Tracey Conway
Emmy award-winning "Drop Dead Gorgeous" actress & featured guest on "Oprah"

Tracey Conway is "Drop Dead Funny." Literally. Doubt it? You won't after hearing about the night this young woman's heart stopped beating and she collapsed on the set of her television sketch-comedy show from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

Fans frequently greet Tracey shouting, "Hey! You're the 'Worst Girlfriend in the World!'"

She earned that nickname playing a notorious femme fatale character on the award-winning comedy show, "Almost Live!" Now, she's more likely to hear she's the "Drop Dead Gorgeous" woman, as she candidly tells the story of the night she died on stage, from a fatal heart rhythm.

Question #24 on the Seattle Fire Department's Medical Incident Report, filed by responding EMT's, asks "Patient Condition On Arrival" and provides only two Reponses: 1.) Alive and 2.) Dead. On Tracey's form there is a big circle around option number two. It's official. She is one of the less than 5% of Sudden Cardiac Arrest victims to be successfully resuscitated out of hospital with full brain function. Further, Tracey is a young, non-smoking, active female. Not at all the typical image of someone who would drop dead from heart problems.

An Emmy award-winning actress and featured guest on "Oprah," Tracey appeared on the TV comedy sketch show "Almost Live!" for nine years, which aired throughout the Pacific Northwest and on cable network Comedy Central. The popular show earned over a hundred regional Emmys and 10 prestigious Iris awards, the highest honor bestowed to local programming. Tracey's performing credits include live theatre as well as appearing on HBO and film. She earned BFA and MFA degrees with honors in Theatre, from the University of New Mexico and the University of Southern California.

Uniquely poised to address overcoming adversity in general, and heart disease in particular (our nation's #1 health threat), Tracey inspires both belly laughs and tears, as she relates the circumstances and details of her deadly cardiac event and subsequent recovery at age 38. An internationally acclaimed speaker, Tracey is also an author whose most recent work is the lead story in the soon to be published, "Chicken Soup for the Soul, Healthy Living: HEART DISEASE." Sought after for her effervescent yet educated presence, she was selected to serve as a panelist on Second Opinion, the national PBS series that shows how doctors navigate their way through tough medical decisions in a way you've never seen before.

Se enjoys a variety of presentation roles ranging from keynote addresses, to emcee and moderator, to auction host. Tracey is active in a number of community programs in her home city of Seattle that support heart disease research and education, emergency medical services, breast cancer research, and pet-partner therapy animals. She serves on the board of Seattle's Hope Heart Institute and is a professional member of the National Speakers Association. Tracey shares her home with the "most beautiful dog in America," her Siberian Husky, Lulu.

Tracey's message is unforgettable! Call to request a video, and see how Tracey can customize her program for your group.

"It was great! You accomplished more that day than any of us could with reams of research papers and statistics!" Richard O. Martin, Past President, Medtronic Physio-Control Corporation

"Simply brilliant!" Jean Enersen, Anchor KING 5 Television, NBC Affiliate

Travels From: Seattle, WA

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