Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross ( born October 29, 1972 in Los Angeles as Tracee Joy Silberstein ) is an American actress.
Life and achievements
Tracee Ellis Ross, a daughter of singer Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein, completed in 1994, the Brown University and studied acting at the William Esper Acting Studio. She worked for a time as a fashion editor for magazines Mirabella and New York magazine.
The African American debuted as an actress at the side of Jennifer Connelly and Marcia Gay Harden in the independent film drama Personal Affairs from the year 1996. In the television series The Dish from the year 1997, she appeared in one of the major roles. In the film drama Hook (2000 ) she starred opposite Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, and Walter Matthau.
Ross plays since 2000 in the television series Girlfriends the role of Joan Carol Clayton, the junior partner in a law firm that is with Antoinette Marie Childs ( Jill Marie Jones), Maya Denise Wilkes ( Golden Brooks) and Lynn Searcy ( Persia White ) friends. For this role she was nominated in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 for the Image Award. In 2004 she was nominated as Best Actress for the BET Comedy Award, which she received after the re- nomination in 2005.
After Ross occurred only in the series Girlfriends few years, she plays since 2006 again in a few films. In the comedy I-See - You.Com (2006) she appeared alongside Beau Bridges and Rosanna Arquette. In the independent film drama Daddy 's Little Girls (2007) it can be seen next to Gabrielle Union and Louis Gossett Jr..