I was born in San Jose, California and there, encouraged by my father, I dreamed of acting and despite my incredible shyness in my senior year of high school, I started to become and actor. I acted in high school plays and in the Senior Showcase. I also, played piano at home and sang in the church choir, worked backstage and on costumes for high school theatre productions, college theatre and community theatre. I got work as a model and after moving to San Francisco, California, danced in three troops; ‘Ballet Russe’, ‘Russia’ and ‘Almenrausch Schuplattler’. I became a circus clown training at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts and working for ‘Make-a-Circus’ in San Francisco and Studio One’s ‘Clownmobile’ in Oakland, California there clowning with ‘Ringling Brothers Circus’ clown C. J. Gross. I studied film, voice-over and theatre arts at Lucile Bliss Studio, The Actors Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.), Full Circle  Productions, and Billie Shephard Productions in San Francisco and San Jose. I also studied stand-up comedy with Neil Leibermann, ‘The Comedy Coach” in San Francisco. I joined the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA while acting in films and theatre productions in San Francisco. I moved to Los Angeles, California and studied acting with John Sarno at The Hollywood Acting Studios and Scott Sedita at Scott Sedita Studios. I also acted in films and theatre productions in Los Angeles. I graduated from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena, California reinforcing my ambition to help kids know more about food. I am currently living in West Hollywood and continuing to work on various acting projects, including my TV show idea ‘ChefKid’.

The Sistine Chapel ~ Rome Italy ~ photos 26 July 2005 ~  Tracy Ann Chapel