Tracy Turnblad

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fictional character film character musical theatre character

Tracy Turnblad is the optimistic, plus-sized teenage heroine of the musical "Hairspray," known for her love of dancing, her fight against racial segregation, and her role as an unlikely TV star in 1960s Baltimore.

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Label	Occurrences
Tracy Turnblad canonical	16

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ musical theatre character ⓘ
advocatesFor	body positivity ⓘ racial integration ⓘ social justice ⓘ
age	teenager ⓘ
appearsIn	Hairspray ⓘ Hairspray ⓘ surface form: Hairspray (1988 film) Hairspray ⓘ surface form: Hairspray (2002 stage musical) Hairspray ⓘ surface form: Hairspray (2007 film adaptation) Hairspray Live! ⓘ
characteristic	idealistic ⓘ optimistic ⓘ outgoing ⓘ plus-sized ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	John Waters ⓘ
enemy	Amber Von Tussle ⓘ Velma Von Tussle ⓘ
familyMember	Edna Turnblad ⓘ Wilbur Turnblad ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Hairspray ⓘ surface form: Hairspray universe
friend	Penny Pingleton ⓘ Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hairStyle	bouffant ⓘ
knownFor	appearing on The Corny Collins Show ⓘ becoming an unlikely TV star ⓘ fighting racial segregation ⓘ love of dancing ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ stage musical ⓘ television special ⓘ
notableEvent	helps integrate The Corny Collins Show ⓘ wins a dance contest on television ⓘ
occupation	high school student ⓘ television performer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Maddie Baillio ⓘ Marissa Jaret Winokur ⓘ Nikki Blonsky ⓘ Rickie Lake ⓘ surface form: Ricki Lake
residence	Baltimore ⓘ
romanticInterest	Link Larkin ⓘ
setting	Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
songAssociated	Good Morning Baltimore ⓘ I Can Hear the Bells ⓘ Welcome to the 60s ⓘ You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ surface form: You Can't Stop the Beat
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hairspray → followsCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Hairspray → hasCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Good Morning Baltimore → sungByCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Good Morning Baltimore → reprisePerformer → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Welcome to the 60s → performedByCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

You Can’t Stop the Beat → performedByCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Big, Blonde and Beautiful → performedByCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Penny Pingleton → closeFriendOf → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Seaweed J. Stubbs → helpsCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Motormouth Maybelle → supportsCharacter → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Link Larkin → loveInterestOf → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Velma Von Tussle → enemyOf → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Corny Collins → appearsAlongside → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Without Love → performerInStory → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Edna Turnblad → hasChild → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ

Wilbur Turnblad → child → Tracy Turnblad ⓘ