskirt.com/vpl/vplonair/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116031325/http://www.purpleskirt.com/vpl/vplonair/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2001|title=Tracey Ullman's "Visible Panty Lines"|date=16 November 2001|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>

===Showtime===
Upon her [[naturalisation]] in the United States, it was announced in April 2007 that she would be making the switch from HBO to [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] after working fourteen years with the former.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070504043925/http://www.sho.com/site/announcements/041607royalflush.do A King, A Comedy Queen & A Radio Ace: Showtime Deals a Royal Flush]. Sho.com Announcements. 16 April 2007.</ref> ''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]'', a new sketch comedy series, debuted on 30 March 2008.<ref>Lyneka Little [https://web.archive.org/web/20200809162056/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120611094557554779?mod=googlenews_wsj Q&A: Tracey Ullman]. [[Wall Street Journal]]. 21 March 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman's State of the Union : Complete Season One (DVD 2008)|url=http://www.dvdempire.com/1423868/tracey-ullmans-state-of-the-union-complete-season-one-movie.html|work=DVD Empire|publisher=Dvdempire.com|access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://variety.com/2008/more/news/it-s-showtime-for-ullman-s-union-1117982080/ Comic Turns Celebs Into Recurring Characters]. Variety. Cynthia Littleton. 7 March 2008.</ref> It ran for three seasons, concluding in 2010.

===Return to British television===
After an absence of over 30 years, Ullman returned to the BBC with the sketch comedy programme ''[[Tracey Ullman's Show]]'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31726907|title=Tracey Ullman returns to BBC with own comedy show|work=BBC News|date=4 March 2015|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/the-kennedys|title=BBC One announces the cast for brand new family comedy The Kennedys|publisher=BBC Media Centre|date=6 March 2015|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> It aired in the United States on HBO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tracey-ullman-bbcs-female-revolution-830223|title=MIPCOM: Tracey Ullman on Her New Show, BBC's Female Revolution|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 October 2015|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> In 2017, the show earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Make-Up and Hair Design, and its first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series|Outstanding Variety Sketch Series]].<ref name="moresatire">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/tracey-ullman-breaks-the-news|title=BBC One commits to more satire from Tracey Ullman|publisher=BBC Media Centre|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref> In 2018, it garnered two additional Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the categories of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming|Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712221829/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show eventually led to the creation of the topical comedy programme ''[[Tracey Breaks the News]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/3989/news-bbc-unveils-raft-satire-shows|title=News: BBC Unveils Raft of Satire Shows|date=26 May 2017|publisher=Beyondthejoke.co.uk|access-date=26 May 2017|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802210707/http://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/3989/news-bbc-unveils-raft-satire-shows|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/43/tracey-breaks-the-news|title=BBC - Tracey Breaks the News - Media Centre|publisher=BBC Media Centre|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/39965/tracey_will_break_the_news_again|title=Tracey Will Break the News Again|work=[[Chortle]]|date=15 May 2018|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

===Other notable work===
In 1995, she became the first modern-day cartoon voice of [[Little Lulu]].<ref>[http://www.hbofamily.com/programs/jam/little_lulu.html HBO Family: The Little Lulu Show] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818075817/http://www.hbofamily.com/programs/jam/little_lulu.html |date=18 August 2004 }}. Retrieved 1 April 2007.</ref> In 1999, she had a recurring role as an unconventional psychotherapist on ''[[Ally McBeal]]''. Her performance garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award, her seventh, and an American Comedy Award which was her eleventh.<ref>[http://www.moviegames.com/Features/Awards/Emmys99/Blow/index3.html E! Online Features – Awards – Emmys '99 – Blow By Blow]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}. Retrieved 1 April 2007.</ref> In 2005, she co-starred with [[Carol Burnett]] in the television adaptation of ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]''. She played Princess Winnifred, a role originally made famous by Burnett on Broadway. This time Burnett took on the role of the overbearing Queen Aggravain.<ref>A. Stanley [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/arts/television/16matt.html?ex=1175572800&en=247748e0693234e8&ei=5070 The Affable Princess Is Back as Queen]. NY Times. 16 December 2005</ref>

In March 2014, Ullman was introduced as Genevieve Scherbatsky, the mother of character [[Robin Scherbatsky]] in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.<ref>[http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/03/how-i-met-your-mother-recap-vesuvius/ 'How I Met Your Mother' recap: Mom's the word'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322023439/http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/03/how-i-met-your-mother-recap-vesuvius/ |date=22 March 2014 }}. Retrieved 21 March 2014.</ref> On 15 February 2017, it was announced that she would star in the [[Starz]]-BBC co-produced limited series adaptation of ''[[Howards End (miniseries)|Howards End]]'', playing Aunt Juley Mund.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Boards 'Howards End' BBC Limited Series; Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen & Tracey Ullman To Star|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/starz-bbc-howards-end-limited-series-based-on-novel-hayley-atwell-matthew-macfadyen-star-1201912774/|work=Deadline|date=15 February 2017|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>

On 14 May 2019, it was announced that Ullman would be portraying [[Betty Friedan]] in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] limited series ''[[Mrs. America (miniseries)|Mrs. America]]''. The nine-episode series premiered 15 April 2020 on [[Hulu]] to favourable reviews.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mrs. America: Season 1|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mrs_america/s01|language=en|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Poniewozik|first=James|date=14 April 2020|title='Mrs. America' Review: The Voice of an E.R.A.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/arts/television/mrs-america-review.html|access-date=9 May 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Paulson, John Slattery Among 11 Cast in Cate Blanchett's FX Limited Series 'Mrs America'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/sarah-paulson-john-slattery-among-11-cast-in-cate-blanchetts-fx-limited-series-mrs-america|work=[[TheWrap]]|date=14 May 2019|publisher=Thewrap.com|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> Her performance garnered her an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie]] [[72nd Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emmys 2020: See the Full List of Nominees|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/emmys-2020-full-list-nominees/story?id=71971873|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=28 July 2020|publisher=Abcnews.go.com|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>

Ullman played councilwoman Irma Kostroski in the eleventh and twelfth seasons of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=IMDb Curb Your Enthusiasm Full Cast & Crew|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264235/fullcredits|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>

==Music career==
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A chance encounter with the wife of the head of [[Stiff Records]] led to Ullman getting a recording contract in 1983. Label owner [[Dave Robinson (music executive)|Dave Robinson]] was taken with some of the musical parodies she had been doing on television in ''Three of a Kind'' and signed her.<ref>{{cite news|title=Legendary London Label, Stiff Records, to Re-Release Five Thatcher-Era Classics|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb510635.htm|work=PR Web|publisher=Prweb.com|access-date=11 March 2021|archive-date=11 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311005254/https://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb510635.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ullman recounted, "One day, I was at my hairdresser, and Dave Robinson's wife Rosemary leant over and said, 'Do you want to make a record?'... I went, 'Yeah I want to make a record.' I would have tried anything."<ref>{{cite book|last=Balls|first=Richard|title=Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NOQkBQAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Soundcheck Books|page=274|isbn=9780957570061}}</ref>

Her 1983 debut album ''[[You Broke My Heart in 17 Places]]''  was a Top 20 hit in the UK, and featured three UK Top 10 hit singles. Her first hit single, "[[Breakaway (Irma Thomas song)|Breakaway]]", reached #4 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracy Ullman - Breakaway HQ Live|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuN12Fnc6Wc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HuN12Fnc6Wc| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|website=youtube.com| date=26 May 2009 |publisher=diewalkure|access-date=15 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This was followed by the international hit version of [[Kirsty MacColl]]'s "[[They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)#Tracey Ullman version|They Don't Know]]", which reached #2 in the UK,<ref name="charts">{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20221/tracey-ullman/|work=Official Charts Company|publisher=Officialchartscompany.com|access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> and #8 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tracey Ullman, "They Don't Know" - 100 Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-20140917/tracey-ullman-they-dont-know-20140917|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=17 September 2014|publisher=Rollingstone.com|access-date=8 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211004418/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-20140917/tracey-ullman-they-dont-know-20140917|url-status=dead}}</ref> The video for "They Don't Know" featured a [[cameo appearance]] from [[Paul McCartney]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Takes on Two New Musicals with 'The Band Wagon' and 'Into the Woods'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tracey-ullman-stars-band-wagon-woods-article-1.1990248|work=New York Daily News|date=28 October 2014 |publisher=NYdailynews.com|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> (at the time, Ullman was filming a minor role in McCartney's film ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]).''<ref name="bio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040413013625/http://www.traceytakeson.com/tracey/ Tracey]. traceytakeson.com</ref> A third single from the album, a recording of [[Doris Day]]'s "[[Move Over Darling (song)|Move Over Darling]]", reached #8 in the UK.<ref name="charts"/>

Ullman released her second (and final) album ''[[You Caught Me Out]]'' in 1984.<ref name="charts"/> This included her version of [[Madness (band)|Madness]]'s "[[My Girl (Madness song)|My Girl]]", which she changed to "[[My Girl (Madness song)#My Guy's Mad at Me|My Guy]]", which reached #23.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stiff - Tracey Ullman|url=http://www.stiff-records.com/stiff-artists/tracey-ullman|work=Stiff Records|publisher=Stiff-records.com|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114023626/http://www.stiff-records.com/stiff-artists/tracey-ullman|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its accompanying video featured a cameo from the [[British Labour Party]] politician [[Neil Kinnock]], at the time the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]].<ref>[http://www.adamsmith.org/images/uploads/publications/ThatDecade.pdf A Decade Of Revolution The Thatcher Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703120845/http://www.adamsmith.org/images/uploads/publications/ThatDecade.pdf |date=3 July 2007 }}. Retrieved 2 April 2007.</ref> Her final Top 30 hit, "[[Sun Glasses (song)|Sunglasses]]" (1984), peaked at #18 in the UK and featured comedian [[Adrian Edmondson]] in its music video.<ref>{{cite web|title=Be Stuff (The Stiff Records Story) by Richard Balls|url=http://themouthmagazine.com/2014/11/13/be-stiff/|work=The Mouth Magazine|date=13 November 2014|publisher=Themouthmagazine.com|access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> During this time she also appeared as a guest [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]] on [[MTV]] in the United States.<ref>[http://www.cbubemporium.com/ebay/wrcg9.jpg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703120845/http://www.cbubemporium.com/ebay/wrcg9.jpg|date=3 July 2007}}. Promo Poster of Tracey Ullman MTV Guest VJ.</ref>

Within 18 months, Ullman had scored five Top 30 hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=charts/> Her first two singles ("Breakaway" and "They Don't Know") were certified Silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], as was her debut album. Ullman's songs were over-the-top evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with a 1980s edge, "somewhere between [[Minnie Mouse]] and [[the Supremes]]" as ''[[Melody Maker]]'' put it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brit Comedienne Tracey Ullman Can't Crack the UK |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/107675/Brit-comedienne-Tracey-Ullman-can-t-crack-the-UK |work=The Daily Express |date=15 June 2009 |publisher=Express.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref>

==Film career==
Along with her television work, Ullman has featured in many films throughout her career. Her first theatrical film was a small role in [[Paul McCartney]]'s film ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' (1984).<ref name=bio/> This was followed by a supporting role in the drama ''[[Plenty (film)|Plenty]]'' (1985) starring  [[Meryl Streep]].<ref name="plenty">{{cite web|title=British Actress/singer Has 'Plenty' To Cheer About|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/10/03/british-actresssinger-has-plenty-to-cheer-about/|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=3 October 1985 |publisher=Chicagotribune.com|access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref> She made her big screen leading role debut in ''[[I Love You to Death]]'' (1990) acting alongside [[Kevin Kline]], [[River Phoenix]], and [[Joan Plowright]]. She appeared in lead and supporting roles in films such as ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite web|title=See the Cast of 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' Then and Now|url=https://screencrush.com/robin-hood-men-in-tights-then-and-now|work=Screen Crush|date=10 May 2014 |publisher=Screencrush.com|access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref> [[Nancy Savoca]]'s ''[[Household Saints]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite web|title=Household Saints Movie Review (1993)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/household-saints-1993|work=Roger Ebert|publisher=Rogerebert.com|access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref> ''[[Bullets Over Broadway]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite web|title=Movie Review - Bullets Over Broadway (1994) Film Festival Review – Allen's Ode to Theater and, as Always, New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D00EFDC1F3AF933A0575AC0A962958260|work=The New York Times|access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref> ''[[Small Time Crooks]]'' (2000), ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]'' (2000) and ''[[A Dirty Shame]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news|title=Crab Grass, Cookouts, Sex Addicts and Neuters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/movies/crab-grass-cookouts-sex-addicts-and-neuters.html|work=The New York Times|date=24 September 2004|access-date=16 December 2015|last1=Scott|first1=A. O.}}</ref> She was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] in the category of [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] for her work in ''Small Time Crooks'' in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soderbergh dominates Golden Globe nominationsy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/22/news|work=The Guardian|date=22 December 2000|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> She played Jack's mother in the [[Into the Woods (film)|film adaptation]] of the Broadway musical ''[[Into the Woods]]'' (2014)<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tracey-ullman-talks-join-disneys-567666 Tracey Ullman in Talks to Join Disney's 'Into the Woods'] (Exclusive)</ref> and appeared in the musical film ''[[The Prom (film)|The Prom]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2559870/the-prom-cast-where-youve-seen-the-netflix-movie-stars-before|title=The Prom Cast: Where You've Seen The Netflix Movie Stars Before|first=Jason|last=Wiese|publisher=[[CinemaBlend]]|date=11 December 2020|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

Her voice work in film includes ''[[Tim Burton's Corpse Bride]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=A 'Bride' to Die For. Delightful 'Corpse' has the ghoul of your dreams|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/bride-die-delightful-corpse-ghoul-dreams-article-1.610931|work=NY Daily News|publisher=NYdailynews.com|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110832/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/bride-die-delightful-corpse-ghoul-dreams-article-1.610931|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the animated films ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=' The Tale of Despereaux' stars the voices of Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Watson|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-despereaux-review-1219dec19-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune|date=19 December 2008 |publisher=Chicagotribune.com|access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Onward (film)|Onward]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/onward-voice-cast-who-voices-characters-disney-pixar-movie-tom-holland-chris-pratt-lena-waithe-1490681|title='Onward' Voice Cast: Who Voices the Characters in the New Disney Pixar Movie?|first=Samuel|last=Spencer|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=5 March 2020|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==Theatre==
Ullman has an extensive stage career spanning back to the 1970s. In 1980, she appeared in [[Victoria Wood]]'s ''Talent'' at the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]] in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Returns To London Theatre in New Stephen Poliakoff Play at the Almeida|url=http://www.westendtheatre.com/12340/news/tracey-ullman-returns-to-london-theatre-in-new-stephen-poliakoff-play/|work=Westendtheatre.com|date=8 April 2011 |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> In 1982, she played Kate Hardcastle in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]''.<ref name=TVNYT/> In 1983, she took part in the workshop for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Starlight Express]]'', playing the part of Pearl,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Getting Plenty of Laughs|url=https://www.mcall.com/1985/11/09/tracey-ullman-getting-plenty-of-laughs/|work=The Morning Call|date=9 November 1985 |publisher=Mcall.com|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222172948/http://articles.mcall.com/1985-11-09/entertainment/2499745_1_tracey-ullman-london-theatre-critics-award-meryl-streep|url-status=live}}</ref> and performed in [[Snoo Wilson]]'s ''The Grass Widow'' at the Royal Court Theatre with [[Alan Rickman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Theatre >> 12 November 1983 >> The Spectator Archive|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-november-1983/34/theatre|work=The Spectator|publisher=Spectator.co.uk|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1990, she starred opposite actor [[Morgan Freeman]] as Kate in Shakespeare in the Park's production of ''[[Taming of the Shrew]]'' set in the [[American frontier|Wild West]] for [[Joe Papp]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Taming of Tracey|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/03/08/the-taming-of-tracey/|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=8 March 1990 |publisher=Chicagotribune.com|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> In 1991, she performed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in [[Jay Presson Allen]]'s one-woman show ''[[The Big Love]]'', based on the book of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Voice No. 1,001 : Her TV show Is History, But Tracey Ullman Has Found Another Offbeat American Misfit to Play, This Time on Broadway|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-03-ca-102-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=3 March 1991 |access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> Both ''Taming of the Shrew'' and ''The Big Love'' garnered her [[Theatre World Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Theatre World Award Recipients|url=http://www.theatreworldawards.org/past-recipients.html|work=Theatre World Awards|publisher=Theatreworldawards.org|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=26 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526144324/http://www.theatreworldawards.org/past-recipients.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, she returned to the British stage in the [[Stephen Poliakoff]] drama ''My City''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Takes on My City at the West End's Almeida Theatre Beginning Sept. 8|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/tracey-ullman-takes-on-my-city-at-the-west-ends-almeida-theatre-beginning-s-182391|work=Playbill|date=8 September 2011|publisher=Playbill.com|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> Her performance earned her an [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards]] nomination for Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web|title=London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/london-evening-standard-theatre-awards-longlist-revealed-6359103.html|work=London Evening Standard|date=10 April 2012|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> In 2012, she joined the cast of [[Eric Idle]]'s ''[[What About Dick?]]'', described as a 1940s-style stand-up improv musical comedy radio play, taking on three roles. The show played for four nights in April in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater. She had performed the piece previously in a test run for Idle back in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Idle Asks 'What About Dick?'|url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/eric-idle-asks-what-about-dick-1117974601/|work=Variety|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016084109/http://variety.com/2007/legit/markets-festivals/eric-idle-asks-what-about-dick-1117974601/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cast members included Idle, [[Eddie Izzard]], [[Billy Connolly]], [[Russell Brand]], [[Tim Curry]], [[Jane Leeves]], [[Jim Piddock]], and [[Sophie Winkleman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Idle Worship: Eric Idle on "What About Dick?"|url=http://nerdist.com/idle-worship-eric-idle-on-what-about-dick/|work=Nerdist|publisher=Nerdist.com|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084107/http://nerdist.com/idle-worship-eric-idle-on-what-about-dick/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 6 October 2014, it was formally announced that she would star in a limited engagement of ''[[The Band Wagon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/177764/roger-rees-tracey-ullman-michael-mckean-laura-osnes-will-star-in-the-band-wagon-at-encores|title=Roger Rees, Tracey Ullman, Michael McKean & Laura Osnes Will Star in The Band Wagon at Encores!|last=Lloyd Webber |first=Imogen|date=6 October 2014|publisher=[[Broadway.com]]|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ullman married producer Allan McKeown in 1983. The couple have two children: Mabel, born in 1986, and John, born in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview for Tracey Ullman|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/195718%7C0/Tracey-Ullman/|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=TCM.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> On 24 December 2013, McKeown died at home from [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tracey-ullmans-husband-producer-allan-667717|title=Tracey Ullman's Husband, Producer Allan McKeown Dies at 67|date=26 December 2013|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> 

Ullman's mother died in a fire at her flat on 23 March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11883664.tv-star-tracey-ullman-tells-of-sadness-at-loss-of-mother-in-flat-fire-tragedy-in-holtspur-near-beaconsfield/|title=TV star Tracey Ullman Tells of Sadness At Loss of Mother in Flat fire Tragedy in Holtspur, Near Beaconsfield|date=26 March 2015|work=Bucks Free Press}}</ref> An inquest ruled the death to be accidental.<ref>{{cite news |last=Colley |first=Andrew |title=The mother of Tracey Ullman, Doreen Skinner, died after bed fire in Kiln Court, Holtspur, near Beaconsfield |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/13381323.the-mother-of-tracey-ullman-doreen-skinner-died-after-bed-fire-in-kiln-court-holtspur-near-beaconsfield/ |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=9 July 2015}}</ref> She was 85 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11885352.Inquest_opened_after_Holtspur_flat_fire/|title=Inquest Opened After Flat Fire That Claimed the Life of Doreen Skinner, Mother of Tracey Ullman, in Holtspur Near Beaconsfield|date=27 March 2015|work=Bucks Free Press}}</ref>

In September 2018, Ullman said that her daughter was pregnant and that she was about to become a grandmother.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden/releases/view?id=51385|title=Upcoming Guests on "The Late Late Show with James Corden," 11/20-11/30|date=20 November 2018|publisher=CBS Press Express|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227044709/https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden/releases/view%3Fid%3D51385|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ullman acquired American citizenship in December 2006. She holds [[Multiple citizenship|dual citizenship]] in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name=dual>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35146556|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' for Thursday, January 28th, 2010|date=29 January 2010|publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> In 2006, she topped the list for the "Wealthiest British Comedians", with an estimated wealth of £75 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2006/12/29/4870/where_the_funny_money_is|title=Where The Funny Money Is|date=29 December 2006|publisher=Chortle}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' estimated her wealth to be £80 million.<ref name=wealth/>

An avid [[knitting|knitter]], she co-wrote a knitting book, ''Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tracey Ullman Takes on Knitting|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6159769|work=NPR|publisher=NPR.org|access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref>

==Acting credits and awards==
{{Main|Tracey Ullman on screen and stage|List of awards and nominations received by Tracey Ullman}}

==Discography==
{{Main|Tracey Ullman discography}}
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* ''[[You Broke My Heart in 17 Places]]'' (1983)
* ''[[You Caught Me Out]]'' (1984)

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=French |first1=Dawn |last2=Wax |first2=Ruby |last3=Saunders |first3=Jennifer |title=Girls on Top |year=1986 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |isbn=0586068929}}
* {{cite book |last=Ullman |first=Tracey |title=Tracey Takes On |year=1998 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-0-7868-6340-2 |title-link=Tracey Takes On (book) }}
* {{cite book |last1=Ullman |first1=Tracey |last2=Clark |first2=Mel |title=Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun |year=2006 |publisher=Stewart, Tabori and Chang |isbn=9781584795346 |url=https://archive.org/details/knit2togetherpat0000clar |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |last=Ullman |first=Tracey |title=On Dogs: An Anthology |year=2019 |publisher=Notting Hill Editions |isbn=978-1912559152 }}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20221/tracey-ullman/ British music charts history for Tracey Ullman]
* ''[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]]'' 7th Edition
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201213947/http://www.snpp.com/other/articles/ullman.html Archive] of an ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' story by Frank Spotnitz on 1992 lawsuit

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* [https://www.facebook.com/traceyullman Tracey Ullman Facebook page]
* [http://www.allabouttracey.com All About Tracey] – a fan site 
* [http://tracey-archives.tumblr.com The Tracey Ullman Archives]

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