Lyric Ross
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| occupation = Actress
| known_for = Deja Pearson in This Is Us
}}
Lyric Ross is an American actress. She is known for her role as Deja Pearson in the NBC drama series This Is Us.
Early life and career
Ross raised in Homewood, Illinois, is the daughter of Brandi Smith and Stephen Ross and granddaughter of Margaret Smith.{{Cite web|title=Homewood eighth grader takes TV role in stride {{!}} HF Chronicle|url=https://hfchronicle.com/article/2017/dec/21/homewood-eighth-grader-takes-tv-role-stride|access-date=2022-02-03|website=hfchronicle.com|date=22 December 2017 }} She started acting when she was five years old, appearing in commercials and guest-starring in Chicago Fire and Sirens.{{Cite web|last=Keveney|first=Bill|title=Everything's Deja new for This Is Us star Lyric Ross|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/11/06/nbc-hit-this-is-us-lyric-ross-deja-sterling-k-brown/832778001/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=USA Today|language=en-US}} In 2017, she performed in a recurring role as Deja Pearson on season 2 of This Is Us while in the eighth grade at James Hart School in Homewood, Illinois. On August 27, 2018, NBC announced that Ross had been promoted to a series regular onwards season 3.{{Cite web|date=August 27, 2018|first=Dan|last=Snierson|title=This Is Us promotes Lyric Ross — a.k.a. Deja — to full-time cast member|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/27/this-is-us-lyric-ross-deja-season-3/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=EW.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=This Is Us Season 3: Lyric Ross Promoted to Series Regular|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/this-is-us-season-3-lyric-ross-promoted-series-regular/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=TVGuide.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Reslen|first=Eileen|date=2018-08-27|title=Fans React to Deja Becoming a Major Character on This Is Us|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a22841696/this-is-us-season-3-lyric-ross/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Good Housekeeping|language=en-US}} She and the rest of the show's cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/25th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=www.sagawards.org}}
She has been cast in the upcoming television series Ironheart.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=February 25, 2022 |title='This Is Us' Actress Lyric Ross Joins Marvel's 'Ironheart' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-ironheart-cast-lyric-ross-1235099407/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225211932/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-ironheart-cast-lyric-ross-1235099407/ |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
In 2022 she dubbed in the stop motion film Wendell & Wild as Katherine "Kat" Koniqua Elliot.{{Cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Erik Pedersen,Matt |last2=Pedersen |first2=Erik |last3=Grobar |first3=Matt |date=2022-10-10 |title='Wendell & Wild': Henry Selick's Stop-Motion Pic For Netflix Gets New Trailer – Update |url=https://deadline.com/video/wendell-and-wild-trailer-jordan-peele-keegan-michael-key-lyric-ross-henry-selick-netflix/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Philanthropy
Ross serves as a celebrity ambassador for Orphan Myth.{{Cite web|date=March 25, 2021|first=Karen|last=Mizoguchi|title=This Is Us{{'}} Lyric Ross Advocates for Adoption to Help Kids Like Her Character Find 'Genuinely Loving' Homes|url=https://people.com/tv/lyric-ross-orphan-myth-100-percent-participation-campaign/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=people.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Spivey|first=Kemberlie|title=Lyric Ross Talks Orphan Myth, Her Message to Young Kids in the Foster Care System, and This Is Us|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kemberliespivey/2021/04/15/lyric-ross-talks-orphan-myths-her-message-to-young-kids-in-the-foster-care-system-and-this-is-us/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Forbes|language=en}}
Filmography
= Film =
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2015
|Lily |
| 2015
|Girl |
| 2016
|Untitled Lena Waithe Project |Andrea |TV movie |
| 2017–2022
|Deja Pearson |Recurring (season 2); main character (season 3–6) |
| 2025
|Natalie Washington |Miniseries |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century African-American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Illinois
Category:African-American child actresses
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses