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Tricia
Walsh-Smith is a trailblazing performer, writer, and activist
whose boundary-breaking career spans theater, film, television,
and digital activism. Born in RAF Gütersloh, Germany, Tricia
attended eighteen schools worldwide as a military brat before
training at London’s prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Dramatic
Arts. A versatile talent, she starred in the cult film Terror,
appeared in over 500 television commercials, hence the moniker,
“Commercial Queen,” and graced global screens on Geraldo (Fox),
Good Morning America (ABC), Inside Edition (CBS), The O’Reilly
Factor (Fox), Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1), Louie Spence’s
Showbusiness (Sky1), and international programs like The Morning
Show (Ch7 Australia) and Tian Tian Xiang Shang (CCTV3 China).
As a playwright, Tricia’s debut play Bonkers premiered to
critical acclaim at London’s Man in the Moon Theatre, touring
the UK, while her trilogy Addictions raised $170,000 for the
Caron Foundation through benefit readings, premiered at New
York’s Directors Company, and was produced by the Yvonne Arnaud
Theatre, Guildford. Her play The Last Journey broke box office
records at Westport Country Playhouse. With composer Simon
Kay, Tricia wrote the libretto and lyrics for musicals Change
the Day and Island Maid, previewed at London’s O2 and top
nightclubs.
Tricia
performing at the O2 in London
Their songs have been recorded by major artists. She is also
developing "Bobby's Band", a music driven animated
TV series with Kay and BAFTA Award nominee Kevin Baldwin.
In 2008, Tricia became a historic figure in digital activism
with a YouTube video exposing her high-profile divorce from
Shubert Organization president Philip J. Smith, garnering
3 million views (equivalent to billions today) and sparking
global feminist conversations. Hailed by New York Magazine
as a “standard-bearer for wronged wives,” she was recognized
by MIT’s WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies course (Dr. K.J.
Surkan) as an internet pioneer and cyber activist, with her
video listed as a required text:
(https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/106281/wgs-111-fall-
2008/contents/readings/index.htm).
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