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), Entertainment Tonight (CBS), The Insider (CBS), 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, which raises money for alcoholics through celebrity benefit readings, premiered at New York’s Directors Company.

	Tricia's celebrity benefit reading of Addictions at the Promenade Theatre with Angela Pierce, Peter Bartlett, Jackie Hoffman, Martha Plimpton, Jessica Hecht, Trudie Styler and Chris Sarandon

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 almost 4 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).