Rhonda Ross Kendrick is a singer-songwriter, actor, and public speaker best known as the daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross. She continued her career in the entertainment sector by appearing on the NBC soap opera Another World, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Similarly, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1998. Learn all we know about Rhonda Ross Kendrick in this article, including information on her siblings, mother, biological father, net worth, and personal life with her spouse.
Everything Concerning 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 business and its subsidiaries, are her biological parents. Kendrick’s birth parents were dating at the time she was born. Their parents divorced, however, and she was raised by her mother and stepfather when her mother married music businessman Robert Ellis Silberstein in 1971.
Interestingly, the Daytime Emmy Award-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 actual father; rather, her true father was Berry Gordy, whom Rhonda referred to as Uncle BB.
Rhonda has a net worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, a Brown University graduate, has a net worth of $20 million. Her primary source of income is rather obvious since she is a well-known singer and actor. Kendrick’s music career began in 2004 with the publication of her first album, ‘Rhonda Ross Live Featuring Rodney Kendrick.’ Since then, she has used her music to address social concerns, spirituality, racism, sexism, and self-love, which is why she resonates with her audience. Her most well-known musical effort was her first solo album ‘In Case You Didn’t Know,’ which was published in 2016.
As an actress, she has acted in numerous critically praised films, including The Last Dragon (1985), Franchesca Page (1988), and Personals (1999). Kendrick has recently been aggressively motivating “audiences all around the globe to think beyond the box” with her motivational speaking engagements, seminars, and live tours. These pursuits also contribute to her overall net worth.
She has half-siblings on both her father’s and mother’s sides.
Although Rhonda Ross Kendrick is Diana Ross and Berry Gordy’s sole child, they have other offspring from previous marriages and partnerships. Diana Ross has five children from her three partnerships, whereas Berry Gordy has eight children from his six engagements. Kendrick is the half-sister of 11 siblings, including 4 from her mother’s side and 7 from her father’s side. Kendrick’s siblings’ names and birth dates are shown here, courtesy of her original parents!
Her half-siblings on her mother’s side 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.
Rhonda met the love of her life, Rodney Kendrick, a jazz pianist, and composer, in 1994. Music brought the pair together, and they quickly fell in love and blossomed their relationship. Three years later, on September 14, 1997, the two married, and they have been living together ever since. Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick, the couple’s 11-year-old son, is also a parent. He was born in the month August of 2009.
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Rhonda and her husband added richness to their marital connection by musically collaborating on several occasions and developing their own style of jazz. That also motivated Rhonda to become a composer, and her career as a songwriter skyrocketed as a result. n 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, teachings, laughter, and love.”
