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Tracee Ellis Ross
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 Girlfri…
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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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2025
Being Eddie
Movie Self
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2025
The Family McMullen
Movie Nina
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2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV show Self
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2025
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
TV show Self
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2024
Power of the Dream
Movie Producer
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2024
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TV show (voice)
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2024
Cold Copy
Movie Diane Heger
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2023
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Movie Self
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2023
Candy Cane Lane
Movie Carol Carver
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2023
American Fiction
Movie Lisa Ellison
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2023
Invisible Beauty
Movie Self
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2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie Self - Guest
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2022
The Hair Tales
TV show Self
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2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie Self
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show
- 2022
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- 2021
- 2021
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2021
The Premise
TV show Rayna Bradshaw
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2021
Growing Up Animal
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2021
Hart to Heart
TV show Self
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2021
The Runaway Bunny
Movie Narrator and Singer
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2020
The High Note
Movie Grace Davis
- 2020
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2020
The Disney Family Singalong
Movie Self
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2020
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
Movie Self
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2019
That Click
Movie Self
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2019
mixed-ish
TV show Bow Johnson
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV show Tameka
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2019
This Changes Everything
Movie Self
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2019
Little
Movie Homegirl (voice)
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2019
Desus & Mero
TV show Self - Illustrious Guest
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2018
Busy Tonight
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
grown-ish
TV show Rainbow Johnson
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2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV show Self
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2017
The Gong Show
TV show Self - Judge
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
