Tracey Lindsay Melchior (ex-kristen)
Tracy Lindsey Melchior (ex-kristen, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL) is seeking solutions to a societal problem
three years ago, Tracy Lindsey Melchior (ex-kristen, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL) faced a serious health crisis that changed her way of thinking. “Going through being in bed for almost a year and half and barely able to do anything,” she says, “fired me up to appreciate life, do things I’m passionate about and just embrace everything.”
She Has A Dream
Melchior’s current passion project is producing a documentary that she hopes will mend what has become a critical divide between law enforcement and the communities they police. “This film isn’t going to be a fight over which lives matter most,” she insists. “It’s going to challenge us to think if we should really be fighting at all.”
Melchior’s father was a police officer, and her husband has been on the job for 27 years. So of course, she has a vested interest in the blue perspective. But she insists that her film — which she hopes will be used by the public as a tool to launch constructive dialogue — will seek to address the bigger picture. “I’m calling it Police Work Is… ” she reveals. “It’s about how we all finish that sentence. As a society, we need to decide what the role of law-enforcement officers is and why we need them… I want to help people not fear each other.”
Both Sides Now
Melchior will put on a journalistic hat for her investigation but says that her other career also comes into play. “As actors, we learn to convey emotion, and we study people,” she suggests. “That stuff is interesting to me. So I’ve stepped back from the situation and said, ‘How can I get in the mind of the opposition, so to speak, and understand how they’re feeling?’”
The project is currently in need of additional financial support and input. “If somebody wants to reach out and tell me, ‘Here’s my problem with law enforcement, please address this,’” Melchior says. “I want to hear it all. Contact me at tracymelchior.com.”
New Perspective
While Melchior would like nothing more than for B&B’S Kristen and Tony to return to Los Angeles, help rebuild Spectra and spend time with their loved ones, she’s equally happy to be focused on her own world. In addition to being a supportive hockey mom, she’s also resumed showing her beloved Arabian horse and will appear in the upcoming thriller Bad Impulse. “I love acting, but I got into it because I was curious about what makes people tick, and I wanted to make the world a better place,” she offers. “I wasn’t doing that with the roles I was playing.”
“Eric,” the B&B alumna recalls, “was so against Kristen marrying Tony” because he was Hiv-positive.
“I have the luxury of being able to watch the news and elbow my husband, Rob, to ask, ‘Why in the world would they do that?’ And he can explain it,’” Melchior offers. “We all need that understanding.”