United Kingdom, July 30 -- Tracee Ellis Ross' mother, Diana Ross, taught her she "didn't need a man".

The 52-year-old actress - who is the daughter of the Motown legend and music executive Robert Ellis Silberstein - is proud of the life she has built for herself and credits the example set by her mom for her independent attitude.

She told the new issue of Self magazine: "I come from a lot of abundance, but all of the abundance that I enjoy is mine, that I've built.

"And building my own life has made me very aware of what my mother built on her own and what it took for her to do that.

"[My mom] didn't build the wealth she has, she didn't build the career she made because of a man.

"The example that was set for me [was] that I didn't n...