Tracee Ellis Ross

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Tracee Ellis Ross (* 29. October 1972 in Los Angeles , California as Tracee Joy Silberstein ) is an American actress and Golden Globe winner.

Life and accomplishments

Tracee Ellis Ross, a daughter of singer Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein , graduated from Brown University in 1994 and studied acting at the William Esper Acting Studio . She worked intermittently as a fashion editor for Mirabella and New York Magazine .

The American debuted as an actress alongside Jennifer Connelly and Marcia Gay Harden in the 1996 independent drama Personal Affairs . In the 1997 television series The Dish , she appeared in one of the larger roles. Hung up in the drama ! (2000) starred alongside Meg Ryan , Diane Keaton , Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau .

Ross has played the role of Joan Carol Clayton , the junior partner of a law firm, who is friends with Antoinette Marie Childs ( Jill Marie Jones ), Maya Denise Wilkes ( Golden Brooks ) and Lynn Searcy ( Persia White ) in the television series Girlfriends since 2000 . For this role she was nominated for the Image Award in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 . In 2004 she was nominated for Best Actress for the BET Comedy Award , which she received after being nominated again in 2005.

After Ross only appeared in the Girlfriends series for a few years , she has played in several films again since 2006. In the comedy I-See-You.Com (2006) she appeared on the side of Beau Bridges and Rosanna Arquette . She starred alongside Gabrielle Union and Louis Gossett Jr. in the 2007 independent film drama Daddy's Little Girls .

Ross was honored in 2017 for her role as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Series - Comedy / Musical in the sitcom Black-ish .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1996: Personal Affairs (Far Harbor)
  • 1997: The Dish (TV series)
  • 1997: Sue - A Woman in New York (Sue)
  • 1998: Race Against Fear: A Moment of Truth Movie
  • 2000: hung up! (Hanging up)
  • 2000: In the Weeds
  • 2000–2008: Girlfriends (TV series, 172 episodes)
  • 2006: I-See-You.Com
  • 2007: Daddy's Little Girls
  • 2009: (K) a little pregnant (Labor Pains)
  • 2010: Private Practice (TV series, episode 3x21)
  • 2011: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2011: Five (TV movie)
  • 2011: Reed Between the Lines (TV series, 25 episodes)
  • since 2014: Black-ish (TV series)
  • 2016: Broad City (TV series, episode 3x10)
  • 2018: Grown-ish (TV series, episode 1x06)
  • 2018: Portlandia (TV series, episode 8x06)
  • 2019: Little (voice of HomeGirl)
  • 2019: Mixed-ish (TV series, 23 episodes, voice of Rainbow Johnson)
  • 2020: The High Note

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy Award

  • 2016 : Nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for Black-ish
  • 2017 : Nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for Black-ish
  • 2018 : Nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for Black-ish

Golden Globe Award

Screen Actors Guild Award

Critics' Choice Television Award

Web links

Commons : Tracee Ellis Ross  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography. In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Awards. . Retrieved November 13, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Tracee Ellis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tracee Joy Silberstein (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States