Tracee Ellis Ross
Award-Winning Actress, Producer, C.E.O. and Founder of PATTERN Beauty
For eight seasons, Ross starred in ABC’s SAG and Critics Choice Award-nominated
and Emmy-, Golden Globe-, N.A.A.C.P. Image Award- and Peabody-winning comedy series “black-ish.” She also starred in the Emmy- and GLAAD Award-nominated and N.A.A.C.P. Image Award-winning series “Girlfriends” for eight seasons.
Ross has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award, nine N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards, and the 2020 People’s Choice Awards Fashion Icon Award. She was also named a Disney Legend for making an extraordinary contribution to The Walt Disney Company.
Ross is the owner, founder and co-C.E.O. of PATTERN Beauty, the brand she created to serve “the curly, coily and tight-textured community” in 2019.
With PATTERN, Ross aims to change the paradigm of how the textured hair community is marketed to and supported, by creating content and messaging that are a celebration of Black beauty and joy. PATTERN proudly supports organizations and programs that empower women and people of color.
Ross will next be seen in season 7 of the Netflix series “Black Mirror.” In addition to Ross, the new season also features Paul Giamatti, Jesse Plemons, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Emma Corrin. The new season will stream on April 10.
Ross is currently in postproduction on her Roku original series “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross.” The series will chronicle Ross as she meticulously, laboriously and sometimes ridiculously prepares for and travels solo to locations around the world. Ross will serve as an executive producer on the docuseries under her banner Joy Mill Entertainment. Joy Mill Entertainment has a deal with 20th Century Fox, and focuses on telling joyful, fun and grounded stories that explore how we see ourselves and how we connect to one another. “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross” will premiere later this year.
Ross recently wrapped production on “Blow the Horn,” an indie psychological drama from Nacho Arenas. The project is an adaptation of “Bajo Terapia,” the Argentinian play by Matias Del Federico, which has previously been adapted by Spanish filmmaker Gerado Herrero. Others in the cast include Lake Bell, Wrenn Schmidt, Dallas Roberts, Joshua Boone and Ken Leung. In addition to starring in the film, Ross also serves as an executive producer.
Ross was last seen opposite Jeffrey Wright in the Oscar-winning drama “American Fiction,” directed by Cord Jefferson. It was nominated for Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Independent Spirit Awards, and was named one of AFI’s movies of the year. Last December, Ross was seen starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Amazon’s holiday film, “Candy Cane Lane.” The film became the most-watched Amazon movie debut in the U.S. and among the top 10 worldwide film debuts ever on the service. Ross also starred in the thriller “Cold Copy” and lent her voice to Amazon’s animated comedy “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy,” alongside Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin, Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne.
Ross advocates for joy, self-acceptance, inclusivity and equity. In 2017, Ross spoke on the topic of “claiming your own life” at Glamour’s Women of the Year Summit. In 2018, Ross opened the TED Conference, the first Black woman to do so, with a speech about the wisdom of women’s fury.
In 2022, Ross was given the Racial Justice Trailblazer Award by The Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for her demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice and upholding values that promote an inclusive democracy. She has also moderated stops on both of Michelle Obama’s book tours. Ross recently received a 2023 Webby Special Achievement Award for her use of the internet to share multidimensional stories of belonging, increasing Black representation in the beauty industry and serving as a constant, positive force on the internet. She has also been named a 2023 Cosmetic Executive Women Female Founder honoree. She was recently honored with the Trailblazer Award by 15 Percent Pledge, as a 2024 CNBC Changemaker, and was given the 2024 Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts by the National Museum of Women in the Arts for being a leader in the entertainment industry and a passionate advocate for gender equity.
Ross received honorary doctorate degrees from Spelman College in 2023 and Brown University, her alma mater, in 2015
and Emmy-, Golden Globe-, N.A.A.C.P. Image Award- and Peabody-winning comedy series “black-ish.” She also starred in the Emmy- and GLAAD Award-nominated and N.A.A.C.P. Image Award-winning series “Girlfriends” for eight seasons.
Ross has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award, nine N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards, and the 2020 People’s Choice Awards Fashion Icon Award. She was also named a Disney Legend for making an extraordinary contribution to The Walt Disney Company.
Ross is the owner, founder and co-C.E.O. of PATTERN Beauty, the brand she created to serve “the curly, coily and tight-textured community” in 2019.
With PATTERN, Ross aims to change the paradigm of how the textured hair community is marketed to and supported, by creating content and messaging that are a celebration of Black beauty and joy. PATTERN proudly supports organizations and programs that empower women and people of color.
Ross will next be seen in season 7 of the Netflix series “Black Mirror.” In addition to Ross, the new season also features Paul Giamatti, Jesse Plemons, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Emma Corrin. The new season will stream on April 10.
Ross is currently in postproduction on her Roku original series “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross.” The series will chronicle Ross as she meticulously, laboriously and sometimes ridiculously prepares for and travels solo to locations around the world. Ross will serve as an executive producer on the docuseries under her banner Joy Mill Entertainment. Joy Mill Entertainment has a deal with 20th Century Fox, and focuses on telling joyful, fun and grounded stories that explore how we see ourselves and how we connect to one another. “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross” will premiere later this year.
Ross recently wrapped production on “Blow the Horn,” an indie psychological drama from Nacho Arenas. The project is an adaptation of “Bajo Terapia,” the Argentinian play by Matias Del Federico, which has previously been adapted by Spanish filmmaker Gerado Herrero. Others in the cast include Lake Bell, Wrenn Schmidt, Dallas Roberts, Joshua Boone and Ken Leung. In addition to starring in the film, Ross also serves as an executive producer.
Ross was last seen opposite Jeffrey Wright in the Oscar-winning drama “American Fiction,” directed by Cord Jefferson. It was nominated for Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Independent Spirit Awards, and was named one of AFI’s movies of the year. Last December, Ross was seen starring opposite Eddie Murphy in Amazon’s holiday film, “Candy Cane Lane.” The film became the most-watched Amazon movie debut in the U.S. and among the top 10 worldwide film debuts ever on the service. Ross also starred in the thriller “Cold Copy” and lent her voice to Amazon’s animated comedy “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy,” alongside Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin, Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne.
Ross advocates for joy, self-acceptance, inclusivity and equity. In 2017, Ross spoke on the topic of “claiming your own life” at Glamour’s Women of the Year Summit. In 2018, Ross opened the TED Conference, the first Black woman to do so, with a speech about the wisdom of women’s fury.
In 2022, Ross was given the Racial Justice Trailblazer Award by The Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for her demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice and upholding values that promote an inclusive democracy. She has also moderated stops on both of Michelle Obama’s book tours. Ross recently received a 2023 Webby Special Achievement Award for her use of the internet to share multidimensional stories of belonging, increasing Black representation in the beauty industry and serving as a constant, positive force on the internet. She has also been named a 2023 Cosmetic Executive Women Female Founder honoree. She was recently honored with the Trailblazer Award by 15 Percent Pledge, as a 2024 CNBC Changemaker, and was given the 2024 Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts by the National Museum of Women in the Arts for being a leader in the entertainment industry and a passionate advocate for gender equity.
Ross received honorary doctorate degrees from Spelman College in 2023 and Brown University, her alma mater, in 2015