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American actress

Tracy Lynn Middendorf is an American television, movie, and stage actress. Middendorf's most notable roles were in the horror film Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the MTV series Scream, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. She also appeared in the Broadway production of Ah, Wilderness!. She has won two Ovation Awards, one Drama Logue Award, and one Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her stage work, and also received an American Movie Award in 2015.

Middendorf was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She attended the Conservatory of Theatrical Arts at SUNY Purchase before breaking into television as Carrie Brady on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives in 1992. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, wherein she played the supporting role of Julie. During the 1990s, Middendorf built her career as a supporting actress in several television movies and episodes of series, including Beverly Hills, 90210 (the recurring role of Laura Kingman during the show's fourth season), Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X Files, Angel, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, and Millennium. She also starred in the television movie Dying to Belong, and had a small part in For Love of the Game. In March 1995, she resumed her stage career in Los Angeles playing Nicole Warren Diver in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night directed by Simon Levy at the Fountain Theatre. The same year she played Jill in Pilgrims by Stephen Metcalfe at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. The following year, she got an Ovation Awards nomination for her performance in Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending. In 1998, she briefly relocated to the East Coast to star in two different plays: Ah, Wilderness! at the Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater (that marked her Broadway debut) and the Big Knife in Massachusetts. She returned to the Los Angeles stage with Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke, winning the Ovation Award for the best leading female performance. During the 2000s, Middendorf had guest starring stints in Six Feet Under, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Cold Case, among other shows, and had recurring roles in 24, The Division, Alias, and Lost. On the big screen, she had parts in Mission: Impossible III, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, El Cortez, and Just Add Water. In 2002, she won another Ovation Award for her performance in Stephen Sachs' After the Fall, which ran for 7 sold out months at the Fountain Theatre. For that production, she also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. In 2010, Middendorf was cast as Babette in Boardwalk Empire, first appearing in the series pilot and featured in other eight episodes through the first and the second seasons. After starring in Reaching for the Moon, she won a recurring role in the action drama hit show The Last Ship as Darien Chandler. Middendorf continued her stage work, including the title role in Miss Julie, a Yale Repertory Theatre production of Battle of Black and Dogs, a Shakespeare Theatre Company production of Old Times, and debuted as a director in Louise Rozett's Break during the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2011. After starring in the Beth Henley's play Abundance at the Actors Company Theatre in New York City, Middendorf joined the cast of the MTV series Scream as Maggie Duval.

Middendorf is married to writer Franz Wisner (Honeymoon with My Brother), and they have two sons. She has a son from a previous relationship with actor Cameron Dye.

In 2012, Middendorf created Shutter To Think, a project designed to use photography as a way to support programs for girls around the world. Through the sale of personal photographs taken by well known actors, writers, directors, and musicians, Shutter to Think is able to help fund programs with globally recognized organizations that are focused on providing opportunities to girls. Contributors include Steve Buscemi, Meryl Streep, and Nicholas D. Kristof, among others.

Year Title Role Notes1992One Stormy NightCaroline Anna 'Carrie' BradyTV movieDays of Our LivesSeries Regular 1993–1994Beverly Hills, 90210Laura Kingman6 episodes 1995Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: LightningDorothyTV movieMcKennaSkatesEpisode: "Racing in the Streets"The ClientDeniseEpisode: "Happily Ever After"1996Murder, She WroteErin GarmanEpisode: "The Dark Side of the Door"Star Trek: Deep Space NineTora ZiyalEpisode: "For the Cause"1997Dying to BelongKim LessingTV movieTouched by an AngelAmethystEpisode: "Last Call"Perversions of ScienceCheerleaderEpisode: "Panic"The PracticeJennifer ColeEpisode: "Betrayal"1998L. A. DoctorsAlice SpringsEpisode: "Under the Radar"1999Chicago HopeJesse PorterEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"MillenniumCass DoyleEpisode: "Darwin's Eye"AngelTinaEpisode: "City of"Ally McBealRisa HelmsEpisode: "Car Wash" and "Heat Wave"2000The PracticeJennifer ColeEpisode: "Officers of the Court"The X FilesGracie O'ConnorEpisode: "Signs and Wonders"2001Family LawAmanda GrantEpisode: "Americans"Gideon's CrossingBecky LaskerEpisode: "The Way"Six Feet UnderAdele SwansonEpisode: "The Will"2002The PracticeJennifer ColeEpisode: "The Return of Joey Heric"The Time TunnelSheila PhillipsTV movieJAGMariel ReeseEpisode: "Code of Conduct"Any Day NowTanya MeyerEpisode: "Call Him Macaroni"Night VisionsLucindaEpisode: "Harmony"The DivisionKimberlyEpisodes: "Before the Deluge" and "Sweet Sorrow"24Carla Matheson4 episodes2003AliasElsa CaplanEpisodes: "A Free Agent" and "Endgame"The GuardianLaura DonnellonEpisode: "Hazel Park"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBridget WillisEpisode: "Lucky Strike"2004Cold CaseRebecca Morgan / Linda FrandsenEpisode: "Maternal Instincts"Medical InvestigationAnne HarringEpisode: "Escape"The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson StoryAmber FreyTV movie2005HouseSarah ReilichEpisode: "Cursed"2006Without a TraceAudrey WestEpisode: "The Thing with Feathers"2007SharkWendy PhillipsEpisode: "Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark"LostBonnieEpisodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass" Part I and "Through the Looking Glass" Part IILaw & Order: Special Victims UnitSarah FlintEpisode: "Snitch"2009CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBelinda MayfieldEpisode: "Working Stiffs"BonesGaynor RabinEpisode: "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken"2010The MentalistJane DoeEpisode: "Aingavite Baa"2010–2012Boardwalk EmpireBabetteRecurring role, 9 episodes 2011Criminal MindsLyla BradstoneEpisode: "Proof"2014The Last ShipDarien ChandlerRecurring role2015–2016ScreamMargaret "Maggie" DuvalSeries Regular, 24 episodesFavorite Ensemble Nomination TV Guide Awards2017BloodlineSally's momEpisode: "Part 30"2018Gone Helen Ross Episodes: "Demons", "Rise"

Year Title Role Venue/Director Notes1995Tender is the NightNicole Warren DiverThe Fountain Theatre / Simon LevyReckless Getting OutPilgrims Jill O'Brien Old Globe Theatre, San Diego / Stephen Metcalfe1996Orpheus DescendingCarol CutrereThe Fountain Theatre / Simon LevyOvation Awards Nomination Best Featured Actress in a Play1997Mobile HymnPark RangerSanta Monica Playhouse / Robert LitzDrama Logue Award Winner Best Ensemble1998Ah, Wilderness! Muriel McComberLincoln Center / Daniel SullivanBroadway DebutThe Big Knife! Dixie EvansWilliamstown Theatre Festival / Joanne Woodward1999Summer and SmokeMiss AlmaThe Fountain Theatre / Simon LevyOvation Award Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role2002After the FallMaggieThe Fountain Theatre / Stephen SachsOvation Award Winner Best Actress in a Leading RoleLADCC Award Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role2007Miss JulieMiss JulieThe Fountain Theatre / Stephen Sachs2008The PavilionKariWestport Country Playhouse / Chad Rabinovitz2010Battle of Black and DogsLéoneYale Repertory Theatre, New York City / Robert Woodruff2011Old TimesKateLansburgh Theatre, Washington D. C. / Michael KahnBreakNew York International Fringe Festival / Tracy MiddendorfDirectorial debut2015AbundanceBess johnsonThe Actors Company Theatre, New York City / Jenn Thompson2018Danny and the Deep Blue SeaMastrogeorge Theatre, Austin, Texas / Tracy MiddendorfOnly Director