Olivia Tracey

{{Short description|Irish model and actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Irish English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Olivia Tracey | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|11|df=yes}} | birth_name = Olivia Marie Tracey | title = [[Miss Ireland]] 1984 | nationalcompetition = [[Miss Ireland]] 1984 (Winner) [[Miss World 1984]] (6th runner-up) [[Miss Universe 1985]] (Top 10) | birth_place = [[Terenure]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | height = | weight = | eye_color = | hair_color = | spouse = | children = | occupation = Model, actress }}

'''Olivia Marie Tracey''' (born 11 July 1960) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2008 |first=Seán |last=McCarthy |url=http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2008/06/11/olivia_tracey_is_hollywoodhot.html |website=IrishExaminerUSA.com|title=Irish Examiner USA: Olivia Tracey is 'Hollywood-Hot!' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201134523/http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2008/06/11/olivia_tracey_is_hollywoodhot.html |archivedate=1 December 2008 |accessdate=4 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085612/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/olivia-tracey-in-catwalk-return-28655268.html |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/olivia-tracey-in-catwalk-return-28655268.html |title=Olivia Tracey in catwalk return |website=[[BelfastTelegraph.co.uk]] |first=Bairbre |last=Power |date=8 September 2011 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |accessdate=4 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography== Born Olivia Treacy in [[Terenure]], [[Dublin]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Model Miss Ireland 1984 |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0724/1065026-miss-ireland-olivia-treacy/ |website=RTÉ Archives |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref> she attended [[Loreto Beaufort]] and [[University College, Dublin]].<ref name=Coffey/> She qualified as a teacher but soon took up modelling.<ref name=Coffey/> She won [[Miss Ireland]] in 1984, and finished in the top 10 in both the [[Miss World]] contest in 1984, and the [[Miss Universe]] contest in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Sun (Lowell)|The Sun]] |location=[[Lowell, Massachusetts]] |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-nov-15-1984-1458456/ |title=People in the Sun - Odds on Miss World |date=15 November 1984 |page=A3 |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Venezuelan Wins 'Miss World' |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-nov-16-1984-1458458/ |location=[[Altoona, Pennsylvania]] |date=16 November 1984 |page=3 |work=[[Altoona Mirror]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-jun-24-1985-1458437/ |title=Herring USA, and Tracey Ireland ahead of Miss Universe 1985 |newspaper=[[The Crescent-News]] |date=24 June 1985 |location=[[Defiance, Ohio]] |page=19 |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |archivedate=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085615/https://www.gettyimages.fi/detail/news-photo/olivia-tracey-attends-the-1985-miss-universe-pageant-circa-news-photo/692610207 |url=https://www.gettyimages.fi/detail/news-photo/olivia-tracey-attends-the-1985-miss-universe-pageant-circa-news-photo/692610207 |title=Olivia Tracey attends the 1985 Miss Universe Pageant circa 1985 in... |website=[[Getty Images]] |date=12 January 2017 |accessdate=4 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-jul-12-1985-1458467/ |title = Celebrity-Jul-12-1985-1458467 | NewspaperArchive®}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-jul-16-1985-1458469/ |title=Puerto Rican student crowned Miss Universe in Miami pageant |work=[[Colorado Springs Gazette|The Gazette]] |location=[[Colorado Springs]] |date=16 July 1985 |page=43 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref> She subsequently worked as an actress on both stage and screen, with minor roles in ''[[Agnes Browne]]'' (1999), ''[[The Island (2005 film)|The Island]]'' (2005) and ''[[Lucky You (film)|Lucky You]]'' (2007), and a starring role in ''[[Red Roses and Petrol]]'' (2002).<ref name=Donohoe/> As of 2019, she is a model and actress living in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=Donohoe>{{Cite web |first=John |last=Donohoe |url=http://www.meathchronicle.ie/plus/reviews/articles/2009/05/06/39213-new-us-movie-role-for-trim-actress-alongside-olivia-tracey/ |archive-date=13 May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513124626/http://www.meathchronicle.ie/plus/reviews/articles/2009/05/06/39213-new-us-movie-role-for-trim-actress-alongside-olivia-tracey/ |work=[[Meath Chronicle]] |title=New US movie role for Trim actress alongside Olivia Tracey |accessdate=4 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Coffey>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/olivia-treacy-from-miss-ireland-to-las-red-carpet-29968896.html |website=[[Independent.ie]] |title=Olivia Treacy: From Miss Ireland to LA's red carpet |first=Edel |last=Coffey |date=5 February 2014 |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/model-olivia-tracey-58-three-things-i-do-to-keep-my-brain-healthy-37389630.html |title=Model Olivia Tracey (58): Three things I do to keep my brain healthy |date=8 October 2018 |website=[[Independent.ie]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Childers' photographs capture celebrities' personalities |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |page=48 |location=[[Palm Springs, California]] |date=11 January 2004 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070494/childers_photographs_capture/ |first=Diane |last=Marlin-Dirkx |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 }}</ref>

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