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*Tracee Ellis Ross is threatening to cut back her starring role on “Black-ish” after it was revealed that she earns “significantly less” than her co-star Anthony Anderson.
The Time’s Up movement had a lot to say about Ross’ salary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A recent meeting centered on the gender pay gap in Hollywood discussed Ellis Ross “at length” according to one of THR’s sources.
The pay gap between Tracee and Anthony is reportedly steep enough that she’s considering cutting back on her appearances on the series, and THR notes that this could bring its own host of problems.
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The Hollywood Reporter explains:
With negotiations for the fifth season ongoing, sources say Ellis Ross feels that if she isn’t brought up to Anderson’s level, she may opt to appear in fewer episodes to make up the disparity by guesting on another show. The tactic has split opinions within Time’s Up, with some worried that it’s more a retreat than a forward-looking solution (fitting in extra work isn’t always feasible, and often an actress wouldn’t earn as much guesting as she would as a network star). A network source says a new deal will significantly increase her compensation and cautioned that Anderson and Ellis Ross’ roles aren’t equal given that he has been attached to Black-ish from the start and is an executive producer. Still, until a few weeks ago, this type of candid conversation would never have taken place outside an actress’ agency.
However, THR says sources claim Anderson’s role with the program is much different than Ellis Ross’s, hence the pay difference.
“A network source says a new deal will significantly increase her compensation and cautioned that Anderson and Ellis Ross’ roles aren’t equal given that he has been attached to Black-ish from the start and is an executive producer.”
As noted by The Grape Vine, both Ross and Anderson have starred on “Black-ish” since the show debuted on ABC in 2014. And while the series has received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, Ross is the only one to have taken home an award. In 2016 she became the first black woman in 35 years to win a Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical TV series.
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