Rhonda Ross Kendrick is a singer-songwriter, actress and public speaker best known as the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross. She continued her career in entertainment by appearing in the NBC soap opera Another World, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. Similarly, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Younger Actress in 1998. In this article, find out everything we know about Rhonda Ross Kendrick, including information about her siblings, mother, biological father, net worth, and personal life with her husband.
Everything about the biological father
Rhonda Ross Kendrick was born in Los Angeles, California on August 14, 1971. Diana Ross, a singer, and Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, are her biological parents. Kendrick’s biological parents were dating by the time she was born. However, their parents divorced and she was raised by her mother and stepfather when her mother married music businessman Robert Ellis Silberstein in 1971.
Interestingly, the Daytime Emmy-nominated actress was never told about her real father when she was young. As a result, she mistook her stepfather Robert for her real father. When Rhonda was 13, her mother Diana revealed the truth to her: Robert Ellis was not her real father; rather, her real father was Berry Gordy, whom Rhonda called Uncle BB.
Rhonda has a net worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, a graduate of Brown University, has a net worth of $20 million. Her primary source of income is quite obvious as she is a famous singer and actress. Kendrick’s music career began in 2004 with the release of her first album ‘Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick’. Since then, he has used his music to address social issues, spirituality, racism, sexism and self-love, making it resonate with his audience. Her most famous musical work was her first solo album ‘In Case You Didn’t Know’ which was released in 2016.
As an actress, she starred in numerous acclaimed films, including The Last Dragon (1985), Franchesca Page (1988) and Personals (1999). Kendrick has recently been aggressively motivating “audiences around the world to think outside the box” through her motivational speaking engagements, seminars and live tours. These aspirations also contribute to her overall net worth.
He has half brothers and sisters from both his father’s and mother’s side.
Although Rhonda Ross Kendrick is the only child of Diane Ross and Berry Gordy, they have other offspring from previous marriages and partnerships. Diana Ross has five children from her three partnerships, while Berry Gordy has eight children from her six engagements. Kendrick is the half-sister of 11 siblings, including 4 on her mother’s side and 7 on her father’s side. Shown here are the names and birthdates of Kendrick’s siblings, courtesy of her original parents!
Her maternal half-siblings are as follows:
1. Tracee Ellis Ross and Chudney Ross (sisters)
Tracee and Chudney are the children of Diana Ross and music manager Robert Ellis Silberstein. She (actor and producer) was born on October 29, 1972, and Chudney (producer and production manager) on November 4, 1975.
2. Evan Ross and Ross Naess (brother)
Ross and Evan are the children of Diana Ross and Norwegian shipping billionaire Arne Naess Jr. Evan (actor) was born on August 26, 1988, while Ross (producer) was born on October 7, 1987.
Rhonda Ross Kendrick and her husband have been married for almost 23 years.
In 1994, Rhonda met the love of her life, Rodney Kendrick, a jazz pianist and composer. Music brought the couple together and they quickly fell in love and blossomed in their relationship. Three years later, on September 14, 1997, the two got married and have been living together ever since. Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick, the couple’s eleven-year-old son, is also a parent. He was born in the month of August 2009.
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Rhonda and her husband enriched their marriage by collaborating musically on several occasions and developing their own style of jazz. It also motivated Rhonda to become a composer, and as a result her songwriting career skyrocketed. In 2020, the couple celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary. On the occasion, Rhonda shared a photo of herself and Rodney and expressed gratitude for their “relationship, teaching, laughter and love.”
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