Nationality: American

Language: English,French,German

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Tracy Ann Chapel is a Los Angeles and Bombay based actor and filmmaker whose career includes a variety of film roles, as well as stage productions and musical comedy, web series, television, voice-overs, dance and circus. She is also a skilled vocalist, stand-up comedian, and clown.

Chapel was the lead actress, writer, and director for the short film Cherzoso The Silent Film, which was reviewed in 2020 on Rotten Tomatoes with 100% rating, and shown streaming in the the US and internationally in distribution. The short is a companion to 2019's Noir Pillow Talk Murder, in which she starred.

Her film work includes roles in the feature film Janked and Nick Brokaw's award-winning western short film Four Winds, both of which were screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Chapel got her SAG-Aftra union card while cast as a popcorn vendor in the film Angels in the Outfield, and is also a member of Actors Equity. Other notable works include Laura, the victim in the Dick Wolf-inspired web series Cop Shows Anonymous, and Nicole Kidman's stand-by for the feature film Hemingway and Gelhorn. She was also a featured stand-up comedian in the video Telling Jokes for Italy, which was screened at the Torino Winter Olympics.

Chapel was the lead actress, writer, and director for the short film Cherzoso The Silent Film, which was reviewed in 2020 on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% rating and is shown in distribution streaming in the US and internationally. Other short films include co-starring in Somewhere Poppies Can Grow filmed in San Francisco, California, and Noir Pillow Talk Murder, in which she starred. and as an actress, writer, and director, she produced Marabou Feathers and The Funeral Clown's Dream. According to IMDb, Chapel's filmmaking awards with 45 wins and 28 nominations in various categories.

Chapel was born in San Jose, California, U.S.A., and is of Welsh, German, Irish, and French descent. She became involved in theater arts, working on costumes, and as an actress and model in high school, college, and community theater. Chapel has performed as lead dancer for Almenrausch Schuhplattler and dancer for Ballet Russe and Russian dance troops from San Francisco, California. She has danced at venues in the United States, Canada, and Europe and on cruise ships in North and South America.

Chapel studied at The American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, The San Francisco School of Circus Arts (Clown School), and The John Sarno Studio in Hollywood, California, and continues to study privately with acting coaches Director Tracy Lynch Britton and in class with acting coach Fran Montano in Los Angeles. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Filmmaking and Screenwriting, a Masters in Communications, and an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts.

Chapel was given her professional start performing on stage as the Contra-Auguste clown Giggles and the white face clown Cici. She has additionally been cast in lead theatrical stage roles, such as Ann Deever in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Rosalind Hay in Ken Ludwig's Moon Over Buffalo, and Beatrice Vecchio in Rene Taylor and Joseph Bologna's Lovers and Other Strangers and others.