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Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

ActingBorn October 29, 1972 (age 53)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.

Filmography

2025Movie
2025Movie
2024
Cold Copy

as Diane Heger

Movie
2023
Candy Cane Lane

as Carol Carver

Movie
2023
American Fiction

as Lisa Ellison

Movie
2023Movie
2022TV
2021Movie
2021
The Premise

as Rayna Bradshaw

TV
2021
Growing Up Animal

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2021TV
2021
The Runaway Bunny

as Narrator and Singer

Movie
2020
The High Note

as Grace Davis

Movie
2019
That Click

as Self

Movie
2019
mixed-ish

as Bow Johnson

TV
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV
2019Movie
2019
Little

as Homegirl (voice)

Movie
2019
Desus & Mero

as Self - Illustrious Guest

TV
2018
Busy Tonight

as Self - Guest

TV
2018
grown-ish

as Rainbow Johnson

TV
2017
The Gong Show

as Self - Judge

TV
2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

TV
2016
Chelsea

as Self

TV
2015TV
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

TV
2014
black-ish

as Rainbow Johnson

TV
2014TV
2014
Broad City

as Winona

TV
2011
Black Mirror

as Gaynor

TV
2011TV
2011
Five

as Alyssa

Movie
2010
Conan

as Self

TV
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2009
Labor Pains

as Kristin

Movie
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2007
Private Practice

as Dr. Ellen Sicher

TV
2007
Life Support

as Tanya

Movie
2007Movie
2006
I-See-You.com

as Nancy Tanaka

Movie
2005
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

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

Movie
2004
Project Runway

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2004TV
2003TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2000TV
2000
Girlfriends

as Joan Clayton

TV
2000Movie
1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1999Movie
1998
Sue

as Linda

Movie
1998
Race Against Fear

as Kaycee King

Movie
1996
Far Harbor

as Kiki

Movie
1996TV
1993TV
1993TV
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1988TV
1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1974
American Music Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1959TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 29, 1972
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Popularity1.3