b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nTracie Thoms\n_START_SECTION_\n\xc5\xbdivotopis\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nNarodila se a vyr\xc5\xafstala v Baltimore v Marylandu jako dcera Mariany a Donalda H. Thomsov\xc3\xbdch. M\xc3\xa1 mlad\xc5\xa1\xc3\xadho bratra Austina. Ve sv\xc3\xbdch deseti letech za\xc4\x8dala se studiem herectv\xc3\xad a pozd\xc4\x9bji chodila na Baltimore School for the Arts. Nyn\xc3\xad m\xc3\xa1 bakal\xc3\xa1\xc5\x99sk\xc3\xbd titul z Howard University a postgradu\xc3\xa1tn\xc3\xad certifik\xc3\xa1t z herectv\xc3\xad na Juilliard School, kde byla spolu\xc5\xbea\xc4\x8dkou herc\xc5\xaf Lee Paceho a Anthonyho Mackie.\n_START_SECTION_\nKari\xc3\xa9ra\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nJe zn\xc3\xa1m\xc3\xa1 pro svoji roli Mahandry McGinty v televizn\xc3\xadm seri\xc3\xa1lu Wonderfalls. Tak\xc3\xa9 hr\xc3\xa1la roli Sashy v americk\xc3\xa9 verzi seri\xc3\xa1lu As If, kter\xc3\xbd byl zru\xc5\xa1en po t\xc5\x99ech epizod\xc3\xa1ch. Byla p\xc5\x99id\xc3\xa1na do obsazen\xc3\xad seri\xc3\xa1lu Odlo\xc5\xbeen\xc3\xa9 p\xc5\x99\xc3\xadpady jako vy\xc5\xa1et\xc5\x99ovatelka Kat Miller. Tak\xc3\xa9 hostovala v seri\xc3\xa1lech Pr\xc3\xa1vo a po\xc5\x99\xc3\xa1dek a Policejn\xc3\xad odznak._NEWLINE_Objevila se v n\xc4\x9bkolika filmech, jej\xc3\xad nejzn\xc3\xa1m\xc4\x9bj\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad role byla ve filmov\xc3\xa9 verzi broadwaysk\xc3\xa9ho muzik\xc3\xa1lu Rent, kde hr\xc3\xa1la Joanne Jefferson, pr\xc3\xa1vni\xc4\x8dku a milenku Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel). P\xc5\x99evzala roli po Fredi Walker, kter\xc3\xa1 hr\xc3\xa1la Joanne v p\xc5\xafvodn\xc3\xad broadwaysk\xc3\xa9 verzi, ale rozhodla se, \xc5\xbee si roli kv\xc5\xafli sv\xc3\xa9mu v\xc4\x9bku ji\xc5\xbe nezopakuje. Thoms je\xc5\xa1t\xc4\x9b p\xc5\x99ed t\xc3\xadm, ne\xc5\xbe z\xc3\xadskala roli, byla velkou fanynkou tohoto muzik\xc3\xa1lu a n\xc4\x9bkolikr\xc3\xa1t ho vid\xc4\x9bla na Broadwayi._NEWLINE_Objevila se ve filmech Porn 'n Chicken, Brother to Brother a The Warrior Class. V roce 2006 se objevila v roli Lily ve filmu \xc4\x8e\xc3\xa1bel nos\xc3\xad Pradu. Hr\xc3\xa1la ve filmu Descent, spole\xc4\x8dn\xc4\x9b se sv\xc3\xbdmi kolegyn\xc4\x9bmi z Rentu, Wilson Jermaine Heredia a Rosario Dawson. Objevila se ve filmu Quentina Tarantina, Auto zabij\xc3\xa1k, spolu se Zo\xc3\xab Bell, Rosario Dawson a Mary Elizabeth Winstead._NEWLINE_Jej\xc3\xad broadwaysk\xc3\xbd debut byl ve h\xc5\x99e Drowning Crow. Tak\xc3\xa9 se objevovala v n\xc4\x9bkolika hr\xc3\xa1ch mimo Broadway a v region\xc3\xa1ln\xc3\xadch divadlech, ve hr\xc3\xa1ch Up Against the Wind (New York Theater Workshop), The Oedipus Plays (The Shakespeare Theater), A Raisin in the Sun (Baltimore CenterStage) Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Missouri Rep), The Exonerated (Off Broadway's The Culture Project) a The Antigone Project (The Women's Project). 18. \xc4\x8dervence 2008 se p\xc5\x99ipojila k posledn\xc3\xadmu obsazen\xc3\xad p\xc5\xafvodn\xc3\xadho uv\xc3\xa1d\xc4\x9bn\xc3\xad Rentu, vystupovala 26. \xc4\x8dervence 2008, zopakovala si svou roli Joanne a nahradila Merle Dandridge. Posledn\xc3\xad p\xc5\x99edstaven\xc3\xad vy\xc5\xa1lo na DVD a jako film nazvan\xc3\xbd Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway._NEWLINE_Zopakovala si roli Joanne v uveden\xc3\xad Rentu v Hollywood Bowl od 6. do 8. srpna 2010. Toto uveden\xc3\xad re\xc5\xbe\xc3\xadroval Neil Patrick Harris._NEWLINE_V pilotn\xc3\xadm d\xc3\xadlu seri\xc3\xa1lu Wonder Woman si zahr\xc3\xa1la Ettu, Dianinu osobn\xc3\xad asistentku."