Tracy Reiner

Tracy Reiner is an American actress who is famous for being the daughter of filmmaker, Penny Marshall and filmmaker, Rob Reiner. She is best known for her roles in films like When Harry Met Sally, Masque of the Red Death, A League of Their Own, and Apollo 13

Background

Tracy Reiner was born as Tracy Henry on Jul 7, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her parents were director and actress Penny Marshall and a man named Michael Henry. They were happy to welcome their daughter into the world. After ten years of marriage, her mother decided to break up with her father. Soon after the split, she married American actor, writer, director, producer, and activist Rob Reiner. Rob adopted Tracy and raised her as his own kid.

While being a bright child, she grew up an ordinary girl and attended the local school. During her formative years, she was interested in the music and film industry. There is no other information about her further education because she has kept the information private in interviews.

Acting Career

Tracy always had a dream to become an actress ever since she was a little girl. To reach her goal, she was practicing a lot by performing on the stage and getting up as many times as she could. At the age of 20, Reiner appeared for the first time on the screen while acting in the American comedy film “The Flamingo Kid” where she had the role of Polly. Soon. She and Bruce Willis were seen in the American action film “Die Hard”. Day by day, she was becoming more and more popular with film fans.

She would drive her mom nuts and cry a lot when she was growing up. Going to acting class helped her with her emotions because they taught her how to calm down. Instead of acting out, she was able to channel her energy into something productive. When her mom had to go mingle with other people in the entertainment industry, Tracy would ruin things by being too needy and clingy. She just wanted her mom to notice her but didn’t realize that she was doing it in the wrong way. It wasn’t until she started to appreciate her mom’s talent that she realized she could do the same thing but she just had to be patient and listen to her mom.

In 1989, she took part in the making of many films like “When Harry Met Sally”, “New Year's Day” and “Masque of the Red Death”. Three years after her big year, she acted in American comedy-drama film “A League of Their Own”. She is most known for her role of Mary Haise in the American space adventure film “Apollo 13”.There were many approvals and positive responses to her activing performance after this movie. Tracy was even nominated for some awards for her exceptional display of acting.

In 1996, she was cast in American musical comedy-drama film “That Thing You Do”. She was also seen in such movies as “The Other Sister”, “Straight Right”, “The Princess Diaries” and “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement”. She was also in the film “Bogie and Bacall”. Reiner is a very talented and hardworking person. Due to the persistent work, she has been able to build up a large net worth.

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Personal Life

When it comes to her dating life, she is a married woman. She is married to Matthew Theodore Conlan. It is unknown where they initially met and how long they have been dating before they decided to make the big steps toward marriage. She and her husband have five children. Tracy, despite her old age, is still an attractive and gorgeous woman. She copes with the task of being a mother, an actress and a wife by trying to keep a balanced mental state. There is not much information about her relationships and everyday life besides her famous family.

She prefers to keep her immediate family and close friends in a secret. Besides her beauty, she is a big-hearted person. She is an active participant of several social causes and a sponsor for medical software. Tracy is also fond of music so she is a frequent attendee at concerts.

Famous Family

In an interview with the Hollywood Sentinel, Tracy gave some candid details about being a member of a famous Hollywood family. When asked about how it all began, Tracy said, “I started out in a house in New Mexico, not born in to show business, but born in to government and technology. My family in New Mexico all worked at the government facilities; Los Alamos, Sandia National Labs, Kurtland Air Force Base so I came here (to Los Angeles) when I was eight, right when my Mom (Penny Marshall) and Rob (Reiner) were becoming very successful because my Dad thought it might be a better set up for school, he thought I might have more possibilities here.”

Her parents were very young when she was born and they were not ready to be full time parents. Her grandparents helped ease the burden of raising here, “My parents had me when they were nineteen so there was a time where my grandparents had custody of me so before I moved to Los Angeles I spent time between New York and New Mexico with each set of grandparents. I did advertising and dancing school in New York, and the labs in New Mexico.”

She already had the spirit of entertainment in her blood line, “One grandmother was the dancing school teacher for the Junior Rockettes (the famous dance troupe of showgirls), until she separated and did her own– The Marshallettes, and so she and my mother and my aunt and all the other neighborhood mothers were recruited to dancing school and costumes.”

Her other grandma also had a special talent, “And my grandmother (on mothers’ side) had a photographic memory, so she would go to Broadway plays and she would memorize music, and she would come back and play it on the piano, and she would teach everyone to dance.”

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