Tracy Pollan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tracy Pollan
Pollan in 1987
Born	Tracy Jo Pollan (1960-06-22) June 22, 1960 (age 63) Long Island, New York, US
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Michael J. Fox ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	4
Relatives	Michael Pollan (brother)

Tracy Jo Pollan (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ellen Reed on the NBC sitcom Family Ties from 1985 to 1987. She is also known for her roles as Vicky Allagash in Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Lindsay Boxer in First to Die (2003), and Beth Holloway in Natalee Holloway (2009) and Justice for Natalee Holloway (2011).

Early life

Tracy Jo Pollan was born on June 22, 1960, on Long Island, to parents Corky and Stephen Pollan, a financial consultant and writer. She was raised in Woodbury, New York. Pollan is from a Jewish family and was raised in the faith. She attended Syosset High School and later graduated from the Dalton School in Manhattan, New York. She studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio and later at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Personal life

Pollan with Michael J. Fox at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards in August 1988 shortly after they were married

Pollan was in a five-year relationship with actor Kevin Bacon in the 1980s. She first met Michael J. Fox when she played the girlfriend of his character on Family Ties; they worked together again on the set of Bright Lights, Big City a couple of years later and began a relationship. Pollan and Fox married on July 16, 1988. They have four children together: a son, Sam; twin daughters, Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances; and a daughter, Esmé Annabelle. Pollan and her family live primarily in Manhattan.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

See also

In Spanish: Tracy Pollan para niños