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Tracy Spiridakos is a Greek-Canadian actress who stars as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson in the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series Revolution.

Tracy Spiridakos Comic Con 12a

Life and career

Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek-born parents, George and Anastasia Spiridakos, who are restaurant owners.[2] She has two brothers.[3] The family moved to the Greek village Skala, near Sparta, when she was four, and returned to Canada when she was nine.[4][5] She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage.[6]

Spiridakos began acting in junior high school, and studied at the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba.[7] She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in 2000.[8] Spiridakos moved to Vancouver in 2007 to pursue acting, and within weeks landed her first television role, a small part on Supernatural.[9][10] She continued working in television, with walk-on roles on Bionic Woman, The L Word, Hellcats, and Psych.[1] 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.[11]

In 2009, she won her first starring role in the Canadian Teletoon series Majority Rules!, playing 15-year-old Becky Richards.[7] She made her feature film debut in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and filmed the low-budget thriller, Kill For Me, with Donal Logue and Katie Cassidy.[3][10] In mid-2012, Spiridakos landed a lead role on the NBC television series Revolution as Charlie Matheson, a survivalist in a dystopian future civilization.[2] She auditioned for the role while attending her first pilot season in Los Angeles. Spiridakos shot the pilot in Atlanta, and continued filming the series in Wilmington, North Carolina.[9]

As of December 2012, Spiridakos is engaged to Jon Cor, an actor from Ontario, Canada.[12] They co-starred in the 2010 film The Boy She Met Online. He also played her werewolf brother in the U.S. version of Being Human.

Filmography
Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Party Girl #2
2013 Kill for Me Hayley Jones
2015 The Byrd and the Bees Rebecca Byrd


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 (season 4); main role (season 5–present)[21]
2018–present Chicago Med Detective Hailey Upton 3 episodes
2018–present Chicago Fire Detective Hailey Upton 4 episodes


Notes

Her father is from a village called Grammousa north of Skala, and her mother is from Athens.[4]

She moved to Skala, Greece, with her family when she was four years old, then came back to Canada at age nine.[7]

References

"Η σειρά "Επανάσταση": ηθοποιοί και ρόλοι". ERCH2014 (in Greek). Retrieved July 6, 2018.
Strachan, Alex (September 11, 2012). "Vancouver-based actress Tracy Spiridakos beats the odds to land key role in post-apocalyptic drama". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
Ryan, Andrew (September 19, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos hits bull's eye with Revolution". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
"REVOLUTION's Tracy Spiridakos on Fight Scenes & Canadian Accents!". Young Hollywood (YouTube Channel). May 6, 2014.
Oswald, Brad (September 15, 2012). "Lights out, dread on". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
Sanderson, David (February 2, 2014). "Grecian formula — for success". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
"Interview With Revolution's Tracy Spiridakos". AfterBuzz TV (YouTube Channel). May 1, 2014.
Tsolakidou, Stella (August 27, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos Will Bring On the "Revolution" for NBC". Greek Reporter. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
Satsidis, George (July 9, 2013). "Tracy Spiridakos - Revolution". Retrieved October 4, 2013 – via YouTube.
Oswald, Brad (October 20, 2009). "No trick, all treat". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
http://www.pembinatrails.ca/oakpark/Info/Newsletters/June.pdf[dead link]
Oswald, Brad (July 28, 2012). "Revolution-ary career step". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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.
Miller, Gerri (October 16, 2012). "Tracy Spiridakos kicks plastic bottles, kicks butt on 'Revolution'". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
Ginges, Gary (May 13, 2013). "NBC's 'Revolution' to be filmed in Austin". Austin360.com. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
Berkshire, Geoff (June 20, 2013). "'Episodes' Season 3 welcomes 'Revolution' star Tracy Spiridakos". Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
Ice Bucket Challenge (November 4, 2014). "Tracy Spiridakos ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" – via YouTube.
Abrams, Natalie (October 21, 2014). "'Revolution' star Tracy Spiridakos checks into 'Bates Motel'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
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.
Andreeva, Nellie (April 3, 2015). "Tracy Spiridakos To Co-Star In CBS' Dan O'Shannon Comedy Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

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

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