As of July 2026, Tracee Ellis Ross is best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and black-ish. Find every show and movie Tracee Ellis Ross has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

Actress Born 1972 Los Angeles, California, USA 6 TV Shows 8 Movies

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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Tracee Ellis Ross's screen work to date leans strongly toward Comedy and Drama, a consistent thread across her credits so far.

Tracee Ellis Ross's most notable role to date came in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), where she played Gloria Parkes. She also appeared in American Fiction (2023) as Lisa Ellison. Most recently appeared in Little (2019) as Homegirl (voice).

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📺 Tracee Ellis Ross's TV Shows

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Gloria Parkes
2000
black-ish
Rainbow Johnson
2014
Girlfriends
Joan Clayton
2000
grown-ish
Rainbow Johnson
2018
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
(voice)
2024
mixed-ish
Bow Johnson
2019

🎬 Tracee Ellis Ross's Movies

Candy Cane Lane
Carol Carver
2023
The High Note
Grace Davis
2020
American Fiction
Lisa Ellison
2023
Daddy's Little Girls
Cynthia
2007
Hanging Up
Kim
2000
Sue
Linda
1998
Little
Homegirl (voice)
2019
Labor Pains
Kristin
2009

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