“I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?'”

American actress

Tracee Ellis Ross is an American actress, the daughter of singer Diana Ross. She is known for leading roles in the television series Girlfriends and Black-ish, and for her work on screen across comedy and drama. Her role in Black-ish brought five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She became widely recognized through long-running television work, especially in ensemble comedy, and her career is closely associated with performance on television.