Tracy Strauss

Tracy Strauss
Heroes character
Ali Larter as Tracy Strauss
First appearance	"The Second Coming"
Last appearance	"Brave New World"
Portrayed by	Ali Larter
Information
Occupation	Political Advisor
Family	Niki Sanders (sister) Barbara Zimmerman (sister) Micah Sanders (nephew)
Ability	Cyrokinesis Water Mimicry

Tracy Strauss, portrayed by Ali Larter, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. She has the ability to freeze anything that she touches. As the series progresses, her ability evolved to include water mimicry. Introduced in the third season, she is an adviser to the governor of New York who recruits Nathan Petrelli as a senator. She is the triplet sister of Niki Sanders and Barbara, all three having been genetically modified by Dr. Zimmerman and separated at birth. She is also a biological aunt of Micah Sanders. According to writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite, Niki was written out of the series and replaced with Tracy so that Larter could play a different role, as they realized that they could not go further with the character. The change also allowed them to tell an origin story, where the character discovers that she has powers.

In "The Second Coming" we first see Tracy with Robert Malden, the Governor of New York, someone whom she was seeing romantically as well as working with at the time.

In "The Butterfly Effect" Tracy has no knowledge of her origins and ability until Nathan mistakes her for Niki Sanders. A reporter shows her evidence of Niki's sexual endeavors and attempts to blackmail her. This instance causes a trigger in her powers to inadvertently freeze him, causing his frozen form to disintegrate into pieces, leaving her shocked and frightened as she flees the scene.