---
name: "Tracy Brabin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tracy-brabin"
fi1m_id: "tracy-brabin"
imdb_id: "nm0102644"
tmdb_id: 1773115
wikidata_id: "Q7831699"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 May 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:06:23.384403+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tracy Brabin

## Identity

Tracy Brabin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tracy-brabin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tracy-brabin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0102644
- **TMDB ID:** 1773115
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7831699
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Brabin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7831699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1773115

Writer. Born 9 May 1961 in Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 May 1961, Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (1), 2000s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Brabin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7831699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1773115

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tracy Brabin is a British actress and television writer. She trained in drama at Loughborough University, graduating in 1982, and later gained an MA in screenwriting from the London College of Communication.

Her acting credits include the role of Tricia Armstrong in *Coronation Street* (1994–1997), appearances in *Midsomer Murders* (as Ruth Chalk), *Emmerdale*, *EastEnders* and *A Bit of a Do*, as well as the film *Riff-Raff* (1991). As a writer she contributed to *Shameless* (2009), *Hollyoaks* (2006–2010), *The Story of Tracy Beaker*, *Heartbeat*, *Family Affairs* and *Doctors*.

Brabin was elected Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen in 2016 and became Mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, lboro.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Singer — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *High Hoops* (2025), series, as Mayor Tracy Brabin
- *Just Desserts* (2015), Actor
- *Love + Hate* (2005), as Gaynor
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Rosemary & Thyme* (2003), series, as Nicola Spicer
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Ghost Hunter* (2000), series, as Mrs Oliver
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ruth Chalk — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Outside Edge* (1994), series, as Ginnie Willis
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Lou Clarke
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Sandra Tetley · Writer
- *Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After* (1992), as Sarah Ferguson
- *Riff-Raff* (1991), as Singer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

## Gallery

- ![Tracy Brabin](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-6bc4e2eff8d2.jpg) Tracy Brabin — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_crop_2.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_crop_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![24 hour build of The WOW Barn took place on 30 April-1 May 2023. Jude Kelly from WOW, Tracy Brabin -Mayor of West Yorkshire, Baroness Judith Blake of Leeds and ](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-7c35902295a8.jpg) 24 hour build of The WOW Barn took place on 30 April-1 May 2023. Jude Kelly from WOW, Tracy Brabin -Mayor of West Yorkshire, Baroness Judith Blake of Leeds and  — LEEDS 2023, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jude_Kelly_from_WOW%2C_Tracy_Brabin_-Mayor_of_West_Yorkshire%2C_Baroness_Judith_Blake_of_Leeds_and_Kully_Thiarai_of_LEEDS_2023_at_The_WOW_Barn_arch-_designed_by_Emma_Hardaker._LEEDS_2023.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Tracy Brabin (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-08d0f8bb36de.jpg) Official portrait of Tracy Brabin (2017) — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-d7e5976321d3.jpg) Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017) — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tracy Brabin](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-3423f058fa26.jpg) Tracy Brabin — Image via TMDB
- ![Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-b617837427b2.jpg) Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017) — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2_crop_1.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2_crop_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/101303/gallery-9f996ae38cff.jpg) Official portrait of Tracy Brabin, second (preferred) version (2017) — Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2_crop_2.jpg/1280px-Official_portrait_of_Tracy_Brabin_-_v2_crop_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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