Tracy Jo Pollan (born
June 22,
1960) is an
American actress. She is perhaps best-known for her recurring role as Ellen Reed on the
sitcom Family Ties in the mid-1980s. It was on this show that she met her future husband, actor
Michael J. Fox.
Credits
Personal life
Pollan was born in
Long Island, the daughter of Corky, a magazine editor, and Stephen M. Pollan, a financial consultant and writer.
[Film Reference] She has two sisters and a brother, author
Michael Pollan.
Pollan and Fox married
July 16,
1988 and had four children: Sam Michael (born
May 30,
1989), twins Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances (born
February 15,
1995), and Esmé Annabelle (born
November 3,
2001). Pollan is
Jewish, and her children are raised in
Reform Judaism.
["Interfaith Celebrities: Michael J. Fox Receives Reform Award, Liev Schreiber Narrates "Jewish-Americans" Interfaith Family.com]
