Tracee Ellis Ross
Actor, Producer, Director
October 29, 1972 (53 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2025 | The Family McMullen · as Nina |
| 2024 | The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy · as (voice) |
| 2023 | Cold Copy · as Diane Heger |
| 2023 | American Fiction · as Lisa Ellison |
| 2023 | Candy Cane Lane · as Carol Carver |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The Kids in the Hall (2022) · as Lainie |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Premise · as Rayna Bradshaw |
| 2021 | Growing Up Animal · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Runaway Bunny · as Narrator And Singer |
| 2020 | The High Note · as Grace Davis |
| 2019 | mixed-ish · as Bow Johnson |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show · as Tameka |
| 2019 | Little · as Homegirl (voice) |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | grown-ish · as Rainbow Johnson |
| 2014 | black-ish · as Rainbow Johnson |
| 2014 | Broad City · as Winona |
| 2012 | Bad Girls · as Rachel |
| 2011 | Black Mirror · as Gaynor |
| 2011 | Reed Between the Lines · as Carla Reed |
| 2011 | Five · as Alyssa |
| 2011 | Portlandia · as Professional In Getting Her Picture Taken |
| 2009 | Labor Pains · as KristinOn Plex |
| 2007 | Private Practice · as Dr. Ellen Sicher |
| 2007 | Life Support · as Tanya |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls · as Cynthia |
| 2006 | I-See-You.com · as Nancy Tanaka |
| 2004 | Second Time Around (2004) · as Naomi |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · as Gloria Parkes |
| 2000 | Girlfriends · as Joan Clayton |
| 2000 | In the Weeds · as Caroline |
| 2000 | Hanging Up · as Kim |
| 1999 | A Fare to Remember · as Jane |
| 1998 | Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie · as Kaycee King |
| 1998 | Any Day Now · as Rene's Teacher |
| 1997 | Sue · as Linda |
| 1996 | Far Harbor · as Kiki |
| 2025 | Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | The Hair Tales · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | mixed-ish · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | American Music Awards 2018 · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2011 | Black Mirror · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 |
| 2014 | |
| 2000 |