Panagiota Spiridakos (), known professionally as Tracy Spiridakos (), is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the

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children's comedy series '' Majority Rules!'' from 2009 to 2010. She then starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on the

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post-apocalyptic science fiction series ''

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'' from 2012 to 2014, for which she was nominated for a

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for Best Actress on Television. She played Annika Johnson on the A&E television drama '' Bates Motel''. From 2017 to 2024, Spiridakos starred on the NBC police drama '' Chicago P.D.'' playing the role of Detective Hailey Upton.

Early life

Spiridakos was born in

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, to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos. She has two brothers. The family moved to her father's hometown, Skala, south of

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, a few years after she was born, and returned to Canada in 1992. She strongly identifies with her

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heritage and speaks fluent

. Spiridakos began acting in junior high school, and studied at the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba. She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in 2000.

Career

Spiridakos moved to

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in 2007 to pursue acting, and within weeks landed her first television role, a small part on ''

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''. She continued working in television, with walk-on roles on '' Bionic Woman'', ''

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'', '' Hellcats'', and ''

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''. Spiridakos appeared in the TV movie ''

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'', and the web series '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy''. She also had a recurring role on '' Being Human'' as werewolf Brynn McLean. In 2009, she won her first starring role in the Canadian

series '' Majority Rules!'', playing 15-year-old Becky Richards. She made her

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debut in 2011 with ''

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'', and filmed the low-budget Michael Greenspan-helmed thriller, '' Kill for Me'', starring across from

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and

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. Spiridakos appeared as Sammi in the 2012

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original movie, ''

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''. She then landed a lead role on the

television series ''

'' as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson, a survivalist in a dystopian future civilization. She auditioned for the role while attending her first pilot season in

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. Spiridakos shot the pilot in

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, and filmed the first season in

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. She was nominated for a

for Best Actress on Television for her performance in the first season, losing out to '' Fringe's''

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. Production moved to

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for the series' second season. Spiridakos guest starred on season 3 of the Showtime sitcom, ''

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'', as Dawn, a daughter of character Morning Randolph ( Mircea Monroe). In August 2014, Spiridakos helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Spiridakos began a recurring role on the A&E television drama, '' Bates Motel'' in 2015, playing Annika Johnson, a prostitute who arrives at the hotel at the start of the third season. She will also star opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the romantic comedy ''Byrd & the Bees'', directed by

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. Spiridakos filmed an untitled

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for

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in 2015, directed by Pamela Fryman. She stars as Holly opposite

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, playing childhood friends who reconnect later in life. In 2017, Spiridakos appeared in the three final episodes of the fourth season of the NBC police drama series '' Chicago P.D.'', as Detective Hailey Upton, a former Robbery-Homicide detective who joins the Intelligence Unit, before being promoted to a series regular for the series' fifth season and remaining until the end of the eleventh season.

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiridakos, Tracy 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Greek descent Canadian television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Winnipeg People from Laconia