Tracy Tweed

Background

Tracy Tweed was born in St John's, Newfoundland, on May 10, 1965, to a mink rancher and was raised on a mink ranch near Markland. Tweed was the youngest in a family of seven children. Shannon Tweed, Sara Tweed, Kim Tweed, Lance Tweed, and Jeff Tweed are her siblings. After her father was in a terrible automobile accident that left him in a coma and ruined his mink ranching business, the family moved to her mother's family home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, when she was a youngster. They lived on government welfare. Shannon Tweed got into beauty pageants after having breast augmentation surgery at the age of 20.

Education

Tracy Tweed attended an elementary school in Saskatoon, Canada. After her primary education, she joined a high school in Saskatoon, Canada. There is no information on whether she went to college. On the other hand, her famous sister Shannon Tweed attended an elementary school in St. John's, Canada.

Career

Tweed began her career as a model in the early 1980s, entering pageants and appearing in theater productions. In the May 1991 issue of Playboy magazine, she appeared alongside her sister Shannon in a joint pictorial titled "Boss Tweeds."

Tweed made her acting debut in the early 1990s, appearing in "Sunset Heat" and "Live Wire" (both 1992), "Night Rhythms" (1992), and "Night Eyes Three" (1993), as well as television guest roles on shows including "Tarzán," "Ellen," and "Harry and the Hendersons." She is best known for her role in the 1995 film "Johnny Mnemonic."

From 2006 through 2012, Tweed made numerous appearances on the television reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels," credited as "Shannon's Sister," including an episode in which she offered to plan Shannon and Gene Simmons' wedding.

Personal Life

Tweed was briefly married to Chico Ross, a brother of singer Diana Ross, in the mid-1980s. She has three children: a daughter, Emily Tweed, and twin sons, Jake Tweed and Hunter, from two later relationships.