Tracee Ellis Ross

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 20002008 and Blackish 20142022 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 popculture magazine The Dish on Lifetime From 2000 to 2008 she played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPNCW 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 ISeeYouCom 2006 and Daddys 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 Blackish 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 cocreated a prequel spinoff of Blackish titled Mixedish In 2020 she starred in and recorded the soundtrack album for the musical film The High Note Description above from the Wikipedia article Tracee Ellis Ross licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia