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Tracee Ellis Ross is an award-winning actress, producer, founder, and CEO. For eight seasons, Ross starred in ABC's critically acclaimed comedy series BLACK-ISH, earning a Golden Globe Award, five NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Critics' Choice Awards for her performance as Rainbow Johnson. Ross previously starred in the Emmy and GLAAD Award-nominated series “Girlfriends” for eight seasons. Past credits also include Black Mirror, the Oscar-winning drama American Fiction, HBO Max's The Family McMullen, and Amazon's Candy Cane Lane, which became the most-watched Amazon movie debut in the U.S. Ross will next be seen in Season 2 of the Roku original series Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross. The first season set a record as Roku's most-watched unscripted original series. Season 2 will premiere later this Summer.  Ross recently announced a multiyear first-look scripted and overall unscripted deal with Fox Entertainment Studios via her production company Joy Mill Entertainment, dedicated to creating entertaining, culture-bending stories centered around identity and joy. Ross is the owner, founder, and co-CEO of PATTERN Beauty, the global multimillion-dollar hair & body care brand she created for the curly, coily & tight-textured community and everyBODY.  Ross has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including the People's Choice Awards "Fashion Icon Award," induction as a Disney Legend by The Walt Disney Company, and WWD's first-ever Hollywood Trailblazer Award. Ross received honorary doctorates from Spelman College and her alma mater, Brown University.