Panagiota Spiridakos (Greek: Παναγιώτα Σπυριδάκου),[1] known professionally as Tracy Spiridakos (Greek: Τρέισι Σπυριδάκος[2]), is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series Majority Rules! from 2009 to 2010. She then starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series Revolution from 2012 to 2014, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. She played Annika Johnson on the A&E television drama Bates Motel. From 2017 to 2024, Spiridakos starred on the NBC police drama Chicago P.D. playing the role of Detective Hailey Upton.
Early life
Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos.[4][note 1] She has two brothers.[7] The family moved to her father's hometown, Skala, south of Sparta, a few years after she was born, and returned to Canada in 1992.[8][note 2] She strongly identifies with her Greek heritage and speaks fluent Greek.[10][11] Spiridakos began acting in junior high school, and studied at the Actors Training Centre of Manitoba.[12] She graduated from Oak Park High School in Winnipeg in 2000.[13][14]
Spiridakos guest starred on season 3 of the Showtime sitcom, Episodes, as Dawn, a daughter of character Morning Randolph (Mircea Monroe).[19] In August 2014, Spiridakos helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge.[20] Spiridakos began a recurring role on the A&E television drama, Bates Motel in 2015, playing Annika Johnson, a prostitute who arrives at the hotel at the start of the third season.[21] She will also star opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the romantic comedy Byrd & the Bees, directed by Finola Hughes.[22] Spiridakos filmed an untitled television pilot for CBS in 2015, directed by Pamela Fryman. She stars as Holly opposite Adam Brody, playing childhood friends who reconnect later in life.[23]
In 2017, Spiridakos appeared in the three final episodes of the fourth season of the NBC police drama series Chicago P.D., as Detective Hailey Upton, a former Robbery-Homicide detective who joins the Intelligence Unit, before being promoted to a series regular for the series' fifth season.[24]
^Her father was from a village called Grammousa north of Skala, and her mother is from Athens.[5] George Spiridakos died on August 10, 2013; he was 62.[6]
^She moved to Skala with her family when she was four years old, then came back to Canada at age nine.[9]
