Tracy "Bird" Van Adams

Tracy "Bird" Van Adams

Tracy Van Adams (born Tracy Lynn Joseph), better known by her childhood nickname "Bird", is a fictional character from the Showtime television series Soul Food. The character first appeared in the 1997 film Soul Food as Robyn Joseph, and was portrayed by Nia Long. In the television series, her name was changed to Tracy Joseph Van Adams, and the role was assumed by Malinda Williams. The nickname "Bird" was retained.

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Famous quotes containing the words tracy, bird, van and/or adams:

    Guilt plays a large part in my life.
    Christine Zajac, U.S. fifth-grade teacher. As quoted in Among Schoolchildren, “September” section, part 3, by Tracy Kidder (1989)

    I’d like to come back as an independent woman who has more ambition than I have.
    —Jenny Bird (b. c. 1937)

    Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to.
    —Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)

    America had no use for Adams because he was eighteenth-century, and yet it worshipped Grant because he was archaic and should have lived in a cave and worn skins.
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)