Tracee Ellis Ross (born October 29, 1972) is an NAACP Image Award winning American actress. She is best known for her lead role on the UPN/CW series, Girlfriends.
Born Tracee Joy Silberstein in Los Angeles, California, she is the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross and music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. Evan Ross is also her brother. Ross attended the Dalton School in Manhattan and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. She was a m...
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Tracee Ellis Ross (born October 29, 1972) is an NAACP Image Award winning American actress. She is best known for her lead role on the UPN/CW series, Girlfriends.
Born Tracee Joy Silberstein in Los Angeles, California, she is the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross and music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. Evan Ross is also her brother. Ross attended the Dalton School in Manhattan and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. She was a model in her teens.
She attended Brown University where she appeared in plays, and graduated in 1994 with a theatre degree. She later worked in the fashion industry, as a model and contributing fashion editor to Mirabella and New York magazine .
Ross made her big screen debut in 1996, playing a Jewish/African-American woman in the independent feature film Far Harbor. The following year, she debuted as host of The Dish, a Lifetime TV magazine series keeping tabs on popular culture. In 1998, she starred as a former high school track star who...
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