in 2010, okuma began starring in the global/abc police drama series, "rookie blue" as detective traci nash. when being interviewed about how she got her role on "rookie blue", okuma said: i originally auditioned for the part of gail [played by charlotte sullivan] and charlotte auditioned for traci. when we got the parts, i said, "i think i would rather play traci" and charlotte said, "i think i would rather play gail." thankfully, the producers thought the same.