Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tracee Ellis Ross
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
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Movies: 33Series: 52Crew 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: 6.4
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.
as Self
Being Eddie
2025 • Movie
as Nina
The Family McMullen
2025 • Movie
Producer
Power of the Dream
2024 • Movie
as Diane Heger
Cold Copy
2024 • Movie
as Self
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023 • Movie
as Carol Carver
Candy Cane Lane
2023 • Movie
as Lisa Ellison
American Fiction
2023 • Movie
as Self
Invisible Beauty
2023 • Movie
as Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 • Movie
as Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 • Movie
as Self
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
2022 • Movie
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021 • Movie
as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 • Movie
as Narrator and Singer
The Runaway Bunny
2021 • Movie
as Grace Davis
The High Note
2020 • Movie
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2020 • Movie
as Self
The Disney Family Singalong
2020 • Movie
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate
2020 • Movie
as Self
That Click
2019 • Movie
as Self
This Changes Everything
2019 • Movie
as Homegirl (voice)
Little
2019 • Movie
as Alyssa
Five
2011 • Movie
as Kristin
Labor Pains
2009 • Movie
as Tanya
Life Support
2007 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tracee Ellis Ross.
as Self • 2 eps
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
2025 • Series
as (voice) • 3 eps
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
2024 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Hair Tales
2022 • Series
1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Rayna Bradshaw • 1 eps
The Premise
2021 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 6 eps
Growing Up Animal
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hart to Heart
2021 • Series
as Bow Johnson • 36 eps
mixed-ish
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Tamron Hall
2019 • Series
as Tameka • 1 eps
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Illustrious Guest • 1 eps
Desus & Mero
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Busy Tonight
2018 • Series
as Rainbow Johnson • 2 eps
grown-ish
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 • Series
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
The Gong Show
2017 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 2 eps
To Tell the Truth
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Chelsea
2016 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Lip Sync Battle
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series