Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayOct 29, 1972
BiographyTracee 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

American Music Awards
Running

American Music Awards

as Host
BET Awards
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BET Awards

as Host
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
Running

Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross

as Host
black-ish
Ended

black-ish

as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson
Girlfriends
Ended

Girlfriends

as Joan Carol Clayton
mixed-ish
Ended

mixed-ish

as Rainbow Johnson
Reed Between the Lines
Ended

Reed Between the Lines

as Dr. Carla Reed
The Hair Tales
Ended

The Hair Tales

as Narrator

Part of Crew

mixed-ish
Ended

mixed-ish

as Creator
The Hair Tales
Ended

The Hair Tales

as Developer

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