Actress and skin model. Depending on your source, this tall beauty of
African American, Italian and
Native American heritage claims that she was born on 1/13/71 or 1/13/68 in Cambridge, MA. Her claim to fame is that she was the first woman of color to become a regular on
Baywatch.
Traci's career started when she was a student at
Harvard University. Director John Landis spotted her and cast her in a small role in the gawd awful movie
Celtic Pride with Daniel Stern and Damon Wayans. Following the tradition of leaving Harvard for a real career, much like
Matt Damon and
Bill Gates, Traci set out to Hollywood to make her fortune. She's stripped countless times for nudie mags and videos and has made the rounds as a video
hootchie. After her character, Jordan Tate, was cut from the show, Traci married her longtime boyfriend, relatively unknown musician Robb Vallier in a lavish wedding in Iowa. For some reason, she still manages to get mentioned periodicaly in
People magazine and even had an embarrassing guest appearance on
Politically Incorrect that led many people to wonder aloud , "What the hell are they teaching at Harvard?"