Tracee Ellis Ross

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1972-10-29 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Tracee Ellis Ross

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

Actor

Jodie

as Jodie (voice)

2024
Cold Copy

as Diane Heger

2023
Candy Cane Lane

as Carol Carver

2023
American Fiction

as Lisa Ellison

2023
2022
2021
The Runaway Bunny

as Narrator and Singer

2021
The Premise

as Rayna Bradshaw

2021
Growing Up Animal

as Narrator (voice)

2021
2020
That Click

as Self

2020
The High Note

as Grace Davis

2019
Little

as Homegirl (voice)

2019
mixed-ish

as Bow Johnson

2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019
Desus & Mero

as Self - Illustrious Guest

2018
Busy Tonight

as Self - Guest

2018
grown-ish

as Rainbow Johnson

2017
The Gong Show

as Self - Judge

2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2015
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
black-ish

as Rainbow Johnson

2014
73 Questions

as Self

2014
Broad City

as Winona

2011
Five

as Alyssa

2011
2010
Conan

as Self

2009
Labor Pains

as Kristin

2007
Life Support

as Tanya

2007
2006
I-See-You.com

as Nancy Tanaka

2005
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

as Self / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")

2004
Project Runway

as Self - Guest Judge

2004
2000
Hanging Up

as Kim

2000
2000
Girlfriends

as Joan Clayton

1999
1998
Sue

as Linda

1998
Race Against Fear

as Kaycee King

1996
Far Harbor

as Kiki

1996
1993
1993
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1974
American Music Awards

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

2024
Power of the Dream

as Producer

2022
The Hair Tales

as Executive Producer

2019
mixed-ish

as Executive Producer

Director

2014
black-ish

as Director

2000
Girlfriends

as Director

Writer

2019
mixed-ish

as Story

2014
black-ish

as Story

Creator

2019
mixed-ish

as Creator