
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tracee Ellis Ross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Time 100 · 2021
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 2017
- Lucy Award · 2017
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 2016
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 2015
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- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 2012
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 2009
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Comedy Series · 2007
- BET Awards · 2005
Filmography50+ titles

That Click

Invisible Beauty

Black Mirror

Grown-ish

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

RuPaul's Drag Race

Private Practice

American Fiction

Girlfriends

Mixed-ish

Conan

Hot Ones

black-ish

Broad City

Five

Hart to Heart

The High Note

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Growing Up Animal

Daddy's Little Girls

Little

Being Eddie

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

Reed Between the Lines

Power of the Dream

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Lip Sync Battle

The Daily Show

Project Runway

This Changes Everything

The Family McMullen

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!

Candy Cane Lane

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Hair Tales

To Tell the Truth

Life Support

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Labor Pains

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Hanging Up

Cold Copy

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Desus & Mero

Chelsea

Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen