Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1972-10-29 (Age: 54)
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.
Filmography (33)
Being Eddie
2025
The Family McMullen
2025
Cold Copy
2024
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023
Candy Cane Lane
2023
American Fiction
2023
Invisible Beauty
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Adele One Night Only
2021
The Runaway Bunny
2021
