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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Gloria Parkes
Project Runway
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6

Project Runway

(2004) Self - Guest Judge
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
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7

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

(2022) Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
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5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
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9
Growing Up Animal
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6

Growing Up Animal

(2021) Narrator (voice)
Adele One Night Only
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8

Adele One Night Only

(2021) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
Carol Carver
Lisa Ellison
Self
Diane Heger
Self - Guest
2022 Self
Self
N/A
Self
Self (archive footage)
2021 N/A
Self
Self
Rayna Bradshaw
Narrator (voice)
Self
Narrator and Singer
2020 Self
Grace Davis
N/A
Self
2019 Bow Johnson
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Tameka
Self
Homegirl (voice)
Self - Illustrious Guest
2018 Self - Guest
Rainbow Johnson
2017 Self
Self - Judge
2016 Self
2015 Self
Self
Self
Self - Guest
Self
2014 Self
Rainbow Johnson
Self
Self
Self
Winona
2011 Carla Reed
Alyssa
2010 Self
2009 Kristin
2007 Tanya
Cynthia
2006 Nancy Tanaka
2005 Self / Fifi LeBeouff (segment "The New Workout Plan")
2004 Self - Guest Judge
2000 Gloria Parkes
Joan Clayton
Kim
1999 Jane
1998 Linda
Kaycee King
1996 Kiki
Self
1993 Self
Self - Guest
1988 Self - Guest
1980 Self
1974 Self - Host
1953 Self
Jodie (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Story
2014 Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Director
2000 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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