Angelica Ross

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Angelica Ross in 2017

Angelica Ross (born November 28, 1980 in Kenosha ) is an American businesswoman , actress and LGBT activist. After several jobs , she worked as a freelance web designer before founding her own company, TransTech Social Enterprises , which primarily supports transgender people in their search for work in the technological field. As a performer, Ross was best known for starring Candy Ferocity in Pose and Rita / Donna Chambers in American Horror Story: 1984 .

Life

Ross was born in 1980 in Kenosha, Wisconsin , USA , and shortly after she was born, her family moved to Racine , where she grew up with her mother, stepfather, and a younger brother. In 1998 , at the age of 17, she came out to her mother as homosexual , who advised her to take her own life as she could not live with a homosexual child. Ross then attempted suicide with a drug overdose , which she survived.

After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside , but left after a semester. She decided to join the United States Navy instead to qualify for the GI Bill . With her parents' consent, Ross, who was still a minor and lived briefly in Rochester during this time , was admitted and sent to a base in Yokosuka . After four months of service, Ross applied for dismissal because her comrades forced her to reveal her homosexuality. Based on the Don't ask, don't tell practice , which was still in force at the time, the application was granted. Since the dismissal was classified as uncharacterzied , Ross was not entitled to any benefits from the GI Bill. She moved back to Wisconsin, where she decided on gender reassignment treatment at the age of 19 and, after an argument with her parents, was staying with her birth father in Roanoke .

There Ross trained as a beautician, but had to give it up due to a lack of financial resources, as she was dismissed from her work as a waitress in an Applebee’s branch because of a dispute with a colleague . For this reason, she first moved to Hollywood before settling in Boca Raton in 2001 . After working as a model and escort lady there, she taught herself how to use Photoshop , graphic and web design and web development in 2003 . She was first the webmaster for a pornography site, then she ran a similar site herself for half a year. She then worked as a model, amateur actress and real estate agent. She also studied theater and creative writing at Florida Atlantic University , but left it in her first year. She then went freelance as an entrepreneur in the field of web development and graphic design and also took acting lessons for the first time. During her time in Boca Raton, Ross was engaged to a man she split up because he wanted to hide her transgender identity from others.

In 2006 she moved to Chicago and performed for four years as a dancer and singer in the drag club Kit Kat Lounge . In 2010 she went to Los Angeles , where she performed various tasks in an Apple Store , including as a creative and web designer, organizer of photo shoots and software customer support. In 2012 she returned to Chicago to coordinate the Chicago House charity's Trans Life Center project in the professional field, which supports transgender people in the labor and housing market, as well as in the health and legal sectors. In 2015 she moved to Washington , where she has lived ever since.

activism

In 2014, Ross founded her own company, TransTech Social Enterprises , based in Chicago. At TransTech Social Enterprises , transgender people in particular are trained in the areas of programming, graphic and web design, and web development, and they are supported in entering the job market. The company also targets other members of the LGBT community and people who are not part of it. The not-for-profit rose to prominence when writer and MSNBC commentator Melissa Harris-Perry featured it on her own news program of the same name in 2015, naming Ross first Foot Soldier of the Year . As a result, Ross was invited to speak at the LGBTQ Tech and Innovation Summit at the White House .

In June 2019, Ross was a prominent ambassador for Stonewall 50 , a global series of events and celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising . On September 20 of the same year, she hosted a panel discussion during which several Democratic presidential candidates were asked about their views on various LGBT issues. She was the first transgender person to moderate a debate among US presidential candidates. Eight days later, Ross was a speaker at the National Trans Visibility March for transgender rights in Washington.

Acting career

Ross played her first major role on the web series Her Story , created by her former roommate Jen Richards , about trans women in Los Angeles. This was nominated for an Emmy in the category Best Short TV Series - Comedy or Drama . In 2017, in addition to a guest appearance in Transparent , she starred in the short film Missed Connections , which she also produced and which was shown at various film festivals.

Her breakthrough as an actress saw Ross in the following year when they after a six-month casting for the lead role Candy Ferocity in by Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals devised FX series pose was occupied. This is about the ballroom scene of the 1980s and 1990s, in which the various members of the LGBT community come together in several houses and compete against each other in artistic competitions; they also have to fight against racism , homophobia and transphobia and the rampant AIDS epidemic . Ross' character dies the series death in the fourth episode of the second season , but can still be seen occasionally as a ghost in the series. Ross collaborated with Murphy and Falchuk again shortly after for the ninth season of American Horror Story . In American Horror Story: 1984 she embodies the serial killer Rita and the psychiatrist Donna Chambers in a double role . Ross is thus the first transgender actress to be cast in leading roles in two television series. In February 2020, Murphy announced that Ross would also appear in the tenth season of American Horror Story .

Filmography

  • 2007: Natale a Miami
  • 2010: Bella Maddo (short film)
  • 2015: I Am Cait (TV series, episodes 1x2, 1x3)
  • 2016: Her Story (TV series)
  • 2017: Doubt (TV series, episode 1x4)
  • 2017: Danger & Eggs (animated series, voice)
  • 2017: Missed Connections (short film)
  • 2017: The Heart of a Woman (short film)
  • 2017: Claws (TV series, episodes 1x2, 1x6, 1x9)
  • 2017: Transparent (TV series, episode 4x5)
  • since 2018: Pose (TV series)
  • 2019: King Ester (TV series, episode 1x3)
  • 2019: American Horror Story: 1984 (TV series, ten episodes)

Awards

  • 2018: Represented among the top 10 LGBT + executives , awarded by the Financial Times
  • 2019: One of the 50 most groundbreaking people who actively ensure that society continues to move towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people , awarded by the online LGBT magazine Queerty

Web links

Commons : Angelica Ross  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Maxwell Losgar, Angelica Ross: The World Wouldn't Make a Place for Angelica Ross. So She Made One for Herself. In: Wealthsimple. July 23, 2018, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Dawn Ennis: Meet the Vanguard: Trans Businesswoman Angelica Ross Tells All. In: The Advocate . September 1, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Erin Bried: Being Transgender Nearly Cost Me My Life. In: Self. July 15, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Heather Wood Rudulph: How I'm Helping the Trans Community Get Great Jobs. In: Cosmopolitan . July 25, 2016, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Lori Grisham: #InTheirWords: 'A lot of trans people feel like they will never be loved'. In: USA Today . July 24, 2015, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  6. ^ Andy Ambrosius: How One Chicago Start-Up is Working to Close the Transgender Employment Gap. In: Chicago Magazine. February 17, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Melissa Harris-Parry: How one trans businesswoman is helping others turn their life around. In: MSNBC . January 3, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ About Angelica Ross. In: Miss Ross.com. November 9, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Megan Rose Dickey: TransTech Helps Transgender People Get Jobs in Tech And, Soon, The White House. In: TechCrunch . September 1, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ayara P .: "POSE" Star Angelica Ross' 2nd Annual TransTech Summit. In: Shine My Crown. August 17, 2018, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos: 'Pose' Actress Angelica Ross To Host Presidential Candidate Forum On LGBTQ Issues. In: Deadline.com . September 16, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2020 .
  12. ^ André Wheeler: 'A huge misstep': Angelica Ross on Sanders' LGBTQ forum no-show. In: The Guardian . September 21, 2019, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Lou Chibbaro, Jr.: Thousands expected in DC for National Trans Visibility March. In: Washington Blade . December 25, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Alamin Yohannes: Women Behind 'Her Story' Talk Emmy Nomination. In: NBC News . July 17, 2016, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Mari Brighe: What's Next for Transgender Media After 'Transparent'? In: Vice . September 26, 2016, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  16. ^ Missed Connections. In: Miss Ross.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Richard Lawson: Pose Is Bold, Necessary Melodrama. In: Vanity Fair . May 30, 2018, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Justin Kirkland: Pose Made TV History With a Brave Conversation About Transgender Violence. In: Esquire . July 10, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Sydney Scott: Angelica Ross Makes History With 'American Horror Story' Role. In: Essence. July 10, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Denise Petski: 'American Horror Story': Macaulay Culkin Among Season 10 Cast Of FX Series. In: Deadline.com . February 26, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020 .
  21. ^ Human Rights Campaign : Angelica Ross Receives the HRC Visibility Award. In: YouTube . November 16, 2016, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  22. ↑ JD Knapp: 28th GLAAD Media Awards: Complete List of Winners. In: Variety . May 6, 2017, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  23. ↑ The OUTstanding lists 2018: LGBT + leaders and allies. In: Financial Times . October 25, 2018, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  24. ↑ 'Pose' actor Angelica Ross survived hate to lead the way to trans equality. In: Queerty. June 3, 2019, accessed February 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Angelica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businesswoman, actress, and transgender activist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenosha , Wisconsin