Tracey Conway


Tracey Conway is an actor and was a regular cast member on KING-TV's Almost Live!, a Seattle-based sketch comedy show, from 1984 to 1999. She is a wife to her husband Bob Nelson and a mother to her three teenage kids, her eldest son Alexander Oki, her middle daughter Miriam Schwartz, and her youngest daughter Maia Lee.

Biography

Conway earned a BFA from the University of New Mexico and a MFA from the University of Southern California. Conway was one of the main female performers on Almost Live!. Her recurring characters included the eponymous character in "The Worst Girlfriend in the World". In 1995, immediately following a taping an episode of Almost Live!, Conway collapsed on the set and was in full cardiac arrest. A volunteer firefighter, Glen MacLellan administered bystander CPR assisted by police officer, Kurt Lysen. Both were in the audience at the time attending the comedy show. They tag-team performed CPR until a Seattle fire fighter unit and then paramedics from Medic One arrived and provided advanced life support, shocking Conway's heart six times with an AED. Following the sixth defibrillation shock, and after almost 20 minutes of her heart not beating on its own, Conway's arrhythmia was converted from Ventricular Fibrillation to a normal sinus rhythm. Conway was transferred by Medic One and cared for at Harborview Medical and the University of Washington Medical Center. She was surgically implanted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator Conway's speaking engagements include this experience and CPR/AED training.