Tricia O'Kelley

Tricia O'Kelley Introduction

Tricia O'Kelley is an American actress, with a name that makes her sound as if conceived by two Leprechauns, and birthed in a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Tricia O'Kelley Life Story

Tricia O'Kelley began her acting career in Chicago, where she appeared in numerous television commercials, including spots for McDonald's, Budweiser and Sears. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (where she studied TV and film production), she returned to Chicago to continue acting.

While in Chicago, Tricia founded a full-service resource center for actors which provided many resources for the local acting community, including classes, workshops, resume services, career consultations and seminars. Through her company, Tricia published the first complete resource book for actors in the Midwest. She was also honored as one of the "100 Women Making a Difference in Chicago" by Today's Chicago Woman magazine. For all practical purposes, had she stayed in Chicago she could have been the next Oprah, but instead she decided to move to Los Angeles.

Since moving to Los Angeles, Tricia has appeared in dozens of television roles, including guest spots on "Two and a Half Men" (2003), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), "Frasier" (1993), "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996), and recurring roles on "Gilmore Girls" (2000) and "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000). In addition, she was a series regular on "Emeril" (2001) (NBC) and "That Was Then" (2002) (ABC), and can recently be seen as Marly on the hit CBS sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006).

Her film work includes Outside Sales (2006) and the upcoming Weather Girl, for which she is also a producer. Tricia also designs a line of greeting cards that is distributed by Recycled Paper Greetings. "Heartsongs" can be found in Target, Cost Plus World Market, and other outlets worldwide where RPG cards are sold. Ask your mom. She totally knows what we're talking about.