Tracee Joy Silberstein
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Birthday
1972-10-29
Occupation
Actress
Spouse(s)
Years Active
1996–present
Biography
Tracee Ellis Ross (born October 29, 1972) is an 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 Motown singer/actress Diana Ross and music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. Actor and musician Evan Ross is her half-brother. Her father is Jewish. Her mother is African-American and a Baptist.She adopted the name Tracee Ellis Ross, wishing to retain both of her parents' names after her father dropped the name Silberstein. She has two sisters: Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Chudney Lane Silberstein.
When her mother married Arne Næss Jr. in 1985, Tracee gained three step-siblings: Katinka, Christoffer, and folk singer Leona Naess; she remains on close terms with all of them. Before her mother and Naess divorced in 1999, they welcomed her two half-brothers, Ross Arne in 1987 and Evan Olav in 1988. After the divorce Naess married Camilla Astrup.
Ross attended The Dalton School in Manhattan, Riverdale Country School in the Bronx 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 magazines.
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