Tracee Ellis Ross
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1972
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
33 movies · 54 TV shows, newest first
6.8
Being Eddie
2025
6.1
The Family McMullen
2025
2.1
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
2.7
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
2025
7.7
Power of the Dream
2024
6.8
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
2024
5.2
Cold Copy
2024
7.8
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023
6.0
Candy Cane Lane
2023
7.3
American Fiction
2023
8.7
Invisible Beauty
2023
8.3
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
5.8
The Hair Tales
2022
8.0
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
2.5
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022
2.0
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021
4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
6.4
The Premise
2021
7.0
Growing Up Animal
2021
7.1
Hart to Heart
2021
7.0
The Runaway Bunny
2021
7.0
The High Note
2020
NR
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2020
8.2
The Disney Family Singalong
2020
5.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020
8.8
That Click
2019
7.1
mixed-ish
2019
3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
7.1
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
6.2
This Changes Everything
2019
6.8
Little
2019
5.1
Desus & Mero
2019
5.5
Busy Tonight
2018
7.8
grown-ish
2018
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
5.6
The Gong Show
2017
5.8
To Tell the Truth
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
7.1
Hot Ones
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
7.1
black-ish
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
8.3
Black Mirror
2011
6.6
Reed Between the Lines
2011
7.1
Five
2011
7.2
Conan
2010
6.0
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
5.4
Labor Pains
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.5
Private Practice
2007
5.6
Life Support
2007
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
4.9
I-See-You.com
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5.7
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
6.3
Project Runway
20047.0
Second Time Around
2004
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.3
Girlfriends
2000
5.3
Hanging Up
2000
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999
5.0
A Fare to Remember
1999
6.8
Sue
1998
6.6
Race Against Fear
1998
4.3
The View
1997
4.2
Far Harbor
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
10.0
Standing Room Only: Diana Ross
1980
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
8.2
American Music Awards
1974
8.6
The Grammys
1959
7.0
The Oscars
1953