Tracy Scoggins

Scoggins was born in Galveston County, Texas.{{cite book |last1=Gomez |first1=Fernando Chacon |title=A Texas State of Mind: The Texas State University System Story Still Going Strong After 100 Years |date=2011 |publisher=Texas Review Press |isbn=978-1-933896-73-1 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0rKMTpK_c8C&q=%22tracy+dawn+scoggins%22+1953 |language=en}} An only child,{{cite news|last1=Battista|first1=Arlene|title=Isle actress to star in 'Dynasty II'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11923463/the_galveston_daily_news/|work=The Galveston Daily News|date=November 11, 1985|location=Texas, Galveston|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 25, 2017}} {{Open access}} Scoggins is the daughter of John Scott Scoggins and Lou Cille ({{nee}} Crump) Scoggins.{{cite news|title=Scoggins Will Run For Judge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11922523/the_galveston_daily_news/|work=The Galveston Daily News|date=January 23, 1970|location=Texas, Galveston|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 25, 2017}} {{Open access}} Her father was a trial lawyer, and her mother graduated from law school and was a tennis champion. She attributes her own success to their influence.{{cite news|last1=Dixon|first1=Thomas|title=In From The Colbys: Tracy Scoggins Heats Up Prime Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxIEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Tracy+Scoggins%22&pg=PA4|access-date=June 25, 2017|work=OrangeCoast|date=August 1986|pages=18–22}}

At the age of nine, Scoggins won a diving championship; by 13, she was accumulating swimming medals.{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Sally Ann|title=A 'Colby' star makes tracks|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11922085/the_morning_herald/|work=The Morning Herald|agency=USA Weekend|date=April 18, 1986|location=Maryland, Hagerstown|page=9|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 25, 2017}} {{Open access}} At Dickinson High School, where she graduated in 1970, Scoggins was an athlete, excelling in cheerleading, gymnastics, and diving. She enrolled at Southwest Texas State University in 1970. As a student-athlete there, she was on the varsity gymnastics team and graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education.{{cite news|last1=Shearer|first1=Lloyd|title=Making It the Hard Way|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11923195/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|agency=Parade magazine|date=February 10, 1985|location=California, San Bernardino|page=107|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 25, 2017}} {{Open access}} While at Southwest Texas State, Scoggins nearly qualified for a spot on the 1980 Olympic diving team.{{cite web |url=http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tracy_scoggins/biography.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720125009/http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tracy_scoggins/biography.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Tracy Scoggins – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile |publisher=Uk.rottentomatoes.com |date=November 13, 1953 |access-date=April 6, 2010 }}

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After graduation, Scoggins briefly taught physical education before being recruited by John Casablancas of the Elite Model Management agency. Elite sent Scoggins to New York, where she worked for a year before embarking on a European fashion modeling circuit that included Italy, Germany, and France.

Scoggins returned to the United States and studied with the Herbert Berghof Studio and the Wynn Hanmann Studio in hopes of launching an acting career. Scoggins' first role was as a fake deputy sheriff in the fourth season Dukes of Hazzard episode "New Deputy in Town" in 1981; she then appeared in the TV movie Twirl. She was cast as a regular in the short-lived 1983 ABC series The Renegades. The following year, she was cast as a regular on the 1984 ABC television series Hawaiian Heat,{{r|etvs|page1=441}} which lasted 11 episodes.

After guest roles in TV series such as Remington Steele, T. J. Hooker, Blue Thunder and The A-Team, Scoggins had a series regular role on the Dynasty spin-off series The Colbys, playing Monica Colby,{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|pages=198–199|edition=2nd}} the daughter of Charlton Heston's character, with Scoggins appearing as Monica from 1985–1987 in two episodes of Dynasty followed by all 49 episodes of The Colbys.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/soap-opera-digest/20181019/282548724228324|title=The Colbys|via=PressReader.com|work=Soap Opera Digest|date=October 19, 2019|access-date=November 19, 2019}} Nearly two years after the cancellation of The Colbys after two seasons in 1987, Scoggins reprised the role of Monica Colby in the last eight episodes of the final season of Dynasty in 1989.

Scoggins made her professional big screen debut in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers, but played first leading role in the 1988 crime thriller film In Dangerous Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_dangerous_company_1988|title=In Dangerous Company - Rotten Tomatoes|date=January 17, 2017|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}} She played another leading role in the 1990 action comedy The Gumshoe Kid alongside Jay Underwood and also that year starred in Michael Schultz-directed made-for-television comedy-satire Jury Duty: The Comedy. She starred in the horror films Watchers II (1990) and Demonic Toys (1992), as well detective film Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1990) and legal thriller Ultimate Desires (1991), both opposite Marc Singer. She co-starred opposite Michael Biehn in the science-fiction film Timebomb (1991), and Alien Intruder (1993). In 1994, she produced her own workout video, Tough Stuff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/172793%7C0/Tracy-Scoggins|title=Tracy Scoggins|website=Turner Classic Movies}} She was in the 1995 3DO game Snow Job.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/snowjob.htm |title=Snow Job – Digital Press Online |publisher=Digitpress.com |date=October 31, 2004 |access-date=April 6, 2010}}

In 1993, Scoggins returned to series television with the role of Cat Grant in the ABC comedy-drama Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.{{r|etvs|page1=618}} She left the series after the first season. In 1994, Alan Spencer cast Scoggins in a pilot for CBS called Galaxy Beat.{{cite web|url=http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2007/04/lost-sci-fi-comedy-pilot-galaxy-beat.html |title=Mike Lynch Cartoons: Lost Sci Fi Comedy Pilot: Galaxy Beat (1994) |publisher=Mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com |date=April 27, 2007 |access-date=April 6, 2010}} The pilot did not sell. Spencer said that she is "one of the funniest people on Earth". She made guest appearances in Doogie Howser, M.D., Burke's Law, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Cybill, Wings and Silk Stalkings. From 1995 to 1996, Scoggins starred as Amanda Carpenter in the Western series, Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years,{{r|etvs|page1=620}} and in 1997 had a recurring role in three episodes of Highlander: The Series. Scoggins starred as Anita Smithfield in two Dallas TV movies (Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)). This was not her first role in Dallas, as she had played a small part as another character, Diane Kelly, in a 1983 episode.

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In 1998, Scoggins was cast as Elizabeth Lochley in the final season of space opera Babylon 5. She later starred in spin-off Crusade (1999){{r|etvs|page1=222}} as well in the made-for-television movies Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998), Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (2007).{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Kenneth Randolph|title=Babylon 5–The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark (2007)|url=https://neatnik2009.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/babylon-5-the-lost-tales-voices-in-the-dark-2007/|date=October 18, 2010|publisher=wordpress.com|access-date=March 28, 2018}} In 2023, Scoggins returned to role in the animated film Babylon 5: The Road Home.{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/babylon-5-road-home-returning-character-guide/|title=All 6 Babylon 5 Actors That Return In The Road Home|first=Matt|last=Morrison|date=August 15, 2023|website=ScreenRant}}

In 2001, Scoggins made her return to cinema appearing in the horror film A Crack in the Floor.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=A-Crack-in-the-Floor - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/238090/A-Crack-in-the-Floor/overview |access-date=2023-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307224659/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/238090/A-Crack-in-the-Floor/overview |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }} She later starred in the horror films Asylum of the Damned (2003), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006) and Otis (2008). She played Aaron Carter's character mother in the 2005 teen comedy film Popstar and later that year starred opposite Chuck Norris in the action film The Cutter.

In 2005, Scoggins landed a role as a main character, Grace Neville, on the gay supernatural series Dante's Cove.{{r|etvs|page1=234}} In 2006, she had a guest role in the fourth-season premiere of the TV show Nip/Tuck and in 2008 guest-starred on NCIS.

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• Twirl (1981) as Cindy Ryan
• The Dukes of Hazzard as Linda Mae Barnes (1 episode, 1981)
• The Devlin Connection as Sylvia March (1 episode, 1982)
• The Fall Guy as June (1 episode, 1982)
• Remington Steele as Chrissie Carstairs (1 episode, 1983)
• The Optimist as The Lady Golfer (1 episode, 1983)
• Dallas as Diane Kelly (1 episode, 1983)
• Manimal as Kathy Bonann (1 episode, 1983)
• Hardcastle and McCormick as Crystal Dawn (1 episode, 1983)
• The A-Team as Elly Payne, Shana Mayer (1 episode each, 1983)
• The Renegades as Tracy (TV movie, 1983)
• Hawaiian Heat as Irene Gorley (TV movie, 1984)
• T. J. Hooker as Jill Newmark (1 episode, 1984)
• Mike Hammer as Claire (1 episode, 1984)
• Blue Thunder as Gretchen Terrell (1 episode, 1984)
• Hawaiian Heat as Irene Gorley (Main cast, 1984)
• Crazy Like a Fox (TV series) as Joy (1 episode, 1985)
• The Colbys as Monica Colby (Main cast, 1985–87)
• Dynasty as Monica Colby (Recurring role, 1985, 1989)
• Hotel as Dana March (1 episode, 1987)
• Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990) as Hope Hathaway
• Raven as Alexis Page (1 episode, 1992)
• Renegade as Jeanette (1 episode, 1992)
• The Heights as Belinda (1 episode, 1992)
• Doogie Howser, M.D. as Kelly Phillips (1 episode, 1993)
• Danger Theatre as Clarise Payne (1 episode, 1993)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Catherine 'Cat' Grant (Main cast, season 1, 1993–94)
• Burke's Law as Roxanne North (1 episode, 1994)
• Garfield and Friends as Heather St. Claire (1 episode, 1994)
• The Commish as Christine Rivers (1 episode, 1995)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Gilora (1 episode, 1995)
• Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Amanda Carpenter (Main cast, season 2, 1995–96)
• Cybill as Invincigirl (1 episode, 1996)
• Unhappily Ever After as Morgana (1 episode, 1996)
• Wings as Elise (1 episode, 1996)
• Dallas: J.R. Returns as Anita Smithfield (TV movie, 1996)
• Highlander as Cassandra (3 episodes, 1996–97)
• High Tide as Christy Keaton (1 episode, 1997)
• Silk Stalkings as Jessica Scott (2 episodes, 1993, 1997)
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Beth Reynolds (1 episode, 1997)
• Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Capt. Elizabeth Lochley (TV movie, 1998)
• Babylon 5 as Capt. Elizabeth Lochley (Main cast, season 5, 1998)
• Dallas: War of the Ewings as Anita Smithfield (TV movie, 1999)
• Babylon 5: A Call to Arms as Capt. Elizabeth Lochley (TV movie, 1999)
• Crusade as Capt. Elizabeth Lochley (Main cast, 1999)
• Felicity as Kelly (1 episode, 2001)
• Homeland Security (2004) as Catherine Adel
• Saurian (2006) as Simtra
• Dante's Cove as Grace Neville (Main cast, 2005–07)
• Nip/Tuck as Jill White (1 episode, 2006)
• NCIS as Tabitha Summers (1 episode, 2008)
• Castle as Lana (1 episode, 2012)

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