Thoms reprised her role as Joanne for another production of Rent, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, at the Hollywood Bowl from August 6–8, 2010. The final performance was made into a DVD: Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway. On July 18, 2008, she joined the final cast of Rent starting July 26, 2008, reprising the character of Joanne, replacing Merle Dandridge.

She has also appeared in several off-Broadway and regional productions, including Up Against the Wind (New York Theatre Workshop), The Oedipus Plays (The Shakespeare Theater), A Raisin in the Sun ( Baltimore CenterStage) Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Missouri Rep), The Exonerated (Off Broadway's The Culture Project) and The Antigone Project (The Women's Project). Thoms made her Broadway debut in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, alongside Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Thoms has completed filming on the City Lights Pictures movie Descent along with Rent co-stars Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Rosario Dawson and will soon begin filming Jimmie with co-stars Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight.

Thoms appeared in the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada as Lily. She was featured in the 2002 Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken and the 2004 films Brother to Brother and The Warrior Class. Prior to being cast as Joanne, Thoms had considered herself a fan of the show, having seen it on Broadway several times. She took over the role from Fredi Walker, who played Joanne in the original Broadway production of Rent but, at age 43, was deemed too old to reprise the role. Thoms has appeared in several movies, most notably in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rent in which she plays Joanne Jefferson, lawyer and lover of Maureen Johnson ( Idina Menzel). Thoms has also made guest appearances on Law & Order and The Shield. In 2005, she was added to the cast of the CBS crime drama Cold Case, as the homicide detective, Kat Miller. series As If, which was cancelled after three episodes. She also played the part of Sasha in the US version of the T.V. Thoms is known for her role of Mahandra McGinty in the television show Wonderfalls. She then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 30 (1997–2001), which also included actors Lee Pace and Anthony Mackie.

She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University in 1997. She started studying acting at age ten and later on attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. Thoms, a VP of Programming at PBS and television director, and wife Mariana Davis. Thoms was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Donald H. She is known for her roles in Rent, Cold Case, The Devil Wears Prada, Death Proof, and the short-lived Fox television series Wonderfalls. Tracie Nicole Thoms is an Emmy-nominated American television, film, and stage actress and singer.

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