Acting credits
85
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tracee Ellis Ross
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 33Series: 53Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 74611
IMDb ID: nm0743896
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1972
Age: 53
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q534371
Also known as
تریسی الیس راس • 特雷斯·埃利斯·罗斯
Other jobs
Executive Producer (3)Director (2)Producer (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tracee Ellis Ross.
Being Eddie
as Self
2025 Movie
The Family McMullen
as Nina
2025 Movie
Power of the Dream
Producer
2024 Movie
Cold Copy
as Diane Heger
2024 Movie
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
as Self
2023 Movie
Candy Cane Lane
as Carol Carver
2023 Movie
American Fiction
as Lisa Ellison
2023 Movie
Invisible Beauty
as Self
2023 Movie
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023 Movie
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
2022 Movie
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
as Self
2022 Movie
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021 Movie
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021 Movie
The Runaway Bunny
as Narrator and Singer
2021 Movie
The High Note
as Grace Davis
2020 Movie
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2020 Movie
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
2020 Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
as Self
2020 Movie
That Click
as Self
2019 Movie
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019 Movie
Little
as Homegirl (voice)
2019 Movie
Five
as Alyssa
2011 Movie
Labor Pains
as Kristin
2009 Movie
Life Support
as Tanya
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tracee Ellis Ross.
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
as Self • 6 eps
2025 Series
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
as (voice) • 3 eps
2024 Series
The Hair Tales
as Self • 6 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
The Premise
as Rayna Bradshaw • 1 eps
2021 Series
Growing Up Animal
as Narrator (voice) • 6 eps
2021 Series
Hart to Heart
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
mixed-ish
as Bow Johnson • 36 eps
2019 Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Tameka • 1 eps
2019 Series
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
grown-ish
as Rainbow Johnson • 2 eps
2018 Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
2017 Series
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist • 2 eps
2016 Series
Chelsea
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
Lip Sync Battle
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series