Tracee Ellis Ross Graces the September Issue of ESSENCE

“…On 'Girlfriends' I had become a woman, but it wasn’t until three or four years later that I really began to embody who I had become.”–Tracee Ellis Ross, ESSENCE  
 
She’s back! Returning to television three years after the end of the much-beloved series "Girlfriends," fan favorite and style maven Tracee Ellis Ross continues to make us laugh, smile at our flaws -- and want to go shopping!

Here, she talks to writer Kierna Mayo about her new lead role on the upcoming BET sitcom, "Reed Between the Lines," her personal transformation during "Girlfriends," her love for all things fashion and lessons she learned from her superstar mom, Diana Ross.

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