Tracee Ellis Ross Enters Multi-Year Deal at Fox Entertainment Studios

Tracee Ellis Ross and her production company Joy Mill Entertainment have entered a multi-year deal at Fox Entertainment Studios. The partnership entails a first-look deal for scripted content and an overall deal for unscripted content produced by Joy Mill.

Joy Mill’s scripted slate will span across comedy, drama and animation, with unscripted and reality formats to be developed as well. Adriana Ambriz will continue her role as Joy Mill’s head of development, having entered the position in 2020.

Ross is best known for starring as Dr. Rainbow Johnson in “Black-ish,” the Kenya Barris-created sitcom that ran on ABC for eight seasons from 2014 to 2022. Before that, she led the Mara Brock Akil comedy “Girlfriends” as Joan Carol Clayton for eight seasons on UPN and later the CW. Her other prominent credits include the 2020 film “The High Note,” which she executive produced in addition to starring, the 2023 film “American Fiction” and the Season 7 “Black Mirror” episode “Common People.” In 2022, Hulu and the Oprah Winfrey Network debuted “The Hair Tales,” a docuseries Ross created about the history and significance of Black hair. She is also the founder of the hair care brand Pattern Beauty.

Ross is repped by Artists First, UTA, Origin Public Relations and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

“Tracee is a singular force, creative, purposeful and culturally undeniable,” said Fox Entertainment Studios’ head of scripted, Hannah Pillemer, and head of unscripted, Allison Wallach. “Her instincts, curiosity and drive make her an exceptionally creative and prolific partner. We’re excited to team up with Tracee and Joy Mill Entertainment to create work that inspires, entertains and reflects the world through their distinctly authentic lens.”

“Joining the Fox Entertainment Studios family marks an exciting next chapter for Joy Mill Entertainment,” said Ross. “At Joy Mill, our focus is in creating and producing entertaining, culture bending stories centered around identity and joy, and from our earliest conversations with Fox, it was clear that they shared the same vision. I’m excited to collaborate with Hannah, Allison, Fernando Szew, Tomii Crump and their incredible teams as we continue to expand our platform.”