Tracey Ross

Linda Tracey Ross<ref name="CTF & T">Riggs, Thomas; ed. (2005). Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Volume 59. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. p. 59. Template:ISBN.</ref><ref name="WWAAA">Craddock, James; ed. (2016). Who's Who Among African Americans – 31st Edition. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.. p. 905. Template:ISBN.</ref><ref>"On the Screen: Tracey Ross". The Raleigh News and Observer. August 15, 2007. p. E9. Retrieved September 1, 2024.</ref> (born February 27, 1959<ref name="WWAAA"/><ref name="CTF & T"/>) is an American television actress, known for her role as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions (1999–2008).

Early life and education

Ross was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey and then Douglass College.<ref>Ledesma, Ann. "Former 'wallflower' blossoms into radiant model", Home News, January 16, 1979. Accessed February 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Looking at gorgeous Tracey Ross, 20, no one would ever suspect that she grew up feeling like 'a misfit, a wallflower, shy'.... Miss Ross, a Brooklyn native who graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, had been a dance and theater major at Douglass."</ref>

Career

In 1974, Ross's victory in the Miss Black Teen-Ager of New Jersey contest helped launch her modeling career, which received a further boost from her 1978 win in L'Oreal's Look of Radiance contest.<ref>Lanman, Sandra (September 12, 1982). "Model of Distinction: New Brunswick's Tracey Ross enjoying her life in fashion". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. B1. Retrieved September 2, 2024.</ref> In 1984, she became the first winner in the Spokesmodel category on the television series Star Search,<ref name="so">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the National Association of Theatre Owners named her "Star of the Future".<ref name="CDPS re K&T"/> She later joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope as Diana Douglas, appearing in show from 1985 to 1987.<ref name="so" /> She later had a number of guest starring roles on prime time shows, such as The Cosby Show, Roc, Baywatch Nights, and Providence.

From 1999 to 2008, Ross starred as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ross was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for nine consecutive years, for her performance as Eve Russell. Ross won the award on March 2, 2007.

Personal life

During the mid-1980s Ross was in a relationship with Manhattan restaurateur Brad Johnson,<ref>Groves, Seli (April 8, 1986). "Soap Bubbles". The York Dispatch. p. 10. Retrieved September 2, 2024.</ref> with whom she had her only child, a son, rapper and singer Bryce Vine, born Bryce Christian Ross-Johnson in June 1988.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>"Tracey Ross Gives Birth in New York Apartment". Jet. July 11, 1988. p. 15. Retrieved September 2, 2024.</ref> That same month, Ross was one of four African-American “celebrity singles"—the others being Patti Austin, Kashif, and Freddie Jackson—featured in Ebony magazine, where they "shar[ed] their secrets for living happily alone."<ref>"Living Alone and Loving It". Ebony. June 1988. pp.62, 64, 66, 68.</ref> Six months later, two of the four, namely Kashif and Ross (who had briefly dated in 1984<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="CDPS re K&T">Template:Cite news</ref>), became husband and wife, reportedly on or very near the former's 42nd birthday, December 26.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls		Television film
1984	Best Defense	Arab Girl
1984	The Cotton Club	Dancer
1985	Finder of Lost Loves	Secretary	Episode: "Deadly Silence"
1985	Braker	Janice	Television film
1985–1987	Ryan's Hope	Diana Douglas	Series regular
1987	Mayflower Madam	Annabelle	Television film
1989	The Cosby Show	Fran	Episode: "Getting to Know You"
1991	Doctor Doctor	Rachel Patton	Episode: "Butterfield's Complaint"
1991	Lies of the Twins	Lillian Roth	Television film
1991	Roc	Wife	Episode: "A Home, a Loan"
1994	On Our Own	Mrs. Kisling	Episode: "Parents' Night"
1996	Baywatch Nights	Celia	Episode: "Curse of the Mirrored Box"
1996	Small Time	Verneile
1997	Cold Around the Heart	Nurse
1999–2008	Passions	Eve Russell	Series regular
1999	Unconditional Love	Patrice Sommers
2002	Providence	Dr. Eve Johnson Russell	Episode: "The Eleventh Hour"
2008	House of Payne	Mrs. Carter	Episode: "Payne and Prejudice"
2009	Brothers	Chris	Episode: "Mom at Bar/Train Buddy"
2014	Steps of Faith	Stephanie Houston

External links

• [https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0743897

 | name/{{#if:{{#invoke:ustring|match|1=0743897|2=^nm}}
   | Template:Trim/
   | nm0743897/
   }}
 | {{#if: {{#property:P345}}
   | name/Template:First word/
   | find?q=%7B%7B%23if%3A+%0A++++++%7C+%7B%7B%7Bname%7D%7D%7D%0A++++++%7C+%5B%5B%3ATemplate%3APAGENAMEBASE%5D%5D%0A++++++%7D%7D&s=nm
   }}
 }}{{#if: 0743897  {{#property:P345}} | {{#switch: 
 | award | awards = awards Awards for | biography | bio = bio Biography for
 }}}} {{#if: 
 | {{{name}}}
 | Template:PAGENAMEBASE
 }}] at IMDb{{#if: 0743897{{#property:P345}}
 | Template:EditAtWikidata
 | Template:Main other

}}{{#switch:{{#invoke:string2|matchAny|^nm.........|^nm.......|nm|.........|source=0743897|plain=false}}

 | 1 | 3 =  Template:Main otherTemplate:Preview warning
 | 4 = Template:Main otherTemplate:Preview warning

}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:IMDb name with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|showblankpositional=1| 1 | 2 | id | name | section }} Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series