Trace Lysette

Trace Lysette is an American actress who started her acting training in New York City in 2007. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, and raised in and around Dayton, Ohio, she made her television debut with a guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2013. She played Shea in Transparent, the Amazon series that began in 2014 and ran until 2019. In 2019 she made her major feature debut in Hustlers, starring alongside Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu. She later played the title character in Monica (2023) and received a Best Lead Performance Independent Spirit Award nomination for that role. Lysette has also appeared as herself in the Netflix documentary Disclosure, taken guest roles on television, and served as a consultant on the 2015 film The Danish Girl. She released her first single, SMB, in 2021.