Tracee Ellis Ross on Broadway Debut and Solo Traveling

Tracee Ellis Ross on Broadway Debut and Solo Traveling

Author: Willie Geist, Sunday TODAY August 16, 2026 Duration: 1:00:27
Tracee Ellis Ross had her breakout television role in Girlfriends 25 years ago. Since then, she has starred in Black-ish and created a haircare brand called Pattern Beauty. The Golden Globe winner got together with Willie Geist in the New York City apartment building she grew up in to discuss her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated show Every Brilliant Thing and the new season of the Roku show Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross and why she always follows the Mantra “B.I.A” or Bring It All when she packs.

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