Tracee Ellis Ross
- Acting
- October 29, 1972 · 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 · Paula
- Being Eddie · Self
- The Family McMullen · Nina
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television · Self
- Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross · Self, Executive producer
- Power of the Dream · Producer
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy · Voice
- Cold Copy · Diane Heger
- Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé · Self
- Candy Cane Lane · Carol Carver
- American Fiction · Lisa Ellison
- Invisible Beauty · Self
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- The Hair Tales · Self, Executive producer
- Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special · Self
- Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- The Premise · Rayna Bradshaw
- Growing Up Animal · Narrator (Voice)
- Hart to Heart · Self
- The Runaway Bunny · Narrator and Singer
- The High Note · Grace Davis
- Love, Loss, and What I Wore
- The Disney Family Singalong · Self
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate · Self
- That Click · Self
- mixed-ish · Bow Johnson, Executive producer
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Black Lady Sketch Show · Tameka
- This Changes Everything · Self
- Little · Homegirl (Voice)
- Desus & Mero · Self
- Busy Tonight · Self
- grown-ish · Rainbow Johnson
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- The Gong Show · Self
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Chelsea · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Lip Sync Battle · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- black-ish · Rainbow Johnson, Director
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Broad City · Winona
- Black Mirror · Gaynor
- Reed Between the Lines · Carla Reed
- Five · Alyssa
- Conan · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked · Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Labor Pains · Kristin
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- Private Practice · Dr. Ellen Sicher
- Life Support · Tanya
- Daddy's Little Girls · Cynthia
- I-See-You.com · Nancy Tanaka
- Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] · Self / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")
- Project Runway · Self
- Second Time Around · Naomi
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Gloria Parkes
- Girlfriends · Joan Clayton, Director
- Hanging Up · Kim
- Teen Choice Awards · Self
- A Fare to Remember · Jane
- Sue · Linda
- Race Against Fear · Kaycee King
- The View · Self
- Far Harbor · Kiki
- The Daily Show · Self
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self