Tracy Reiner

Tracy Reiner is married to Matthew Theodore Conlan, and they live in Los Angeles, California, with their five children.

Tracy Reiner believes that there are many more aspects to cinema than acting and maintains that she is mostly interested in the details of storytelling.

Tracy Reiner was born on July 7, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Penny Marshall, who later became a well-known filmmaker. Tracy was born out of Penny’s relationship with Michael Henry. Tracy lived with her maternal grandparents in New Mexico. Meanwhile, Penny moved to Los Angeles to build a career in the film industry.

By the time Tracy was eight years old, Penny and director Rob Reiner had married and had started tasting success in their respective careers. Rob adopted Tracy, and she subsequently moved to Los Angeles to live with her parents. As a kid, she joined dance and acting classes in the hope of making a career in the same industry that her parents were a part of.

She found herself socializing with countless elite personalities of Hollywood, and this terrified her. In Los Angeles, she attended the ‘Colfax Avenue School’ and a French school, where she learned the French language. Later, she majored in ‘The History of Storytelling,’ from Bennington College.’

After finishing high school, she had started developing an interest in philosophy, mythology, religion, and art history. Acting was not a part of her career goal, and she was more interested in writing. In order to make ends meet, she did odd jobs in restaurants.

She faced the camera for the first time at the age of 13, with the kids’ show ‘Laverne & Shirley.’ She appeared on the show for the next four years, and hated the limelight initially.

As a professional actor, Tracy made her acting debut with with 1984 film ‘The Flamingo Kid,’ which was directed by her paternal uncle Garry Marshall. She played ‘Polly,’ a minor role that went unnoticed.

Over the next few years, she appeared in films such as ‘The Sure Thing,’ ‘Nothing in Common,’ ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’ and ‘Big.’ However, she was mostly seen reading and studying philosophy, and she did not seem to be paying enough attention to her acting career.

In 1988, she became a small part of the Bruce Willis-starrer cult classic ‘Die Hard.’ Though her roles were too small to be noticed, she was somehow gaining attention. Being from one of the most talented and high-profile Hollywood families, she naturally drew a lot of attention from both the audience and the filmmakers of the industry.

By the late 80s, she furthered her acting career by appearing in a few successful films, such as ‘When Harry met Sally...,’ ‘Masque of the Red Death,’ and ‘New Year’s Day.’ Her performance in ‘A League of Their Own,’ a comedy drama, received immense appreciation.

In 1993, she was asked to reprise her role from the film ‘A League of Their Own’ in the ‘CBS’ sitcom of the same name. Tracy starred in a leading role alongside Megan Cavanagh. The series was aired for five episodes but was eventually cancelled due to low ratings. However, this was one of the few leading roles of her career.