Tracy-Ann Oberman

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Tracy-Ann Oberman on EastEnders Revealed

Tracy-Ann Oberman (born August 1970 in London) is an English television and radio actress, best known for her role as Chrissie Watts in the soap opera EastEnders. Oberman played the character of Chrissie for almost two years, and won acclaim for both her portrayal and bringing back some light to the show which had become a little lacklustre, after her tough character murdered cheating husband Den Watts and tried to frame two other people who were there at the killing.

She has appeared in other TV programmes including SuperTex (2003), Big Train (1998), The Way It Is (2000) and Lenny Henry in Pieces (2000). She played the previously unseen character of Marion in a special half-hour episode of the previously 10-minute monologue series Marion and Geoff in 2001. She has also appeared as a character named Yvonne Hartman, head of the Torchwood Institute, in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, the two-part season finale of the 2006 series of Doctor Who.

In addition to her television credits, Oberman has acted extensively in radio drama and comedy, appearing regularly on BBC Radio 4, including the leading role in The Attractive Young Rabbi. She has also written comedy sketches, and an award-winning sitcom for BBC Three, The Harrington Harker, and is currently working on an adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters. Prior to Eastenders she worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years.

In August 2006, she gave birth to a baby girl, Anoushka India at a Central London hospital with her husband Rob Cowan at her side.

She appeared in Sorted, a BBC1 comedy drama about postmen.