Tracee Ellis Ross
Biography
Tracee Ellis Ross is an American actress who started out in independent films and variety series, hosting the Lifetime pop-culture magazine The Dish. From 2000 to 2008 she played Joan Clayton on the comedy Girlfriends, winning two NAACP Image Awards for that role, and she appeared in films such as Hanging Up (2000), I-See-You.com (2006), and Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then led the BET sitcom Reed Between the Lines as Dr. Carla Reed, earning a third NAACP Image Award, and appeared in the Lifetime film Five (2011). From 2014 to 2022 she starred as Dr. Rainbow Johnson on Black-ish, winning six NAACP Image Awards and a Golden Globe and receiving Emmy and Critics' Choice nominations. She co-created the spin-off Mixed-ish, starred in and recorded the soundtrack for The High Note (2020), and later appeared in American Fiction (2023) and Candy Cane Lane (2023).
54years old
Turns 55 on October 29in 353 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Tracee Joy Silberstein, Tracy Ellis Ross and Tracee Ross
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 25 years2000 to 2025
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A first
In 2016, Ross was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. No African-American woman had been nominated in that category for 30 years before her.
Beyond film
Ross made her singing debut on The High Note, recording the soundtrack album and releasing the lead single "Love Myself" through Republic Records.
Behind the camera
In 2019, Ross worked with Kenya Barris to create Mixed-ish, a prequel spin-off of Black-ish, and she is a narrator for the series, which stars Tika Sumpter and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
Beyond film
That year, Ross competed against Anderson on Spike's Lip Sync Battle. Her renditions of Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" and Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" earned her the win.
Tracee Ellis Ross movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Eddie Murphy's page
Issa Rae's page
Maree Cheatham's page
Awards
Ten awards and honors from 2005 to 2022, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2017 | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Black-ish | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Disney Legends | Honored | |
| 2021 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2017 | Lucy Award | Won | |
| 2016 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Won |
| 2015 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series | Black-ish | Won |
| 2012 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series | Reed Between the Lines | Won |
| 2009 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series | Girlfriends | Won |
| 2007 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series | Girlfriends | Won |
| 2005 | BET Awards | Girlfriends | Won |
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