TRACIE THOMS (The Devil Wears Prada) Tracie Thoms knew she wanted to be an actress at a very early age, starting serious acting studies in her hometown of Baltimore at the age of 9. Later, she received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Howard University and a graduate degree in acting from New York City's renowned Juilliard School. She's widely considered to be one of the rising stars of a new generation of talented and versatile American actors. Tracie realized a long-held dream when she starred last fall as 'Joanne' in the final weeks of the historic 12 year run of the Broadway musical, "Rent". Previously, she starred in the same role in Sony's film of “Rent” opposite Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin. Last year, Tracie starred opposite Kurt Russell and Dawson in Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse: Death Proof.” The New York Times and other major media outlets gave Tracie's performance rave reviews. Tracie was also featured opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in "The Devil Wears Prada" for director David Frankel. In addition, she can be seen every week as a series regular on the hit CBS series, "Cold Case." Tracie starred on Broadway opposite Alfre Woodard in Regina Taylor's "Drowning Crow." She also played a lead role as Georgia Hayes in the critically acclaimed "The Exonerated" at The Culture Project Off-Broadway. Most recently, she's been featured in "The 24 Hour Plays," "The 24 Hour Musicals” and the new play, “And Her Hair Went With Her." Tracie was a series regular on the 2004 Fox series, “Wonderfalls”; had a memorable guest role as CCH Pounder’s tortured daughter on FX's "The Shield"; starred in the Chevy Chase pilot for NBC; was a series regular on UPN's "As If"; guest starred on "Law and Order”; and has appeared in the indie films “Descent”, “Sex and Breakfast” and “Brother to Brother.”