Tracee Ellis Ross
Acting
- Born:
- 1972-10-29
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000–2008) and Black-ish (2014–2022) receiving nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the latter. She is the daughter of actress and Motown recording artist Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine The Dish on Lifetime. From 2000 to 2008 she played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/CW comedy series Girlfriends, for which she received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has appeared in the films Hanging Up (2000), I-See-You.Com (2006), and Daddy's Little Girls (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on the BET sitcom Reed Between the Lines (2011), for which she received her third NAACP Image Award. From 2014 to 2022, Ross starred as Dr. Rainbow Johnson in the ABC comedy series, Black-ish. Her work on it has earned her six NAACP Image Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She has also received nominations for two Critics' Choice Television Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2019, she co-created a prequel spin-off of Black-ish titled Mixed-ish. In 2020, she starred in and recorded the soundtrack album for the musical film The High Note. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tracee Ellis Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Blow the Horn
Being Eddie
The Family McMullen
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Cold Copy
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Candy Cane Lane
American Fiction
Invisible Beauty
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
The Hair Tales
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
The Jennifer Hudson Show
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Premise
Growing Up Animal
Hart to Heart
The Runaway Bunny
The High Note
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
The Disney Family Singalong
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
That Click
mixed-ish
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
A Black Lady Sketch Show
This Changes Everything
Little
Desus & Mero
Busy Tonight
grown-ish
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Gong Show
To Tell the Truth
Chelsea
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Lip Sync Battle
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
black-ish
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Broad City
Black Mirror
Reed Between the Lines
Five
Conan
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Labor Pains
RuPaul's Drag Race
Private Practice
Life Support
Daddy's Little Girls
I-See-You.com
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Project Runway
Second Time Around
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Girlfriends
Hanging Up
Teen Choice Awards
A Fare to Remember
Sue
Race Against Fear
The View
Far Harbor
The Daily Show
Intimate Portrait
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
MTV Movie & TV Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
Standing Room Only: Diana Ross
People's Choice Awards
American Music Awards
The Grammys
The Oscars