Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where she began acting at the
Louisville Youth Performing Arts School. While still in high school, she began her long relationship with
Actors Theatre of Louisville as assistant to Paul Owen, the resident scenic designer as an intern on The Louisville Zoo 2. She has returned to perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays. A
Fulbright Scholar, a Schomburg Fellow, and an
Audelco Award winner, she earned a BS from
Northwestern University and MFA in Acting at NYU's
Tisch School of the Arts. She has served as Professor of Drama at
Vassar College from 2008 to the present. She was a company member at
Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2005 to 2008, acting in such plays as
Fences, ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gem of the Ocean, and Bus Stop''. Her Off-Broadway theatre credits include productions at
New York Theatre Workshop,
Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab,
The Public Theater,
Circle in the Square Theatre,
Playwrights Horizons,
Manhattan Theatre Club, and
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. She played the role of Rita in the world premiere of the award-winning play
Eclipsed at
Yale Repertory Theatre. She also created the roles of Sherry and Dr. Toros in Pulitzer Prize finalist
Amy Herzog's
Mary Jane, also at
Yale Repertory Theatre. She created the roles of Angela and Angie in the world premiere of
Tough Titty at
Williamstown Theatre Festival. Her feature film credits include:
The Hating Game,
James Franco's
King Cobra (2016),
Keane (2004),
Preaching to the Choir (2005) and
Boys on the Side (1995) with
Whoopi Goldberg and
Mary-Louise Parker. Tucker has played roles in a number of television series including
New York Undercover (recurring),
Queens Supreme,
Law & Order, and
Third Watch. She has also acted in several TV movies and shorts. ==Works==