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

Tracy Spiridakos 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.

Early life[edit]

Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,^[1] to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos.^[2] She has two brothers.^[3] The family moved to her father’s hometown, Skala, Greece near Sparta, a few years after she was born, and returned to Canada in 1992.^[4] She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage and speaks fluent Greek.^[5][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.^[8]

Career[edit]

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] 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.^[2] 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.^[9] 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.^[12]

Spiridakos guest starred on season 3 of the Showtime sitcom, Episodes, as Dawn, a daughter of character Morning Randolph (Mircea Monroe).^[13] In August 2014, Spiridakos helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge.^[14] 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.^[15] She will also star opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the romantic comedy Byrd & the Bees, directed by Finola Hughes.^[16] 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.^[17]

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