About
Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, director, and entrepreneur best known for her headlining television roles as attorney Joan Clayton in the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends (2000–2008) and Dr. Rainbow Johnson in ABC's comedy series black-ish (2014–2022), earning five Primetime Emmy nominations.
Before Fame
Graduated from Brown University with a degree in theatre in 1994, working as a fashion editor for Mirabella and New York magazines and modeling for Thierry Mugler before booking her breakout screen roles.
Trivia
In 2017, she became the first African American woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy in over 34 years since Debbie Allen's 1983 win for Fame.
Family Life
Daughter of legendary Motown superstar singer Diana Ross and music business executive Robert Ellis Silberstein. She is the sister of actor Evan Ross and half-sister of Rhonda Ross Kendrick.
Associated With
Starred opposite Anthony Anderson on black-ish and Dakota Johnson in the music industry comedy-drama film The High Note (2020).
