Linda Tracey Ross (born February 27, 1959) is an American television actress, known for her role as

Eve Russell Eve Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera ''Passions'', which aired on NBC from 1999–2007 and on DirecTV from 2007–08. Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was played by Tracey Ross for the serie ...

on the

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daytime soap opera, ''

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'' (1999–2008).

Life and career

Ross was born in

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, and attended

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and then

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. In 1984, she became the first winner in the Spokesmodel category on the television series ''

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''. She later joined the cast of

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daytime soap opera ''

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'' as

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, appearing in show from 1985 to 1987. She later had a number of guest starring roles on prime time shows, such as ''

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'', '' Roc'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. From 1999 to 2008, Ross starred as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, ''Passions''. Ross was nominated for the

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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. Her son is rapper and singer

Bryce Vine Bryce Ross-Johnson (born June 16, 1988), known by his stage name Bryce Vine, is an American rapper and singer from Westlake Village, California. He ventured into a career of music in 2011 when he auditioned for ''The Glee Project''. A year later, ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Tracey American soap opera actresses African-American actresses 1959 births Living people Actresses from New Jersey Douglass College alumni Dwight Morrow High School alumni People from Brooklyn 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women