Tracy Spiridakos

Tracy Spiridakos (Greek: Τρέισι Σπυριδάκος^[1]) is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series Majority Rules! from 2009–2010. She then starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series Revolution from 2012–2014, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. She played Annika Johnson on the A&E television drama Bates Motel. Since 2017, Spiridakos has starred on the NBC police drama Chicago P.D. playing the role of Detective Hailey Upton.

Tracy Spiridakos
Spiridakos at PaleyFest 2013
Born	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

Early life

Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,^[2] to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos.^{[3][note 1]} She has two brothers.^[6] The family moved to her father's hometown, Skala, Greece south of Sparta, a few years after she was born, and returned to Canada in 1992.^{[7][note 2]} She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage and speaks fluent Greek.^[9][10] Spiridakos began acting in junior high school, and studied at the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba.^[11] She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in 2000.^[12][13]

Career

Spiridakos moved to Vancouver in 2007 to pursue acting, and within weeks landed her first television role, a small part on Supernatural.^[14][15] She continued working in television, with walk-on roles on Bionic Woman, The L Word, Hellcats, and Psych.^[2] Spiridakos appeared in the TV movie Goblin, and the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy. She also had a recurring role on Being Human as werewolf Brynn McLean.^[16]

In 2009, she won her first starring role in the Canadian Teletoon series Majority Rules!, playing 15-year-old Becky Richards.^[11] She made her feature film debut in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and filmed the low-budget Michael Greenspan-helmed thriller, Kill for Me, starring across from Donal Logue and Katie Cassidy.^[6][15] Spiridakos appeared as Sammi in the 2012 Nickelodeon original movie, Rags. She then landed a lead role on the NBC television series Revolution as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson, a survivalist in a dystopian future civilization.^[3] She auditioned for the role while attending her first pilot season in Los Angeles. Spiridakos shot the pilot in Atlanta, and filmed the first season in Wilmington, North Carolina.^[14] She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her performance in the first season, losing out to Fringe's Anna Torv. Production moved to Austin, Texas for the series' second season.^[17]

Spiridakos guest starred on season 3 of the Showtime sitcom, Episodes, as Dawn, a daughter of character Morning Randolph (Mircea Monroe).^[18] In August 2014, Spiridakos helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge.^[19] Spiridakos began a recurring role on the A&E television drama, Bates Motel in 2015, playing Annika Johnson, a prostitute who arrives at the hotel at the start of the third season.^[20] She will also star opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the romantic comedy Byrd & the Bees, directed by Finola Hughes.^[21] Spiridakos filmed an untitled television pilot for CBS in 2015, directed by Pamela Fryman. She stars as Holly opposite Adam Brody, playing childhood friends who reconnect later in life.^[22]

In 2017, Spiridakos appeared in the three final episodes of the fourth season of the NBC police drama series Chicago P.D., as Detective Hailey Upton, a former Robbery-Homicide detective who joins the Intelligence Unit, before being promoted to a series regular for the series' fifth season.^[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Party Girl #2
2013	Kill for Me	Hayley Jones
TBA	Byrd and the Bees	Rebecca Byrd	Unreleased^[citation needed]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Supernatural	Nurse	Episode: "Bedtime Stories"
2007	Bionic Woman	Annie	Episode: "The List"
2007	Aliens in America	Liz	Episode: "Church"
2008	Every Second Counts	Girl #1	Television film
2008	The Secret Lives of Second Wives	Meredith	Television film
2009	The L Word	Pretty Young Woman	Episode: "LMFAO"
2009	Web of Desire	Megan	Television film
2009–2010	Majority Rules!	Becky Richards	Main role
2010	Psych	Saralyn	Episode: "Viagra Falls"
2010	Hellcats	Ella	Episode: "Beale St. After Dark"
2010	Tower Prep	Penny Stosic	Episode: "Book Report"
2010	The Boy She Met Online	Cami Winters	Television film
2010	Goblin	Nikki Perkins	Television film
2011	Soldiers of the Apocalypse	Forty	Unsold television pilot
2011	Mortal Kombat: Legacy	Blue	Web series; episode: "Raiden"
2012	Being Human	Brynn McLean	4 episodes
2012	Rags	Sammi	Television film
2012–2014	Revolution	Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson	Main role Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
2014	Episodes	Dawn Randolph	Episode Six
2015	Bates Motel	Annika Johnson	Episodes: "A Death in the Family", "Persuasion", "Unbreak-Able"
2015	Untitled O’Shannon/Warren Project	Holly	Unsold television pilot
2016	Recon	Alexa	Unsold television pilot
2016	MacGyver	Nikki Carpenter	Episodes: "The Rising", "Corkscrew", "Screwdriver"
2017–present	Chicago P.D.	Detective Hailey Upton	Recurring role (season 4); main role (season 5–present)^[23]
2018–present	Chicago Med	Detective Hailey Upton	3 episodes
2018–present	Chicago Fire	Detective Hailey Upton	6 episodes
2020	FBI	Detective Hailey Upton	Episode: "Emotional Rescue"

Notes

1. Her father was from a village called Grammousa north of Skala, and her mother is from Athens.^[4] George Spiridakos died on August 10, 2013; he was 62.^[5]
2. She moved to Skala, Greece, with her family when she was four years old, then came back to Canada at age nine.^[8]

References

1. "Η σειρά "Επανάσταση": ηθοποιοί και ρόλοι". ERCH2014 (in Greek). Retrieved July 6, 2018.
2. Strachan, Alex (September 11, 2012). . Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
3. Ryan, Andrew (September 19, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos hits bull's eye with Revolution". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
4. "REVOLUTION's Tracy Spiridakos on Fight Scenes & Canadian Accents!". Young Hollywood (YouTube Channel). May 6, 2014.
5. "GEORGE SPIRIDAKOS". Winnipeg Free Press Passages. August 13, 2013.
6. Oswald, Brad (September 15, 2012). "Lights out, dread on". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
7. Sanderson, David (February 2, 2014). "Grecian formula — for success". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
8. "Interview With Revolution's Tracy Spiridakos". AfterBuzz TV (YouTube Channel). May 1, 2014.
9. Tsolakidou, Stella (August 27, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos Will Bring On the "Revolution" for NBC". Greek Reporter. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
10. Satsidis, George (July 9, 2013). "Tracy Spiridakos - Revolution". Retrieved October 4, 2013 – via YouTube.
11. Oswald, Brad (October 20, 2009). "No trick, all treat". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
12. Oswald, Brad (July 28, 2012). "Revolution-ary career step". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
13. (PDF). Oak Park High School. June 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2012.
14. Oswald, Brad (July 28, 2012). "Revolution-ary career step". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
15. Schaeffer, Glen (September 14, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos is leading the pack of BC actors on the verge of stardom". The Province. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
16. Miller, Gerri (October 16, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos kicks plastic bottles, kicks butt on 'Revolution'". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
17. Ginges, Gary (May 13, 2013). "NBC's 'Revolution' to be filmed in Austin". Austin360.com. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
18. Berkshire, Geoff (June 20, 2013). . Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
19. Ice Bucket Challenge (November 4, 2014). "Tracy Spiridakos ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" – via YouTube.
20. Abrams, Natalie (October 21, 2014). "'Revolution' star Tracy Spiridakos checks into 'Bates Motel'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
21. Bahr, Lindsey (June 10, 2014). "Casting Net: Rooney Mara and David Fincher circle 'sexpionage' thriller; Plus, 'Insurgent' finds its Uriah, more". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
22. Andreeva, Nellie (April 3, 2015). "Tracy Spiridakos To Co-Star In CBS' Dan O'Shannon Comedy Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
23. Stanhope, Kate (July 25, 2017). "'Chicago P.D.': Tracy Spiridakos Joins as Series Regular After Sophia Bush's Exit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

External links

• Tracy Spiridakos at IMDb
• Tracy Spiridakos on Twitter