Tracee Ellis Ross

Having famous parents could either be a blessing or a curse to children who want to follow their parents’ paths. They are either compared to their popular parents or they are pressured to live up to the expectations of the public that they are as good as their elders.

For many years now, Tracee Ellis Ross has succeeded in stepping out of the shadow of her pop superstar mom, Diana Ross. Ellis Ross never had any trepidations about also getting into entertainment because she had a clear plan.

Actress, producer, writer, director, entrepreneur, and activist Tracee Ellis Ross is following her mother’s footsteps on screen. In her latest feel-good movie, The High Note, she plays R&B singer Grace Davis.

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Ross is Dr. Rainbow Johnson, the materfamilias of the nominated TV series Black-ish, a working mom dealing with all the usual stresses, and then some.