Tracey Ullman's State of the Union characters
This is a complete list of original characters performed by Tracey Ullman in Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
A[edit]
Linda Alvarez[edit]
Appearances: Season 1, 2, and 3
Location: Buffalo, New York
Local news reporter.
In series two, she becomes the site for attention when she gets stung by a bee and ends up on YouTube.
Arnelle[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cirque du Soleil performer.
B[edit]
Doris Basham[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: On the North Dakota/Canada Border
Elderly woman who gets busted for smuggling Canadian prescription drugs.
Muriel Bass[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Vocal coach.
Rosa Batista[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Stranded on the Katzman Memorial Bridge, Los Angeles, California
Housekeeper to Arianna Huffington.
Irma Billings[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Plainsville, Nebraska
Average citizen who converses with her neighbor, Betsy Jean.
C[edit]
Tori Campbell[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: New York, New York
Dog walker.
Beverly Carlyle[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Piano bar performer.
Caroline[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location(s): San Francisco, California, Rapid City, North Dakota
Antiques Roadshow appraiser.
Robin Cavanaugh[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Chicago's Gold Coast
Rich wife who is having to economize.
Marion Churchill[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: New York, New York
Jamaican caregiver.
Leslie Katz-Coen[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Publicist to the Dalai Lama.
Simona Cowell[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Bel Air, California
Sister of Simon Cowell.
Grammy Cyrus[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Flatwoods, Kentucky
Grandmother to Miley Cyrus.
D[edit]
Karen DaFoe[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Woodsville, Vermont
Mother of teen mother.
Zoey Daniels[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Coral Gables, Florida
Woman who along with her husband refuses to leave a rundown mansion.
E[edit]
Vicky Emming[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Clovis, New Mexico
Woman addicted to the internet.
Esther[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Wild Spunk, Texas
FLDS woman.
Polly Everson[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Washington, DC
Woman who sets up for investigative hearings.
F[edit]
Valerie Frumkiss[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Battlecreek, Michigan
Ex-performer. Senior citizen.
G[edit]
Lynne Garibaldi[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Albany, New York
Lynne is a working class mother of a handicapped child who is obsessed with Harry Potter, and she is a historical reenactment actress.
Glamorous Hostess[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: The Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
Host of So You Think You Can Die, a parody of So You Think You Can Dance.
Graceland Employee[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Worker in souvenir shop.
H[edit]
Abby Melina Harris[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Undisclosed location in Arizona
Owner of "Dignity Village", a community for women 35 and over "never to be seen in public again."
Lacy Harris[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Greenville, North Carolina
A farmer.
Dr. Kara Hemdale[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Bangor, Maine
Scientist who successfully clones Rupert Murdoch.
Rosarita Hernandez[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Texas/Mexico border
Illegal immigrant who crosses the border.
I[edit]
Import/Export Pier worker[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Long Beach, California
Export worker who worries about how much America is exporting.
J[edit]
Juanita[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Los Angeles, California
Dancing with the Stars dancer.
JetBlue airline steward[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Grounded in, Chicago, Illinois
A flight attendant on a JetBlue flight.
K[edit]
Sally Knox[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: New York, New York
Investment banker, who has an ongoing affair with her boss, Chris Fullbright.
L[edit]
Penny Landers[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon
Euthanasia provider.
Mary Ann LeFrak[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Columbus, Mississippi
An expectant mother in her seventies.
Jacqueline Lord[edit]
Appearances: Season 2 and 3
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Daughter of Jack Lord.
Rachel Ludlow[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Connecticut
Lesbian who is getting married.
Tina Luffler[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Plainsville, Missouri
Woman who went missing as a young girl in 1972. Was trapped in her parents' basement by her father.
M[edit]
Dr. Maguire[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Overzealous doctor who over-prescribes medication.
Marta[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Olympic trainer.
Sindra Mataal[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: New York, New York
Undocumented Bangladeshi worker.
Brenda McKinney[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Mother with an out of control pre-teen.
Dee McNally[edit]
Appearances: Season 2, and 3
Flight attendant.
Miriam Minger[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Casper, Wyoming
School teacher who seduces students.
Chanel Monticello[edit]
Appearances: Season 1, 2, and 3
Location: Chicago, Illinois, at O'Hare International
Airport security scanner.
Patty Sue Mulligan[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Teleservice center worker for India.
N[edit]
Nancy[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Hudson River
Whale rescuer.
O[edit]
Shrilynne O'Dale[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Colorado
Parishioner who is participating in her church's "Walk A Mile In Their Shoes" program.
P[edit]
Mother Superior Rose Pannatella[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: St. Mary's, Pennsylvania
Always in deep meditation.
Sgt. Lisa Penning[edit]
Appearances: Season 1 and 2
Location: Macon, Georgia
On leave from Iraq. She is part of a PBS special entitled, Moms At War.
Padma Perkesh[edit]
Appearances: Season 1, 2 and 3
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
An Indian American pharmacist who puts a Bollywood-twist on medication side effects.
Chandra Perkett[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Coshocton, Ohio
Public access yoga instructor.
Ramona Petrie[edit]
Appearances: Season 2 and 3
Location: Summerston, West Virginia
Woman stuck in a small car.
Gretchen Pinkus[edit]
Appearances: Season 1, 2 and 3
Location: Huntsville, Texas
Widow of "The Wetwipe Killer". She later marries "The Tastee-Freez Rapist". She releases a memoir entitled White Widow. She dies in a meth lab fire in Season 3.
Vanessa Pludd[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Morbidly obese woman.
Carol Pholgren[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Akron, Ohio
Jeans entrepreneur.
Q[edit]
Asmaa Qasim[edit]
Appearances: Season 1 and 2
Location: The Ozarks
The most famous star in Malawi who comes to adopt an American child.
R[edit]
Emily Racine[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Bookstore owner.
Marilyn Richter[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Guthrie, Oklahoma
CSI wannabe.
Ronnie Rooney[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Older brother to Andy Rooney.
S[edit]
Sacha Baron Cohen victim[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Osborne, Kansas
Woman who received PTSD due to the antics of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Sally[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Flushing, Michigan
Green collar worker.
Elena Sarkovsky[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: New York, New York, at the United Nations
Russian UN interpreter.
September 11th Press Conference Organizer[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: New York City
Presenter of proposed 9/11 monuments.
Shannon[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Natural food store worker.
Janie Shaw[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Omaha
Woman who gets harassed for smoking.
Shana Shonsteen[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jewish female suitor.
Jillian Smart[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Central Arizona
Soccer mom.
Sandra Stevens[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Mustang, Oklahoma
WNBA coach.
T[edit]
Tennis Instructor[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Jupiter, Florida
Female tennis instructor.
Anette Thomas[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Regional theater actress who returns to the stage after having had a hip replacement.
Ingrid Thorvall[edit]
Appearances: Season 2, and 3
Location: Oakridge, Tennessee
Woman with mitral valve prolapse who is forced to get surgery abroad.
Wendy Trenton[edit]
Appearances: Season 2
Location: Illinois
Champion hog caller.
U[edit]
Upper East side rich woman[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: New York City
Woman who hides her extravagant purchases due to the recession.
V[edit]
Carmen Valk[edit]
Appearances: Season 1
Location: East Coast
Homeless woman who is without health insurance.
W[edit]
Edith Wertzel[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Obese woman who takes on laziness.
Emily Westin[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Flat River, Missouri
Woman desperate for a job.
Vera Wilson[edit]
Appearances: Season 3
Location: Laredo, Texas
Vendor at gun show.