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| Tracy Beaker | |
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| The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) character | |
 Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker in My Mum Tracy Beaker | |
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| Created by | Jacqueline Wilson |
| Portrayed by | Dani Harmer (television) Sarah Churm (stage)[1] |
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| Children | Jess Beaker |
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Tracy Beaker is a fictional character and the lead role of the Tracy Beaker franchise.[2] After first appearing as the main character in Jacqueline Wilson's 1991 book The Story of Tracy Beaker, she appeared in the children's television drama of the same name, portrayed by Dani Harmer,[3] and its sequel series Tracy Beaker Returns, as well as numerous spin-offs, Jacqueline Wilson books, a play and a video game. Harmer reprised her role as Tracy in the 2021 television series My Mum Tracy Beaker followed by The Beaker Girls.
In her first appearances in the Tracy Beaker books and in the television series The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy lives in Foster care at a care home referred to as "The Dumping Ground". She has a wild imagination and regularly breaks the rules. As such, she is considered a bad role-model by parents. In Tracy Beaker Returns, she works as a care worker at the Dumping Ground. She is mentioned a number of times in the spin-off The Dumping Ground, before making a guest appearance in two episodes of the sixth series. The Tracy Beaker books were the most-loaned books from public libraries in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2010.
- ^ Hickling, Alfred (31 August 2006). "Tracy Beaker Gets Real". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Wilson Jacqueline. "Tracy Beaker Profile". author. Jacqueline Wilson. p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Entertainment | Grown-up return for Tracy Beaker". BBC News. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2012.