Tracey Edmonds has created and produced groundbreaking projects for television, film, music, and digital media; and as a TV personality, she earned an Emmy Award while serving as cohost alongside Mario Lopez and Charissa Thompson on ExtraTV for 3 years. Edmonds currently serves as CEO and President of Edmonds Entertainment. Edmonds is also the Founder and Editor of the new lifestyle, health and wellness media brand, AlrightNow.com.
Edmonds most recently executive produced Games People Play (BET), a sexy stylized drama about the high-stakes world of the NBA, which became BET’s highest rated series for 2019. Edmonds’ other recent projects include the hit reality series Deion’s Family Playbook (OWN) and the three – time NAACP Image Award nominated With This Ring (Lifetime). Edmonds won high acclaim for the serialized version of her hit movie Soul Food, an hour-long dramedy for Showtime Networks, Inc., which ran for five seasons and won multiple NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series three years in a row.
She also executive produced several other groundbreaking reality shows including College Hill (BET’s first reality show), which ran for six seasons, and its spinoff College Hill Interns; Lil’ Kim: Countdown to Lockdown; and DMX: Soul of a Man. Edmonds’ other film successes include the hit film Jumping the Broom, which earned several NAACP Image Awards.
As a television personality, Edmonds also served as boardroom advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on The New Celebrity Apprentice and as host of BET’s competition reality show, Queen Boss.
A Stanford University graduate, Edmonds has won numerous awards for her contributions to the entertainment industry, including Ebony Magazine’s Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications Entrepreneur Award (2002); the Volunteers of America Legacy of Leadership Award (2004); the National Organization for Women’s Excellence in Media Award (2005);Alliance for Women in Media’s Gracies Award for Best Host in Entertainment & Information (2015); Emmy Award, Outstanding Entertainment News Program (2016); and Alliance for Women in Media SoCal’s Genii Award for Excellence in Entertainment (2016).
Edmonds has served as the co-chair for the PGA’s annual Produced By Conference for the past 5 years. Previously, she also served on the Board of Governors for the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and on the Board of Trustees for the American Film Institute. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Tracey Edmonds resides in Beverly Hills, California with her two sons, Brandon and Dylan.
Tracey Edmonds has created and produced groundbreaking projects for television, film, music, and digital media. She served as co-host of Extra TV alongside Mario Lopez and Charissa Thompson for 3 years, where she earned an Emmy Award. Edmonds currently serves as CEO and President of Edmonds Entertainment. She recently inked a First-Look Production and Development Deal with STXalternative. Edmonds is also the Founder and Editor of the new lifestyle, health and wellness media brand, AlrightNow.com.
We are currently developing a one-hour drama series, INVISIBLE LIFE (HBO), based on the best-selling novel by E. Lynn Harris, and a television movie, THE EX FILES (Lifetime), based on Victoria Christopher Murray’s novel.
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