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My Take
Tracee Ellis Ross fascinates me because she solved the hardest problem in show business: being Diana Ross's daughter without letting that define her. Instead of chasing music, she carved out her own lane in comedy, anchoring Girlfriends for eight seasons and then earning five Emmy nominations for Black-ish. That is not luck or lineage; that is craft compounded over decades. What I admire most is her expansion into directing and producing, proof that she treats fame as a platform rather than a destination. She turned an impossible comparison into total irrelevance, and I find that quietly brilliant.
Overview
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 Motown singer Diana Ross.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tracee Ellis Ross
- Name (Japanese)
- トレイシー・エリス・ロス
- Reading
- とれいしー・えりす・ろす
- Born
- October 29, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / film actor / television actor / television director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Lucy Award
- 2021 Time 100
- 2005 BET Awards
- 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2009 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Girlfriends | — | |
| Notable work | Candy Cane Lane | — | |
| Notable work | American Fiction | — | |
| Notable work | Cold Copy | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.