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Name
Tracee Ellis Ross

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1972-10-29 (54 years old)

Place of Birth
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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2021 Adele One Night Only as Self
2021 Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2007 Daddy's Little Girls as Cynthia
2023 Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
1998 Sue as Linda
2009 Labor Pains as Kristin
1999 A Fare to Remember as Jane
1998 Race Against Fear as Kaycee King
2022 black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special as Self
2023 Invisible Beauty as Self
2023 Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé as Self
2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self
2024 Cold Copy as Diane Heger
2023 American Fiction as Lisa Ellison
2000 Hanging Up as Kim
2023 Candy Cane Lane as Carol Carver
2011 Five as Alyssa
2007 Life Support as Tanya
1980 Standing Room Only: Diana Ross as Self
2005 Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")
2019 This Changes Everything as Self
2020 The High Note as Grace Davis
2020 Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate as Self
2006 I-See-You.com as Nancy Tanaka
2020 Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2019 Little as Homegirl (voice)
2019 That Click as Self
1996 Far Harbor as Kiki
2021 The Runaway Bunny as Narrator and Singer
2025 The Family McMullen as Nina
2025 Being Eddie as Self
2020 The Disney Family Singalong as Self

2000 Girlfriends ( 172 episodes ) as Joan Clayton
2019 Tamron Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 4 episodes ) as Gloria Parkes
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2021 The Premise ( 1 episode ) as Rayna Bradshaw
2021 Growing Up Animal ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
2011 Reed Between the Lines ( 25 episodes ) as Carla Reed
1974 American Music Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Host
2018 grown-ish ( 2 episodes ) as Rainbow Johnson
2014 black-ish ( 175 episodes ) as Rainbow Johnson
1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show ( 1 episode ) as Tameka
1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Lip Sync Battle ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2014 Broad City ( 1 episode ) as Winona
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2018 Busy Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 The Gong Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
2004 Project Runway ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode )
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2021 Hart to Heart ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self
2004 Second Time Around ( 1 episode ) as Naomi
2024 The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy ( 3 episodes ) as (voice)
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2016 To Tell the Truth ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 mixed-ish ( 36 episodes ) as Bow Johnson
2022 The Hair Tales ( 6 episodes ) as Self
2019 Desus & Mero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Illustrious Guest
2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Ellen Sicher
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Gaynor
1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest

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