Born November 28, 1980, Angelica Ross is an American actress, businessman and transgender advocate. A self-taught computer programmer, she later became the founder and CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, a company that employs transgender people in the technology industry.
Ross began his acting career in the web series Her Story (2016), after which further awareness and critics of his role in starring in the drama series Pose (2018-2021) and the anthology horror series American Horror Story (2019-present) both by FX.
Angelica Ross grew up in Racine near the north. Ross, who is a transgender woman, said she felt she was feminine from an early age. In 1998, at the age of 17, she appeared gay to an evangelical Christian mother. According to Ross, her mother did not receive the news well, and she said, "She couldn't have a person like me as a child, and she should commit suicide or she would. " Ross thought of ending her life and overdose her drug, but she survived.
After graduating from high school at the age of 17, Ross temporarily attended the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and dropped out after a semester. Ross is G.I. To sign up for, she decided to join the US Navy (after her parents signed an exemption to allow her to join when she was a minor). Ross initially moved to Rochester, New York before she was stationed in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. After six months of work, she was harassed by a soldier, so she applied for and received a "markless" discharge under the "don't ask" policy.
Ross returned home and became friends with a drag queen named Traci Ross who helped begin a gender tranition at the age of 19 in Roanoke, Virginia. Ross and her parents have been estranged for some time, but she states that their relationship has since been restored. For six years she lived in Roanoke, Ross worked as a waitress at Applebee's, so she was able to make enough money to pay the rent and attend a cosmetology school. Her job as a waitress was terminated due to discrimination. Ross then moved to Hollywood, Florida, where he worked as a model and escort until 2003, then as a web manager. She founded a web development and graphic design company and took acting classes. She later moved to Chicago to become the Employment Coordinator for the Translife Center.
In 2005, Ross made his acting debut in the comedy film Natale a Miami, followed by a role in the short film Bella Maddo (2010). In 2016, she was recognized that Ross played her leading role in the Los Angeles-based transgender women's web series Her Story. The series has been nominated for an outstanding short-form comedy or drama Primetime Emmy Award. In 2017, she made guest appearances on CBS's legal drama series Doubt, TNT's crime drama series Claws, and the Amazon Prime Video comedy drama series Transparent. She was also an executive producer and starred in the officially selected short films Missed Connections at Outfest 2017, Baltimore International Black Film Festival 2017, La Femme International Film Festival 2017 and Outflix Film Festival 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee. .. In June 2017, Ross provided voicework for the Amazon Video animated series Danger & Eggs.
Her breakthrough appeared in 2018 as Candy Ferocity in Ryan Murphy's FX drama series Pose. She received high praise for her performance. She played the psychologist Donna Chambers in the FX Anthology Horror Series American Horror Story: 1984. This made her the first transgender actress to secure a regular role in the two series. This series was also the second collaboration with Murphy. Her performance was highly appreciated by her fans and critics. In 2021, Ross returned as a regular series for the 10th season of the show. She recently signed a contract with Pigeon to develop a television project. Ross portrays Georgia, a transgender woman, in the 2022 movie "Flaming Agnes".
