Tracy-Ann Oberman
{{Short description|English actress, playwright, writer and narrator (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tracy-Ann Oberman
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| image = Tracy Ann Oberman in 2015.jpg
| caption = Oberman in 2015
| birth_name = Tracy Anne Oberman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|8|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Brent, London, England
| occupation = Actress, playwright, writer and narrator
| alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
| yearsactive = 1993–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Rob Cowan|19 December 2004}}
| children = 1
}}
Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman; 25 August 1966)General Register Office is an English actress, playwright and narrator. She is known for roles including Chrissie Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2004–2005, 2024){{cite news |title=5 minutes with... Tracy-Ann Oberman |url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/tv/switched-on/5-minutes-with/interview/tracy-ann-oberman.html |publisher=Talk Talk TV |year=2010 |access-date=1 March 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman to guest in 'Doctors' |author=Green, Kris |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s16/doctors/news/a173454/tracy-ann-oberman-to-guest-in-doctors.html |work=Digital Spy |date=24 August 2009 |access-date=11 March 2010 }} and Valerie Lewis or "Auntie Val" in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020).
Following training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Oberman spent four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before joining the National Theatre. Her theatrical experience includes appearing with Kenneth Branagh in David Mamet's Edmond (2003) and a run in the West End revival of Boeing-Boeing (2007–2008). She appeared in a production of Earthquakes in London in its 2011 run as Sarah Sullivan.Lee, Marc (11 October 2011). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/8818667/Tracy-Ann-Oberman-why-I-had-to-be-in-Earthquakes-in-London.html "Tracy-Ann Oberman: why I had to be in 'Earthquakes in London'"], The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Oberman has performed in more than 600 radio plays since the mid-1990s.{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20041024/ai_n12911867/pg_2/?tag=content;col1|title=My lover hired a yacht.. it was so J-Lo. I thought it was all over|work=The Sunday Mirror|first=Danielle|last=Lawler|date=24 October 2004|access-date=24 July 2009}}
Oberman's TV credits have also included Doctor Who, Mistresses, Robin Hood, and Doctors. Before EastEnders, Oberman appeared in a variety of television programmes including Casualty (1997–1998), Kiss Me Kate (1998), and The Bill (2000), and carved out a comedic niche with leading roles in Bob Martin (2000–2001), Lenny Henry in Pieces (2000–2003), Big Train (2002), and Toast of London (2013–2015). She had a recurring role in the penultimate and last series of procedural comedy-drama New Tricks (2014–2015) as Fiona Kennedy, a forensic pathologist. Oberman appeared in Tracey Ullman's Show and Tracey Breaks the News from 2016 to 2018.
Oberman has contributed to several radio sketch shows and, in 2008, co-authored with Diane Samuels the play 3 Sisters on Hope Street. In 2010, she wrote and starred alongside Catherine Tate in her BBC Radio 4 play Bette and Joan and Baby Jane and, in 2012, wrote the BBC Radio 4 play Rock and Doris and Elizabeth. In 2015, she wrote and starred in the third part of her Hollywood Trilogy for BBC Radio 4, Mrs. Robinson, I Presume, alongside John Simm and Kevin Bishop. Oberman was a regular columnist for The Guardian newspaper during 2007, for which she is still an occasional contributor. She was a regular contributor to The Jewish Chronicle (2009–2017) and also contributes to Red magazine.
Early life and education
Oberman was born in Brent, Greater London, and is of Jewish background.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/jewish-mothers-let-s-lead-the-way-1.16062?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|title=Jewish mothers: let's lead the way|last=Oberman|first=Tracy-Ann|date=10 June 2010|access-date=3 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}} She grew up in North London, attending Heathfield School for Girls, before going on to study classics at Leeds University; however, after a year she moved to Manchester University to pursue drama.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3653188/EastEnders-was-just-the-start.html|title=EastEnders was just the start|author=Raphael, Amy|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, England |date=17 June 2006|access-date=2 December 2009}} After graduating she was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she trained as an actor.{{cite news |title=Den's wife turns up in Albert Square |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/03_march/19/oberman.shtml |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=19 March 2004 |access-date=1 March 2010 }} In 1991, Oberman studied for a term at the Moscow Art Theatre School as part of her training.{{cite news |title=Fights, families and food |author=Oberman, Tracy-Ann |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jan/30/theatre4 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 January 2008 |access-date=1 March 2010 }} Oberman has spoken of how her drive for professionalism was a result of her parents' initial concern with her career choice.
As she came from a strong legal background, her family "weren't wildly happy" about her desire to become an actress: "My parents were always making me watch Rumpole of the Bailey, going 'You see? It's just like acting, you make things up, you wear a wig and a funny outfit. Why not the law?' But I just always wanted to act, as far back as I remember."{{cite news |title=The drama of Tracy-Ann Oberman |author=Powell, Lucy |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3232169.ece |newspaper=The Times |date=26 January 2008 |access-date=1 March 2010 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company though, finally won her parents over. However, in a 2004 interview, Oberman noted that her father's death seven years earlier prevented him seeing the development of her career and her national success as an actor: "I've come a long way in my career since he died and I wish he was here to see it. He was a big EastEnders fan so I know he'd be very, very proud of me."{{cite news |title=The tragic truth behind my smile |author=McCarthy, Kerry |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-124615624 |newspaper=The People |location=London, England |date=14 November 2004 |access-date=1 March 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Acting
=Theatre=
After leaving the Central School of Speech and Drama, Oberman joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1993, she took part in the RSC's award-winning production of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine as "Olympia".{{cite web |url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode==%27TAB199310%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709170339/http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode=='TAB199310'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Tamburlaine |date=14 October 1993 |publisher=DServe Archive Performance |access-date=1 March 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtc-uk.com/talent/tracy-ann-oberman |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman profile |publisher=MTC Talent |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003130548/http://www.mtc-uk.com/talent/tracy-ann-oberman |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} This was followed by roles in The Changeling, as "Diaphanta", A Jovial Crew in the part of "Joan Cope", and The Beggar's Opera where she played Molly Brazen. In 1994, she completed her run at the RSC playing in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.
After performing in several West End productions, Oberman played at the Royal National Theatre in Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty during 1999. This was followed by starring in School Play at the Soho Theatre. The play was lauded by The Guardian critic Michael Billington as a "remarkable" production, praising Oberman for her successful portrayal of Miss Fay as "the teacher torn between her career and her pupil's potential".{{cite news |title=School Play |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/jun/25/theatre.artsfeatures |author=Billington, Michael | newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 June 2001 |access-date=25 February 2010 }}
In 2003, Oberman returned to the National in Edmond, playing opposite Kenneth Branagh.{{cite news|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/tracy-ann-oberman-72254/|title=The Big Interview: Tracy-Ann Oberman|date=17 October 2007|work=OfficialLondonTheatre.com|access-date=31 October 2017}} Her role as wife to Branagh's title character was well received by some critics, Norman Miller in a BBC News review commended Oberman for making a particular "impression".{{cite news |title=Branagh proves his worth |author=Miller, Norman |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3076953.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=1 August 2003 |access-date=15 March 2010}}
That year also saw her star in Hello and Goodbye at the Southwark Playhouse. According to Fiona Mountford in The Evening Standard, the production was "given the outing of its life by" Oberman and her co-star, Zubin Varla.{{cite news |title=Blistering depiction of apartheid's white losers |author=Mountford, Fiona |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-7294902-apartheids-white-losers.do |newspaper=The Evening Standard |date=22 October 2003 |access-date=15 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080542/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-7294902-apartheids-white-losers.do |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} The review in The British Theatre Guide was similarly positive, praising Oberman who "rages away" in the role of "Hester", and delivers "one of the best performances in town".{{cite news |title=Review: Hello and Goodbye |author=Fisher, Philip |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/hello-rev.htm |publisher=British Theatre Guide |year=2003 |access-date=25 February 2010 }}
She took a couple of years away from acting with the birth of her daughter in August 2006. At the end of 2007 she returned full-time to work in the West End revival of Boeing-Boeing, playing "Gretchen" opposite Jean Marsh and Jennifer Ellison.
In July 2008 Oberman starred in the world premiere of On the Rocks as Frieda Lawrence, wife of novelist D. H. Lawrence. The play, by Amy Rosenthal, follows the marriage of the Lawrences during one idyllic summer in 1916, most reviews following the line taken by Benedict Nightingale of The Times in declaring Oberman to have given a "fine performance... as a gloriously sensual, blowsily defiant Frieda".{{cite news |title=On the Rocks at the Hampstead Theatre, NW3 |author=Nightingale, Benedict |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/article4257374.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006115044/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/article4257374.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2008 |newspaper=The Times |date=3 July 2008 |access-date=10 March 2010 }}
In 2011, she played in the touring production of Earthquakes in London by Mike Bartlett which was an updated version of the National Theatre / Headlongs production earlier that year.
In December 2012 Oberman returned to the stage at the Hampstead Theatre in the premiere of Old Money by Sarah Wooley directed by Terry Johnson. In 2015, Oberman played the role of Isabella Blow in the play McQueen, at the St James Theatre, London.{{cite web | url=http://news.sky.com/story/1449232/glee-star-agron-lands-role-in-mcqueen-play | title=Glee Star Agron Lands Role in McQueen Play | publisher=Sky News | work=news.sky.com | date=20 March 2015 | access-date=10 May 2015}}
=Radio=
Oberman has appeared in over 600 radio plays. She has acted in radio drama and radio comedy, appearing regularly on BBC Radio 4 as a member of the station's unofficial "repertory" company, including; The Way It Is (1998–2001), the leading role in The Attractive Young Rabbi (1999–2002), The Sunday Format (1999–2004), and Getting Nowhere Fast.
At the end of 2009, Oberman returned to radio to star in "Gregory Evans' mind-boggling play" Shirleymander for Radio 4, with reviewer Moira Petty describing Oberman's turn as Dame Shirley Porter as "freakishly real".{{cite news |title=Radio review: Shirleymander |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feature.php/26386/radio-review | newspaper=The Stage |author=Petty, Moira |date=30 November 2009 |access-date=25 February 2010 }} In 2010, Oberman remained with the radio medium, performing opposite Catherine Tate.
=Television and ''EastEnders''=
Her first major television role was in 1997 when she was cast as Zoe Gerrard, a security officer in the medical drama Casualty.
In 1998, she joined the cast of Comedy Nation, a satirical sketch show that featured some of Britain's leading up-and-coming comedians, such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Julian Barratt, and Robert Webb.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143033/|title=Comedy Nation|date=1 January 2000|publisher=IMDb}} This was followed by an assortment of parts in various television productions, including a performance in a two-part story for the police serial The Bill in 2000.
That year Oberman was cast as series regular "Beverly Jordan" opposite Michael Barrymore in Bob Martin,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243691/fullcredits|title=Bob Martin (TV Series 2000–2001)|publisher=IMDb}} and became a lead performer in Lenny Henry in Pieces, starring actor/comedian Lenny Henry, which ran until 2003.{{cite news |title=Britain dominates TV award nominations |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1212032.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=9 March 2001 |access-date=10 March 2010 }} In 2002, Oberman joined the second and final series of the sketch show Big Train, performing beside comedians Simon Pegg and Catherine Tate.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/bigtrain/ |title=Big Train |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2010 }}
The following year saw the Harringham Harker move from radio to television as part of BBC 2's Autumn line-up alongside The Office and Coupling, with Oberman continuing in her role as lead and writer.{{cite news |title=Autumn entertainment |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/08_august/21/2autumn_entertainment.pdf |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=18 August 2003 |access-date=10 March 2010 }}
She has appeared in many other TV programmes, including; The Way It Is (2000), Bob Martin (2000–2001) opposite Michael Barrymore, Lenny Henry in Pieces (2000–2001), Big Train (2002), SuperTex (2003) and in episodes of Doctors, The Last Detective, Where the Heart Is, The Bill, Casualty. She played the previously unseen character of Marion in a special half-hour episode of the monologue series Marion and Geoff in 2001.
In 2004, Oberman moved away from comedy to join the BBC soap opera EastEnders, after she was cast as Chrissie Watts, the second wife of "one of the best-loved villains in soap history", "Dirty" Den Watts.{{cite news |title=Dirty Den returning to EastEnders |url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2003/0503/entertainment/dirty-den-returning-to-eastenders-97593.html |publisher=breakingnews.ie |date=3 May 2003 |access-date=31 January 2010 }} It was a role she played for almost two years, and which brought her public recognition. Before long, Oberman would become one of the leading regulars of the show and at the forefront of several storylines. At the time, though, television critics pointed to Oberman's extensive theatrical background and questioned: "why would an actress with such pedigree agree to be in EastEnders?" Oberman has continuously responded by placing the move in the context of her professional exposure, noting her position as a "jobbing actress" at the time and her desire to return to drama after her recent comedic roles.{{cite news |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_18_thu_01.shtml |title=Woman's hour: Tracy Ann Oberman interview |publisher=bbc.co.uk|format=audio|date=6 May 2004 |access-date=28 January 2010}} Making her debut on 29 April, Oberman was viewed as an "overnight success" in the role of Chrissie, with Amy Raphael of The Telegraph feeling that the actress "easily upstaged the rest of the cast with her three-dimensional portrayal of a classic soap bitch". In 2005, "18 million people" watched her character kill Den in a fit of rage to mark the 20th anniversary of EastEnders, with Oberman "anchoring" the show's success that year and dominating drama as Chrissie,{{cite news |title=Why it's not the ender the road for EastEnders |author=Grant, Peter |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |url=https://www.questia.com/read/5008696319? |date=18 February 2005 |access-date=28 January 2010 |page=10 }} who "packed into a year what most soap characters do in three."{{cite news |title=I love being a sex symbol for teenage boys: Her screen character Chrissie Watts has had a year of turmoil, but for Tracy-Ann Oberman life couldn't be better |author=Brockway, Sally |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-135293761 |newspaper=The People |date=21 August 2005 |access-date=31 January 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Commenting on her role two years after she left the show, Oberman concluded:
{{cquote| I think the character, from the feedback I get, made a huge impact because people couldn't decide whether she was a villain or a victim. In hindsight I loved it; I loved the character, I loved the acting challenge, I loved the discipline. You're learning all the time because you literally do 25 scenes a day, go home, learn another 20 scenes, come in, film 20 scenes, go home... every day for a year and a half, and you do all your own stunts... being punched in the face by Peggy Mitchell and having to fall into a seven-foot grave; it was fantastic. I was only in it for 18 months and it feels like I clocked up about three years worth of TV experience. }}
Oberman described her time on EastEnders as "hectic", leading her to depart the show during December 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a35246/ex-eastenders-star-slams-script-writers.html|title=Ex-'EastEnders' star slams script writers|work=Digital Spy|first=Kris|last=Green|date=25 July 2006|access-date=24 July 2009}} However, the role of Chrissie has remained a defining point of her career. In a recent interview, Oberman remarked: "Chrissie was such a wonderful character and the show was watched by so many people, especially the murder of Den, that it opened up doors that I never thought it would. I had some fantastic offers when I left, there were film and theatre... it was wonderful for me; EastEnders is a very good calling card." Oberman has also recently declared her willingness to return to the part of Chrissie and EastEnders, even if only to provide a resolution for the character.{{cite news|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/interviews/a166888/tracy-ann-oberman.html|title=EXCLUSIVE: Tracy Ann Oberman interview|work=Digital Spy|author=Green, Kris|date=24 July 2009|access-date=9 December 2009}}
Before leaving EastEnders, Oberman provided the voice of "Miss Dickson" in the adult-themed cartoon Bromwell High for Channel Four.
It was also announced that Oberman would guest star in the second series of the revived Doctor Who, playing the character of Yvonne Hartman, whom she described as "a sophisticated sort of baddie", with a BBC source declaring Oberman "perfect to play evil Yvonne and will be brilliant at terrorising the next generation of viewers".{{cite news |title=Chrissie Watts and Trigger battle Dr Who |author=West, Dave |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a25556/chrissie-watts-and-trigger-battle-dr-who.html |work=Digital Spy |date=27 October 2005 |access-date=10 March 2010 }} The two-part series finale entitled "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", aired in July 2006, attracting audiences of 8.19 million{{cite web|url=http://gallifreyone.com/news-archives.php?id=7-2006#newsitemEEVFkypuuujkJchNLT |title=Army of Ghosts Final Ratings |publisher=Outpost Gallifrey |last=Lyon |first=Shaun |date=18 July 2006 |access-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210142836/http://www.gallifreyone.com/news-archives.php?id=7-2006 |archive-date=10 December 2007 |url-status=dead }} and 8.22 million{{cite web|url=http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEVFuyAyZybLSaHPyi&tmpl=newsrss|title=Doomsday Final Ratings, and Series Two Recap|work=Outpost Gallifrey News Page|last=Lyon|first=Shaun|date=20 July 2006}} respectively. Oberman extols her appearance in Doctor Who as a career highlight, being a "confessed Whovian" or fan of the show: "Some people, their life's ambition is to walk in and see Queen Vic, mine was to see a Tardis and a sonic screwdriver... and a Dalek!"
In 2006, Oberman signed on to the BBC One six-part comedy-drama series Sorted as series regular Amy, alongside Will Mellor. In 2008, she made a brief return to TV in the CBBC production Summerhill.
In 2009, Oberman made several guest-starring roles in BBC television programmes, beginning with Mistresses in which she played the owner of a sex-toy company. This was followed by a part in the BBC One drama Robin Hood, as the wife of the Sheriff of York. In September, Oberman returned to the medical series Doctors five years after first appearing in the programme, undertaking the role of 'black widow' Cathy Harley. Oberman had a part in the "web thriller" Girl Number 9,{{cite news |title=Girl Number 9: first look at episode 1 |author=Brew, Simon |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/television/347058/girl_number_9_first_look_at_episode_1.html |publisher=Den of Geek |date=30 October 2009 |access-date=11 March 2010 }} which she playfully described as "the first Twitter-related drama that there's ever been!"{{cite news |title=What Torchwood's Ianto did next |author=French, Dan |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s8/torchwood/tubetalk/a184251/what-torchwoods-ianto-did-next.html |work=Digital Spy |date=29 October 2009 |access-date=11 March 2010 }} Penned by James Moran, the adult-themed online horror series was headlined as a "big step forward" for British web drama,{{cite news |title=Girl Number 9 a Big Step Forward for British Indie Web Drama |author=Miller, Liz Shannon |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/television/347058/girl_number_9_first_look_at_episode_1.html |publisher=New TeeVee Station |date=30 October 2009 |access-date=11 March 2010 }} with Oberman playing the lead detective "Lyndon" beside Gareth David-Lloyd.{{cite web |url=http://www.canyousaveher.com/about.html |work=Girl Number 9 |year=2009 |title=About |access-date=11 March 2010 }}
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From 2011 to 2020 Oberman played Auntie Val in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner and between 2012 and 2015, Oberman played Mrs. Purchase in Matt Berry and Arthur Mathew's comedy, Toast of London.
In May–July 2013, Oberman filmed the 6 part series Give Out Girls for Sky Living/Big Talk productions as Debbie, the head of Hot Staff promotions girls.
In January 2014, Oberman played the character, Audrey MacMurray, in the final episode of the second series of Father Brown which was shown on BBC One in their afternoon schedule and later in the evening on BBC Two in the evening. Also that year, she appeared in Crims for BBC Three playing 'hard as nails' Governor Riley.
New Tricks, the high ratings BBC drama, saw her appear regularly as forensic anthropologist-Fiona Kennedy (series 11 and 12).
Oberman kept up her string of TV guest appearances with a role in the drama Tracy Beaker Returns, playing "Terrie Fender", a travel agent and con artist. She also joined the junior spy series M.I. High, as the "Grand Mistress". Appearing on the chat show, The Wright Stuff, Oberman revealed that she undertook the part because M. I. High was her nephew's favourite programme, but also added that she was a fan herself, describing it as a "junior version of Spooks.{{Cite episode |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpDCN9O-6E|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/cwpDCN9O-6E| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|series=The Wright Stuff |network=Five |airdate=8 January 2010 }}{{cbignore}}
Oberman has appeared in two of Tracey Ullman series; Tracey Breaks the News and Tracey Ullman's Show, a BBC One production between 2016 and 2018.
Most recently, she has appeared as Rebecca in Netflix series After Life alongside Ricky Gervais, as Helen Chalmers in Sky One comedy-drama Code 404 and as Ritchie’s agent, Carol Carter, in Channel 4 drama It's a Sin.
In July 2024, nineteen years after her departure from EastEnders, it was announced that Oberman would be reprising her role of Chrissie Watts for short stint later in the year.{{cite web |title=EastEnders' Chrissie Watts returns as Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises role this autumn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/eastenders-chrissie-watts-tracy-ann-oberman |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chrissie Watts' Dramatic Return – Date Revealed HERE! |url=https://soapoperadaily.com/eastenders-spoilers-confirm-date-of-chrissies-return/ |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=Soap Opera Daily|date=4 September 2024 }}
Oberman told the BBC ""Chrissie Watts was such a great character to play - a victim or a villain," she said. She is a real fan favourite so, when [executive producer] Chris Clenshaw asked me to come back and revisit her and see what has happened in the last 19 years, I jumped at the chance".{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman to return to EastEnders as Chrissie Watts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd17dg7wj4zo |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
Writing
From 2006 to 2007, Oberman was a regular columnist for The Guardian newspaper.{{cite web |url=http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/experts/tracyannoberman/0,,,00.html |title=Life and heath experts: Tracy-Ann Oberman |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 March 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007055916/http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/experts/tracyannoberman/0,,,00.html |url-status=dead }} From 2009–2017, she was a regular columnist for The Jewish Chronicle.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/tracy-ann-oberman-column-1.443370?highlight=Tracy-Ann+Oberman|title=Farewells and new worries|last=Oberman|first=Tracy-Ann|date=25 August 2017|access-date=12 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}
Oberman wrote and performed in her first BBC Radio 4 play which went out to great critical acclaim on 29 April 2010. Catherine Tate played Bette Davis and Oberman herself (after persuasion by the producer) played Joan Crawford, with Lorelei King as Hedda Hopper. The play was chosen as Pick of The Week by Gillian Reynolds, and garnered a huge amount of press interest due to the subject matter, and it being Oberman's first radio play.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
She followed this up three weeks later by writing and performing her own BBC Radio 4 short story called "Girl on an Island" as part of a series of three called Actors' Voices (along with Anna Massey and James Dreyfus).
On 16 October 2012 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her second radio play Rock and Doris and Elizabeth (starring Frances Barber and Jonathan Hyde as Rock Hudson and Doris Day, and Oberman as Elizabeth Taylor) to very positive feedback. It followed Rock Hudson's AIDS scandal hitting the world's media after appearing on his old friend Doris Day's cable network show. Radio Drama Review Online described it as "poignant and utterly spellbinding".{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
In December 2020 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her play That Summer Of '67, a dramatisation concerning the production of the ground-breaking film Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
She has also written comedy sketches and a sitcom for BBC Three, The Harringham Harker.
Oberman co-wrote 3 Sisters on Hope Street with playwright and neighbour Diane Samuels. The play, published in 2008, is a reinterpretation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, transferring events to Liverpool after the Second World War, and re-casting the Prozorova sisters as three Jewish Englishwomen.{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=Three Sisters on Hope Street |url=https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/plays-to-perform/three-sisters-on-hope-street |access-date=6 December 2020 |website=Nick Hern Books}}
Another radio play written by Oberman was Mrs Robinson, I Presume for BBC Radio 4 which told the story of how the film The Graduate was produced.
Other work
Oberman has appeared as a guest reviewer on an episode of Film 2007 with Jonathan Ross, as a contestant on a Doctor Who special of The Weakest Link{{snd}}she was the second one voted off{{snd}}and as a special guest performer in Tim Crouch's two-hander The Oak Tree at the Soho Theatre. In 2004, she came a close second place on Celebrity Mastermind, the specialist subject being "The Imperial Roman Family Augustus to Claudius Caesar". She also appeared on Test the Nation during this period.
In September 2005, she was a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. In 2006, she was the guest on Nigel Slater's A Taste of My Life and, in 2007, Oberman appeared on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen. She has featured in the BBC Radio 4 show Rudy's Rare Records.
Oberman is also known for her narration of advertisements and documentaries, such as Five's I'm A Celebrity: Who Won! and Channel 4's "Escape to the Chateau".
Oberman is featured in the video for The Yeah You's debut single "15 Minutes", hosting her fictional chat show, interviewing the rock band.
She made it through to the quarter-finals of Celebrity MasterChef in 2009. Oberman was a regular panellist on The Wright Stuff.
Oberman hosted the 2009 International Hall of Fame Awards at the International Women's Forum World Leadership Conference in Miami, from 7 to 9 October that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwforum.org/MiamiPhotos.aspx |title=IWF World Leadership Conference, Miami |year=2009 |work=International Women's Forum |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119083033/http://www.iwforum.org/MiamiPhotos.aspx |archive-date=19 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}
In 2011, Oberman appeared in Born To Shine singing folk music and playing the guitar.
In 2012, Oberman was a judge, alongside Yiddish scholar David Katz, on a Channel 4 reality series, Jewish Mum of the Year. Commenting on the series, Maureen Lipman said "It's disgusting. It is very damaging, with antisemitism being what it is. Not to mention that being a Jewish mother is nothing like the way they portray it". Former BBC chairman Michael Grade also criticised the programme, saying: "I don't know what it was supposed to be. They seemed to cram in every cliché in the book".{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-10-18/maureen-lipman-calls-jewish-mum-of-the-year-disgusting/|title=Maureen Lipman calls Jewish Mum of the Year "disgusting"|last=Cole|first=Tom|date=18 October 2012|access-date=12 September 2019|work=Radio Times}}
She hosts the podcast Trolled with Tracy Ann Oberman, with past guests including Danny Baker, Rachel Riley, Dom Joly and more. Oberman has also appeared on other podcasts, including The QuaranTea Break Podcast{{Cite web|title=The QuaranTea Break Podcast: Ep 5: Tracy-Ann Oberman – talking Friday Night Dinner finale, After Life series 2 and lockdown comedy drama Dun Breedin' on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-5-tracy-ann-oberman-talking-friday-night-dinner/id1505219933?i=1000474197921|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-gb}} with Simon Ward.
Views on Israel and antisemitism
Oberman has described Israel as "a country I love", has friends and family living there and has holidayed there throughout her life.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/so-israel-isn-t-trendy-this-year-1.7058?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|title=So Israel isn't trendy this year|last=Oberman|first=Ann|date=8 January 2009|access-date=12 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle|archive-date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216213552/https://www.thejc.com/so-israel-isn-t-trendy-this-year-1.7058?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|url-status=dead}} In April 2012, and again in September 2014, she called on supporters of Israel to be more active in campaigning on Twitter.{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/twits-like-galloway-are-spot-on-1.32946?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|title=Twits like Galloway are spot on|last=Oberman|first=Tracy-Ann|date=19 April 2012|access-date=12 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/it-s-time-to-shout-out-the-facts-1.56660?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|title=It's time to shout out the facts|last=Oberman|first=Tracy-Ann|date=4 September 2014|access-date=12 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}} She resigned as a member of the Labour Party in 2016, due to its delay in concluding the disciplinary process of Ken Livingstone after he referred to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "supporting Zionism" during his early years in power.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36160135|title=Ken Livingstone suspended by Labour Party in 'anti-Semitism' row|publisher=BBC News|date=28 April 2016|access-date=28 April 2016}}
In February 2019, Oberman and Rachel Riley instructed a lawyer to take action against 70 individuals for tweets which they perceived to be either libellous or tantamount to harassment, related to their campaign against allegations of antisemitism in the Labour party.{{cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title=Rachel Riley and Tracy Ann Oberman to take legal action after Twitter abuse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/21/rachel-riley-and-tracy-ann-oberman-to-take-legal-action-after-twitter-abuse-antisemitism |access-date=5 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=21 February 2019}} As a result, Riley and Oberman sued a person who had retweeted a link to an article which had accused Oberman and Riley of harassing a young Labour activist who had commented on accusations of antisemitism in the Labour Party. In May 2019, a High Court judge ruled that the article that was linked in the tweet was defamatory. In July 2020, Riley and Oberman dropped their joint libel suit and contributed towards the defendant's legal costs.{{cite news |last1=Waterson |first1=Jim |title=Rachel Riley and Tracy-Ann Oberman drop libel claim over retweet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/29/rachel-riley-and-tracy-ann-oberman-drop-libel-claim-over-retweet |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2020}}{{cite news |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rachel Riley drop defamation case |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/tracy-ann-oberman-and-rachel-riley-drop-defamation-case-on-twitter-harassment-1.502033 |work=thejc.com}}
In late April 2019, Oberman was one of over 100 celebrities who signed a statement against a campaign advocating the boycotting of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest which was held that year in Israel.{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/stephen-fry-sharon-osbourne-lead-celebrities-rejecting-boycott-of-israel-eurovision-song-contest/|title=Eurovision 2019: Stephen Fry & Sharon Osbourne lead celebrities rejecting boycott of Israel Song Contest|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=30 April 2019|work=i|access-date = 8 December 2019}} In December 2019, Oberman spoke at a rally held by Campaign Against Antisemitism in Parliament Square, calling for solidarity with British Jews.{{Cite web|title=Speech by Tracy Ann Oberman|url=https://twitter.com/TAAntisemitism/status/1221841044150480896|website=Twitter}}
On 4 April 2021, Oberman falsely accused politician and academic Philip Proudfoot of antisemitism,{{cite news |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman: EastEnders star pays damages in anti-Semitism libel case |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61227462 |work=BBC News |date=26 April 2022}} claiming he had a Twitter "Jew Blocklist".{{cite news |last1=Siddique |first1=Haroon |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman pays 'substantial damages' for antisemitism claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/apr/26/tracy-ann-oberman-pays-substantial-damages-antisemitism-claims-twitter |work=the Guardian |date=26 April 2022}} On 26 April 2022, she issued a statement apologising for her inaccurate and "hurtful comments", noting that she would pay "substantial damages" to Proudfoot, along with his legal costs, following a libel suit.{{cite web |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman 🇺🇦 (@TracyAnnO) / Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/TracyAnnO |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220426064302/https://twitter.com/TracyAnnO |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-04-26 |website=archive.ph |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=26 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman Status |url=https://twitter.com/TracyAnnO/status/1518832390000549888 |website=Twitter |access-date=26 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=Tracy-Ann Oberman pays substantial damages & publishes apology to Dr Philip Proudfoot in antisemitism libel claim |url=https://www.rllaw.co.uk/tracy-ann-oberman-pays-substantial-damages-publishes-apology-to-dr-philip-proudfoot-in-antisemitism-libel-claim/ |website=Rahman Lowe Solicitors |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=26 April 2022}}
In November 2023, Oberman joined a march against antisemitism in London.{{Cite web |title=100,000 attend UK's largest protest against antisemitism since Battle of Cable Street |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/100000-attend-uks-largest-gathering-against-antisemitism-since-the-battle-of-cable-street/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Jewish News |date=26 November 2023 |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Oberman is Jewish, and has said that "Surprisingly, to me, it{{What|date=February 2025}} all came back to being Jewish. I say surprisingly because I spent most of my 20s and early 30s on a path that took me far from my religion".{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/it-s-no-act-being-jewish-is-in-my-dna-1.9980?highlight=Tracy+Ann+Oberman|title=It's no act, being Jewish is in my DNA|last=Oberman|first=Tracy-Ann|date=25 June 2009|access-date=3 September 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}} In December 2004, she married music producer Rob Cowan.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4110407.stm|title=EastEnders star Oberman marries|publisher=BBC News|date=20 December 2004|access-date=14 September 2020}} In August 2006, she gave birth to their daughter.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/daughter_for_br/|title=Daughter for British actress Tracy-Ann Oberman|author=((Staff Author))|author2=Joanna|work=People|agency=Yahoo! News|date=29 August 2005|access-date=14 September 2020}}
Oberman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours for services to Holocaust education and combatting antisemitism.{{cite news |title=Gary Oldman and Strictly hosts join Beckham in honours |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly30wpz01po |access-date=20 June 2025 |work= BBC News|language=en-GB}}{{London Gazette
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Awards
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Group !! Award !! Won !! Film/Television series |
| 1998
| BBC 3 Awards | style="background:#dfd;"| Won | Harringham Harker |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Most Popular Newcomer{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0088512/awards|title=Awards for "EastEnders"|publisher=IMDb|access-date=27 March 2009}} | style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated | rowspan="8" | EastEnders |
| British Soap Awards
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated |
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated |
| British Soap Awards
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won |
| Inside Soap Awards
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated |
| Inside Soap Awards
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated |
| British Soap Awards
| Best Dressed Star{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a24750/eastenders-named-best-soap-at-awards.html |title='EastEnders' named best soap at awards|work=Digital Spy| date=27 September 2005|access-date=7 December 2009}} | style="background:#dfd;"| Won |
| 2006
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated |
Credits
=Theatre=
=Radio and audio=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! Production | ||||
| 1997 | Man in the Elephant Mask {{cite web |url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/r4-plays-1997.html |title=BBC Radio 4 plays |year=1997 |publisher=diversity website |access-date=25 February 2010 }} | Play | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1998–2001 | The Way It Is | Lolly Swain | Serial | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1999–2000 | Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High | Serial | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1999–2002 | The Attractive Young Rabbi | Su Jacobs | Serial | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1999–2004 | The Sunday Format {{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/sundayformat/ |title=The Sunday Format |publisher=BBC Comedy|date= 28 October 2014|access-date=28 November 2020}} | Serial | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2000 | The Grass Is Singing | 3 episodes | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2001–2003 | Getting Nowhere Fast | Chantal | Serial | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2002 | Tango Sensations | Play | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2003 | Rigor Mortis | Dr. Ruth Anderson | Play | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2009 | Shirleymander | Leader (Dame Shirley Porter) | Play | BBC Radio 4 |
| rowspan="2" | 2010 | Bette and Joan and Baby Jane | Joan Crawford (& writer) | Play | BBC Radio 4 |
| Pat and Margaret | Pat | Comedy drama | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2014 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Fezziwig | Performance | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2015–present | Torchwood | Yvonne Hartman | Sci-fi drama | Big Finish Productions |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! Production | ||||
| 1997 | Loved by You | Jenny / Jill | Series 1; Episodes 2 & 4 : "Out of the Past" and "I'm Just So Happy for You" | Carlton |
| 1997–1998 | Casualty | Zoe Garrard | Series 12; Episodes 16, 21 & 22 | BBC |
| rowspan="3" | 1998 | Comedy Nation | Various roles | Performer / writer | BBC |
| Kiss Me Kate | Julia | Series 1; Episode 2: "Mike" | BBC | |
| In the Red | Barmaid | Mini-series; Episode 3 | BBC | |
| rowspan="4" | 2000 | The Strangerers | Santina, Motorcycle Cop | Episode 5: "Zap Type 'Z'" | Sky TV |
| The Way It Is | Lolly Swain | Television film | BBC | |
| Rhona | Kimbo | Episode 4: "The Happy Jeans" | BBC | |
| The Bill | Helen Jenson | Series 16; Episodes 60 & 61: "First Impressions" (Parts 1 & 2) | Thames Television | |
| 2000–2001 | Bob Martin | Beverely Jordan | Series 1 & 2; 10 episodes | Granada |
| rowspan="5" | 2001 | Cow | Narrator | Television film | Century Films / Channel 4 |
| Starhunter | Zelda | Series 1; Episode 16: "Super Max" | Starhunter Productions | |
| Happiness | Julia Jacobs | Series 1; Episode 2: "I'm Doing It for Me" | BBC | |
| Slightly Filthy Show | Various roles | Episodes 1–4 | London Weekend Television | |
| A Small Summer Party | Marion | Television film | BBC | |
| rowspan="2" | 2002 | Big Train | Various roles | Series 2; Episodes 1–6 | Talkback Productions |
| 15 Storeys High | Jill, Vince's ex-girlfriend | Series 1, Episode 6: "Dead Swan" | Talkback Productions | |
| rowspan="3" | 2003 | The Harringham Harker | Diedra Portland | Television film | BBC |
| Where the Heart Is | Sylvia Enwright | Episode 8: "Mister and Missus" | ITV | |
| Lenny Henry in Pieces | Various roles | Series 2; Episode 2 | BBC | |
| rowspan="3" | 2004 | The Last Detective | Mandy | Series 2; Episode 2: "The Long Bank Holiday" | ITV |
| Doctors | Lynne Preston | Series 6; Episode 1: "Two's Company" | BBC | |
| Murder in Suburbia | Chloe Walters | Series 1; Episode 6: "Noisy Neighbours" | ITV | |
| 2004–2005, 2024 | EastEnders | Chrissie Watts | Series regular. 227 episodes | BBC |
| 2005 | Bromwell High | Melanie Dickson / Various (voice) | Episodes 1–13 | Channel 4 |
| rowspan="2" | 2006 | Sorted | Amy | Episodes 1–6 | BBC |
| Doctor Who | Yvonne Hartman | Series 2; Episodes 12 & 13: "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" | BBC | |
| 2007–2008 | Chop Socky Chooks | Various (voice) | 17 episodes | Cartoon Network / Teletoon |
| 2008 | Summerhill | Alice Ford | Television film | BBC |
| rowspan="3" | 2009 | Mistresses | Henrietta Swift | Series 2; Episode 5 | BBC |
| Robin Hood | Gweneth | Series 3; Episode 11: "The Enemy of My Enemy" | BBC | |
| Doctors | Cathy Harley | Series 11; Episode 113: "The Black Widow" | BBC | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Terrie Fender | Series 1; Episode 9: "Good Luck Boy" | BBC |
| Comedy Lab | Michelle | Series 11; Episode 5: "Filth" | Room 5 / Channel 4 | |
| 2010–2011 | M.I. High | Grand Mistress / Anita Kane | Series 4; Episode 2: "The Bunny Whisperer" and Series 5; Episode 2: "The B Team" | BBC |
| rowspan="3" | 2011 | Dick and Dom's Funny Business | Herself - Special Guest | Episode 4: "Bills, Bills, Bills with Tracy-Ann Oberman" | BBC |
| Sadie J | Tamara | Series 1; Episode 5: "Tidylicious" | BBC | |
| Waterloo Road | Alison Drew | Series 7; Episode 10 | BBC | |
| 2011–2020 | Friday Night Dinner | 'Auntie' Val Lewis | Recurring role. Series 1–6; 14 episodes | Channel 4 |
| rowspan="4" | 2012 | Jewish Mum of the Year | Herself - Host & Judge | Episodes 1–4 | Channel 4 |
| The Best of Men | Else Guttman | Television film | BBC One | |
| Monroe | Lizzie Clapham | Series 2; Episodes 1–6 | Mammoth Screen / ITV | |
| The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | Astronaut Audrey / Gorilla Mum (voice) | Series 2; 4 episodes (UK version) | PBS / CITV | |
| 2012–2015 | Toast of London | Mrs. Purchase | Series 1–3; 8 episodes | Channel 4 |
| 2013 | Pramface | Bobby, Call Centre Boss | Series 2; Episode 3: "Supermum and Hardguy 2000" | BBC Three |
| rowspan="4" | 2014 | Father Brown | Audrey MacMurray | Series 2, Episode 10: "The Laws of Motion" | BBC One |
| Comedy Playhouse | Faith | Series 16; Episode 1: "Over to Bill" | BBC One | |
| Siblings | Annette Walker | Series 1, Episode 1: "Wheelchair Conference" | BBC Three | |
| Give Out Girls | Debbie | 4 episodes | Sky One | |
| 2014–2015 | New Tricks | Fiona Kennedy | Series 11 & 12; 9 episodes | BBC One |
| rowspan="3" | 2015 | Crims | Governor Riley | Series 1, Episodes 4 & 6: "Day Seventy-Three" and "Day Ninety-Eight" | BBC Three |
| SunTrap | Beverly | Episode 2: "In the Line of Fire" | Happy Tramp / BBC | |
| Brotherhood | Terri | Episode 7: "Work" | Comedy Central | |
| rowspan="2" | 2016 | Would I Lie to You? | Herself - Panellist | Series 10; Episode 6 | BBC One |
| Hoff the Record | Crystal Hasselhoff | Series 2; Episode 1: "Death Hoax" | Dave | |
| 2016–2018 | Tracey Ullman's Show | Various | Series 1–3; 7 episodes | BBC One and HBO |
| 2016–2020 | Thomas & Friends {{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TracyAnnO/status/766983794339569665|title=Tracy Ann Oberman on Twitter}} | Daisy (UK & US voice) | Series 20–24, succeeding Teresa Gallagher | HIT Entertainment |
| 2016–2021 | Escape to the Chateau | Herself - Narrator | Series 1–8; 42 episodes | Channel 4 |
| 2017 | Tracey Breaks the News | Various | Series 1; 3 episodes | BBC One |
| rowspan="2" | 2018 | The Keith and Paddy Picture Show | Shop Assistant 2 | Series 2; Episode 3: "Pretty Woman" | ITV |
| Zapped | Cassandra | Series 3; Episode 5: "Book" | Baby Cow / BBC | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes | Mrs. Mavis Pike | Mini-series; Episode 3: "Under Fire" | UKTV original |
| Plebs | Clodia | Series 5; Episode 3: "The Banquet" | ITV | |
| 2019–2022 | After Life | Rebecca | Recurring role. Series 1–3; 5 episodes | Netflix |
| rowspan="2" | 2020 | Grantchester | Sister Grace | Series 5; Episode 6 | ITV |
| Dun Breedin' | Gigi Gordon | Mini-series; Episodes 1–9 | Blonde to Black Pictures Two | |
| 2020–2022 | Code 404 | Helen Chalmers | Series 1–3; 11 episodes | Sky One |
| rowspan="5" | 2021 | It's a Sin | Carol Carter | Mini-series; Episodes 1, 3 & 5 | Channel 4 |
| The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle | Narrator (voice) | Episodes 1–4 | E4 | |
| Ridley Road | Nancy Malinovsky | Episodes 1–4 | BBC One | |
| Sandylands | Donna Vegas | Series 2; Episodes 1–3 | King Bert / UKTV Gold | |
| Midsomer Murders | Sally Ann Barker | Series 22; Episode 6: "The Witches of Angel's Rise" | ITV | |
| rowspan="4" | 2022 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C | Herself | Series 5; 1 episode | Channel 4 |
| Toast of Tinseltown | Mrs. Purchase | Series 4; Episode 1: "Anger Man" | Objective / BBC Two | |
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Cordelia Shakespeare | Series 4, Episode 5: "Hunger for Bread" | BBC One | |
| The Walk-In | Deputy Chief Magistrate Arbuthnot | Mini-series; Episode 2 | ITV | |
| 2023 | The Witcher | Queen Hedwig | Series 3; Episodes 1 & 2: "Shaerrawedd" and "Unbound" | Netflix |
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Production | ||||||||
| 1999 | Faeries | Tippycott (voice) | Gary Hurst | HIT Entertainment / United Productions | ||||
| rowspan="2" | 2003 | SuperTex | Lea Van Gelder | Jan Schutte | Halebob Film | ||||
| The Early Days (short) | Ursula | Chris Stevenson | Channel 4 Films / Shine | |||||
| 2010 | The Infidel | Julie Cohen | Josh Appignanesi | Solly Film / MetFilm | ||||
| rowspan="2" | 2011 | The Great Ghost Rescue | Mrs. Burnley | Yann Samuell | Good Films Collective / Lipsync Productions | ||||
| Cleaning Up (short) | Jenny | Thomas Guerrier | Big Finish Productions / Dead Dog Films | |||||
| rowspan="2" | 2013 | Filth | Diana | Jon S. Baird | Steel Mill Pictures / Logie Pictures | ||||
| The Funeral (short) | Susan Cowan | Nick Green | Loose Moose Productions / EOM Films / Viva Films | |||||
| rowspan="4" | 2014 | Casanova Variations | Jessica | Michael Sturminger | Alfama Films | ||||
| Moomins on the Riviera | Moominmamma (voice) | Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemilä | Handle Productions / Pictak | |||||
| Geoffrey's Belt (short) | Jennifer | Tom Bacon | iBlade Films | |||||
| Hector and the Search for Happiness | Pathetic Jane | Peter Chelsom | Egoli Tossel Pictures / Film Afrika Worldwide | |||||
| 2017 | Call Me Alvy (short) | Judith Silver | Alexei Slater | Turn The Slate Productions | ||||
| 2019 | The Bris of Michael Moshe Solomon (short) | Susan | Coral Amiga | Parkville Pictures | ||||
| 2020
| 2022 | Night of the Broken (short) | Gertrude Rosen | Dan Turner | K Films
|2022 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | 2023 | Diane from Accounts (short) | Tara | Emily Seale-Jones | CPL Productions |
= Video games =
=Writing=
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Format !! Notes !! Production | ||||
| 1995–1996 | News Review | Radio series | Writer and performer | BBC |
| 1997 | Comedy Nation | Radio series | Writer and performer | BBC |
| 1998–2000 | Harringham Harker | Radio series | Writer and performer | BBC |
| 2008 | Three Sisters on Hope Street | Theatrical play | Writer | The Everyman, Liverpool / Hampstead, London |
| 2010 | Bette and Joan and Baby Jane | Radio play | Writer | BBC |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/01/tracy-ann-oberman-to-my-great-grandmother-fiddler-on-the-roof-was-documentary Tracy-Ann Oberman: To my great-grandmother, Fiddler on the Roof was documentary]
- [http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/832780/EastEnders-actress-Tracy-Ann-Oberman-Fiddler-On-The-Roof EastEnders actress Tracy-Ann Oberman: Now I am older I am determined]
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