Not to be confused with Tracey Ellis or Tracey Ross.
Tracee Ellis Ross
Ross in 2018
Born
Tracee Joy Silberstein
(1972-10-29) October 29, 1972 (age 51)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Brown University (BA)
Occupations
Actress
singer
television host
producer
Years active
1996–present
Parents
Robert Ellis Silberstein
Diana Ross
Relatives
Rhonda Ross Kendrick (half-sister)
Evan Ross (half-brother)
Barbara Ross-Lee (aunt)
Website
traceeellisross.com
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.[1]
Ross is a 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, Ross played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/CW comedy series Girlfriends, and received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for the role. 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), winning her third NAACP Image Award for the lattermost.
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.
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two daughters together. TraceeEllisRoss and Chudney Ross. Diana Ross has one daughter from a previous relationship, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, whose biological...
Queen Latifah and his real-life half-sister TraceeEllisRoss, who portrayed his elder sister in the film. Ross later co-starred in the biographical film...
film written and directed by Roxine Helberg and starring Bel Powley, TraceeEllisRoss, James Tupper, Ekaterina Baker, Nesta Cooper, and Jacob Tremblay....
which featured her boyfriend Chris Martin. Johnson starred alongside TraceeEllisRoss in the dramedy film The High Note, which was released on May 29, 2020...
singer and actress Diana Ross and the biological child of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy; however, her legal father is Robert Ellis Silberstein, as her...
Nisha Ganatra and written by Flora Greeson. It stars Dakota Johnson, TraceeEllisRoss, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Zoë Chao, Bill Pullman, Eddie Izzard, and Ice...
aired on Hulu and the Oprah Winfrey Network. It was co-created by TraceeEllisRoss, who also hosts the series, and Michaela Angela Davis. It explores...
season on April 12, 2012. It was later announced in August 2012 that TraceeEllisRoss would not return for the second season and three new cast members...
semi-recurring role. In 2019, she reunited with her Girlfriends co-stars TraceeEllisRoss, Jill Marie Jones, and Golden Brooks in an episode of the ABC comedy...
referred to Gordy as "Uncle B.B." Ross has two daughters with Silberstein, Tracee Joy Silberstein (TraceeEllisRoss) and Chudney Lane Silberstein, born...
Retrieved May 14, 2021. "Anthony Anderson says 'Black-ish' co-star TraceeEllisRoss didn't like him for 'maybe 10 years'". TODAY.com. January 2, 2022...
City Guys. Later that year, she won the co-leading role alongside TraceeEllisRoss, Golden Brooks and Persia White on the UPN comedy series, Girlfriends...
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently, TraceeEllisRoss holds the record for most wins in this category, having won nine times...
in Los Angeles, California. It aired live on ABC and was hosted by TraceeEllisRoss. Cardi B and Drake led the list of nominations with eight mentions...
author, on the CW sitcom Girlfriends, in which she starred alongside TraceeEllisRoss, Persia White and Jill Marie Jones from 2000 to 2008. In 2001, she...
celebrated throughout the show, which was hosted by Anthony Anderson and TraceeEllisRoss. The nominees were announced on May 18, 2015. Nicki Minaj and Chris...
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