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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-10-29 (52 years old)

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.

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Known For

Acting

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

Little as Homegirl (voice)
That Click as Self
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
mixed-ish as Bow Johnson
Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest

2018

grown-ish as Rainbow Johnson
Busy Tonight as Self - Guest

2017

2016

Chelsea as Self
To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist

2015

2014

2011

Five as Alyssa
Black Mirror as Gaynor

2010

Conan as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge

2009

Labor Pains as Kristin
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2007

Life Support as Tanya
Private Practice as Dr. Ellen Sicher

2006

I-See-You.com as Nancy Tanaka

2005

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")

2004

Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge

2000

Hanging Up as Kim
Girlfriends as Joan Clayton

1999

1998

Sue as Linda
Race Against Fear as Kaycee King

1996

Far Harbor as Kiki

1993

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1981

1980

1974

American Music Awards as Self - Host

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Jodie as Jodie (voice)

Production

2024

Power of the Dream as Producer

2022

The Hair Tales as Executive Producer

2019

mixed-ish as Executive Producer

Directing

2014

black-ish as Director

2000

Girlfriends as Director

Writing

2019

mixed-ish as Story

2014

black-ish as Story

Creator

2019

mixed-ish as Creator