Tracee Chimo Pallero

Tracee Chimo Pallero is an American actress who has worked in theater, television and film. Born in Saugus, Massachusetts, she drew critical attention in 2012 as Daphna Feygenbaum, the antagonist of Joshua Harmon's dark comedy Bad Jews. Erik Piepenburg of The New York Times praised her performances in Bachelorette and Circle Mirror Transformation, while Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post singled out her comic silent reactions. In 2011 she received the Clarence Derwent Award as the most promising actress in New York City. For Bad Jews she won a 2014 Lucille Lortel Award and earned 2013 nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League. She also won a 2010 Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award for ensemble work in Circle Mirror Transformation. In 2012 the New York Times critic Charles Isherwood praised her performance in the Broadway revival of Harvey, and she played Chelsea Healey on the TBS comedy People of Earth.