Biography

Ellie trained at Guildford School of Acting and, after graduating, went straight into the hit BBC drama Waterloo Road as junkie tear-away Maxine Barlow (series 2, 3 and 4). During this time she also filmed series such as The Bill and Casualty and played opposite Joanna Christie (Equs, West End) in the Belgrade theatre’s sell-out production One Night in November.

Having completed Waterloo Road she headed South to play shy, Romanie Alva Wicklow in The BBC’s Ashes to Ashes and, last year, worked with David Threlfall and the rest of the Shameless cast when she filmed a gripping three episodes of the hit comedy drama as bubbly Sammy Dee.

Most recent work includes playing Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at The Bolton Octagon Theatre and reappearing in BBC's Casualty.

Recent work also includes Justice - a five part drama for BBC1; The Crucible at Regent Park's open air theatre (as Betty Parris); Shelagh Stephenson’s The Long Road at the incredible, new Curve theatre Leicester; The 24 Hour Plays (The Old Vic), Symposium (The Old Vic) and Eloquent Protest at The Duke of York’s Theatre where she played alongside artists such as Samuel West and Jason Isaacs.

As a young, northern actress, she first trod the boards at The Royal Exchange (Arabian Nights) and the Lowry theatres (Feelgood Theatre Production’s The Wizard of Oz) and appeared in television productions such as Burn It (BBC TV), Blood Strangers and The Illustrated Mum (ITV).




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