Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British-born, naturalized U.S. citizen, comedienne, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author.
Her early appearances were on such British TV sketch comedy shows as A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). She also appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
She emigrated to the U.S. and ended up having her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show from 1987 until 1990, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989.
She later found even greater success producing programs for HBO, including Tracey Takes On..., for which she has won numerous awards. She has also appeared in many feature films.
She currently stars in her newest sketch-comedy creation, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, for Showtime.