Thank you so much for giving time to FLAUNT for a cover story for our 25th-anniversary issue. This is despite-or as she explains-because of the way she was raised. While interviewing the actor, I found her unaffected and straightforward. But that’s not quite the way it worked, and the thousands of hours will attest. It might be assumed that for Ross, show-business success was a given. Her parents are the legendary musician Diana Ross and music producer Robert Ellis Silberstein. Now we rewind 25 years and start this story at the inception of both FLAUNT and Ross’ career…īut of course, before a deeper dive, this particular instance asks a noteworthy question: What is it like to be ‘born famous?’ Ross knows first-hand. Ross demonstrates her versatility with two new feature films dropping this winter: American Fiction (with Jeffrey Wright) and Candy Cane Lane (with Eddie Murphy). Giving, grateful, funny, and focused, she’s in high demand for she can do it all. While carving her own path in Hollywood, wowing the fashion world, and never resting on name or looks, Tracee Ellis Ross has put in thousands of hours of work to achieve her success.
