Tracey Ross
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February 27, 1959
Tracey Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | Linda Tracey Ross February 27, 1959 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Dwight Morrow High School |
| Alma mater | Douglass College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Known for | |
| Spouse(s) | Kashif (m. 1988; div. 1988) |
| Partner | Brad Johnson (c. 1986 – 1988) |
| Children | Bryce Vine |
Linda Tracey Ross[1][2][3] (born February 27, 1959[2][1]) is an American television actress, known for her role as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions (1999–2008).
Ross was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey and then Douglass College.[4]
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.[5] In 1984, she became the first winner in the Spokesmodel category on the television series Star Search,[6] and the National Association of Theatre Owners named her "Star of the Future".[7] She later joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope as Diana Douglas, appearing in show from 1985 to 1987.[6] 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.[8] 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,[9] with whom she had her only child, a son, rapper and singer Bryce Vine, born Bryce Christian Ross-Johnson in June 1988.[10][11] 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."[12] Six months later, two of the four, namely Kashif and Ross (who had briefly dated in 1984[13][14][7]), became husband and wife, reportedly on or very near the former's 42nd birthday, December 26.[15][16]