Traci Wolfe

Traci Wolfe (born December 27, 1960) is an American film actress and model, known for her role as Rianne Murtaugh in all four films of the Lethal Weapon series.{{Cite web| title = Meet 'Lethal Weapon' Cast 33 Years After the First Movie Premiered| last = Marrero | first = Pedro| work = news.amomama.com| date = 2020-02-14| access-date = 1 August 2020| url = https://news.amomama.com/193669-mel-gibson-danny-glover-rest-lethal-weap.html}}{{Cite web| title = See the Cast of 'Lethal Weapon' Then and Now| author = Hayes, Britt| work = ScreenCrush| date = 2014-05-13| access-date = 1 August 2020| url = https://screencrush.com/lethal-weapon-then-and-now/}}{{Cite web| title = Lethal Weapon Movies, Ranked Worst To Best| author = Orquiola, John| work = ScreenRant| date = 2020-04-03| access-date = 1 August 2020| url = https://screenrant.com/lethal-weapon-movies-ranked-best-worst/}}

Career

Prior to acting, Wolfe was a Wilhelmina model.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_GCLIOOtM4C&dq=%22Traci+Wolfe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA63|title=Guest Stars|date=1993|page=63|magazine=US Black Engineer|publisher=Career Communications Group}} In the 1987 film Lethal Weapon, Wolfe played Rianne Murtaugh, the daughter of Danny Glover's character,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lethal-weapon-1987-review-i-original-movie-983419/|title='Lethal Weapon': THR's 1987 Review|last=Byrge|first=Duane|date=March 6, 2017|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 9, 2022}} a role which she would reprise in all three sequels. For her role in the first part of the Lethal Weapon series, she was awarded an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture the year it was released.{{cite news|date=December 14, 1987|title='Cosby Show,' 'Lethal Weapon' NAACP Image Award Winners|page=5B|newspaper=The Albany Herald}} She was seen again as Rianne Murtaugh in 1989's Lethal Weapon 2{{cite news|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=LVT19890719-01.2.27&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-%22traci+wolfe%22-------0------|page=13|date=July 19, 1989|newspaper=The Louisville Times|title='Lethal Weapon II' packs action, theaters}} and later reprised the role in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmISfb1C3VEC&dq=%22Traci+Wolfe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA53|page=53|title=Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdoors|last1=Medved|first1=Harry|last2=Akiyama|first2=Bruce|date=April 2007|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9781429907170}} and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1qxCqm75FEC&dq=%22Traci+Wolfe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA89|page=89|title=Screen World 1999|last1=Monush|first1=Barry|last2=Willis|first2=John|date=May 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557834102|author-link2=John A. Willis}}

In addition to Lethal Weapon, Wolfe had a few television appearances: two episodes of The Cosby Show and one episode of In the Heat of the Night,{{cite book |page=224 |title=Television Character and Story Facts: Over 110,000 Details from 1,008 Shows, 1945-1992 |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=1993 |publisher=McFarland & Company}} as a niece of Virgil Tibbs.{{cite news |last=Zuckerman |first=Faye B. |date=June 6, 1989 |title=Drama does Dick Van Dyke |page=F9 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle}}

Following a 22-year absence, Wolfe made a limited returned to acting, appearing in a 2020 episode of Katy Keene, a 2022 episode of Blue Bloods and a 2022 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also appeared in the 2022 film “She Said”

Personal life

During the 1990s, Wolfe volunteered at the Maryland Museum of African Art and lived in Columbia, Maryland.{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Ida|date=August 29, 1992|page=B5|newspaper=The Afro-American|title=What's Happening}}

Filmography

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
1986, 1989 \| The Cosby Show \| Terri / Teresa \| Episode: "Theo and Cockroach" (as Teresa) Episode: "Cliff la Dolce" (as Terri)
1987 \| Lethal Weapon \| Rianne Murtaugh \|
1989 \| In the Heat of the Night \| Nicole \| Episode: "Country Mouse, City Mouse"
1989 \| Lethal Weapon 2 \| rowspan="3"\| Rianne Murtaugh \|
1992 \| Lethal Weapon 3 \|
1998 \| Lethal Weapon 4 \|
2020 \| Katy Keene \| Francesca Arnault \| Episode: "Chapter Thirteen: Come Together"

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|+ Television and film roles

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1986, 1989

| The Cosby Show

| Terri / Teresa

| Episode: "Theo and Cockroach" (as Teresa)
Episode: "Cliff la Dolce" (as Terri)

1987

| Lethal Weapon