Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

Actor, Producer, Writer, Director

Born October 29, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Tracee Joy Silberstein, known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress, singer, television host, producer and director. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000-2008) and Black-Ish (2014-2022). She owns Pattern Beauty, a hair-care line for curly hair. 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. Since 2014, Ross has played the starring role of Dr. Rainbow Johnson in the ABC comedy series Black-Ish . Her work on it has earned her three 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.

Golden GlobeBest Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy black-ish Season 1 (2017)

Top titles

  • black-ish Season 1
  • The High Note
  • Broad City Seasons 1 & 2
  • The Kids in the Hall - Season 1
  • Portlandia Season 1
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season 1
  • American Fiction
  • Girlfriends, Season 8
  • Sue
  • Five
  • Private Practice Season 1
  • Life Support
  • grown-ish Season 1
  • The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy - Season 1
  • Reed Between the Lines
  • In the Weeds
  • Daddy's Little Girls
  • Candy Cane Lane
  • Little (4K UHD)
  • Cold Copy

Filmography

  • 2024
    The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy - Season 1
  • 2023
    Cold Copy
  • Candy Cane Lane
  • American Fiction
  • 2022
    The Kids in the Hall - Season 1
  • 2020
    The High Note
  • 2019
    Little (4K UHD)
  • 2018
    grown-ish Season 1
  • 2014
    black-ish Season 1
  • Broad City Seasons 1 & 2
  • 2011
    Five
  • Portlandia Season 1
  • Reed Between the Lines
  • 2009
    Labor Pains
  • 2007
    Private Practice Season 1
  • Life Support
  • Daddy's Little Girls
  • 2000
    Girlfriends, Season 8
  • Hanging Up
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season 1
  • In the Weeds
  • 1997
    Sue

Connections

  • Deon Cole

    Deon Cole

  • Peter Mackenzie

    Peter Mackenzie

  • Kenya Barris

    Kenya Barris

  • Marsai Martin

    Marsai Martin

  • Frédéric Tcheng

    Frédéric Tcheng

Genres

  • Thriller
  • Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Music Videos & Concerts
  • Children & Family
  • Science Fiction