Tracee Joy Silberstein, known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress, singer, television host, producer and director. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000-2008) and Black-Ish (2014-2022). She owns Pattern Beauty, a hair-care line for curly hair.
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.
Since 2014, Ross has played the starring role of Dr. Rainbow Johnson in the ABC comedy series Black-Ish . Her work on it has earned her three 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.
Black-ish(2014)
Girlfriends(2000)
The Family McMullen(2025)as Nina
Black Mirror(2011)as Gaynor
Stranded(2024)as Janet
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy(2024)as Dr. K, Mysoon
Candy Cane Lane(2023)as Carol Carver
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross(2025)
Power of the Dream(2024)
The Hair Tales(2022)
Becoming(2020)
Black-ish: Bloopish(2015)
Waffles + Mochi: Holiday Feast(2021)
The Runaway Bunny(2021)
The High Note(2020)
The Craig Caddell Show(2013)as Self
Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire(2009)as Self
Being Eddie(2025)as Self - Actor
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television(2025)as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)as Self - Guest, Self, Self - Guest Co-Hostess
Entertainment Tonight(1981)as Self
Dish Nation(2011)as Self
The Katie Phang Show(2022)as Self
The Beat with Ari Melber(2017)as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show(2003)as Self
Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson(2023)as Self - Guest