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Ella Ballentine
Ella Ballentine in 2016
Born
Ella Hope Ballentine

(2001-07-18) July 18, 2001 (age 23)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Ella Ballentine (born July 18, 2001[1]) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress. Ella is known for her roles in diverse range of projects from musicals through television and film dramas to thrillers and horror. In 2015 she was selected to play the role of Anne Shirley,[2] in a new retelling of the Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. She acted next to Martin Sheen as Matthew Cuthbert, and Sara Botsford as Marilla Cuthbert in the television movie adaptation directed by John Kent Harrison. In the same year Ella landed the role of Lizzy in writer/director, Bryan Bertino's horror, The Monster. In this movie Ella co-starred with Zoe Kazan and Scott Speedman who she already worked with a couple of years back in The Captive.

In her first feature lead role, Ella co-starred with Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane in writer, Adam Alleca's directorial debut, Standoff.

Ella played the role of Jennifer[3] in Atom Egoyan's feature, The Captive, an official selection for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The same year Ella shared the screen with Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows and Christopher Heyerdahl, in The Calling, directed by Jason Stone.

She has starred in television productions such as Clara's Deadly Secret[5] a Lifetime movie, directed by Andrew C. Erin where she played Kate, one of the main characters, and in her film acting debut Baby's First Christmas[5] for Hallmark Channel in 2012 directed by Jonathan Wright, and as Meddie Reno in Time Tremors.

Ella's stage roles include playing Little Cosette / Young Eponine[6] in the Mirvish Productions 25th Anniversary Les Miserables production, and (2013/2014), and Felicia the leading role in Numbers,[7] a 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival play for which she received rave reviews.[8][9]

In 2013 Ella was invited to the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Gala as one of the "renowned Canadian performers enlivened the evening with dramatic readings of the five prize-nominated titles."[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Words
2012 The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk Anouk
2013 Lunchbox Loser Missy
2014 The Captive Jennifer
The Calling Rose Batten
2015 Standoff Bird
2016 Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti Emma Croft
The Monster Lizzy aka. There Are Monsters
Milton's Secret Anna

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Baby's First Christmas Karen Pendrell Television film
2013 'Clara's Deadly Secret Kate Television film
Time Tremors Medie Reno S1 E1-7'
2014 Reign Voland Girl Episode: "The Plague"
Saving Hope Rachel Stewart Episode: "The Other Side of Midnight"
2016 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley Television film
2017 Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

Video games

  • Time Tremors (2013), as Medie Reno

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Railway Children Francis Perks Roundhouse Theatre
2012 Numbers Felicia Factory Theatre
2013–2014 Les Misérables Little Cosette / Young Eponine Princess of Wales Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2013 34th Young Artist Awards Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actress[11] Numbers Nominated
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress[12] Baby's 1st Christmas Nominated
2014 35th Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Young Actress[13] Clara's Deadly Secret Nominated
Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actress[14] Les Misérables Nominated
Dora Mavor Moore Award Outstanding Performance - Ensemble in a Musical[15] Les Miserables Nominated
2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress[16] The Monster Pending
iHorror Awards Best Actress - Horror Film[17] Pending

References

  1. ^ "Ella Ballentine's twit". Twitter. July 18, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Anne of Green Gables: A glimpse of the filming of a much-loved story", CBC.ca, retrieved August 3, 2015
  3. ^ "Cannes Film Review: 'The Captive'", Variety online, retrieved May 17, 2014
  4. ^ "Cannes Unveils 2014 Official Selection Lineup", Variety online, retrieved May 8, 2014
  5. ^ a b Kondoloy, Amanda (October 10, 2013). "LMN Presents New Original Movie 'Clara's Deadly Secret'". Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  6. ^ "Les Miserables, Toronto: Cast and Creatives", Les Miserables Official Website, archived from the original on June 7, 2014, retrieved May 8, 2014 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Numbers 2012, retrieved May 17, 2014
  8. ^ "Toronto Fringe Festival", Ontario Arts Review, retrieved May 7, 2014
  9. ^ "Numbers portrays the Holocaust through dance sequences", The Canadian Jewish News, July 9, 2012, retrieved July 16, 2012
  10. ^ "Hon. Hilary M. Weston and the Writers' Trust Present $60,000 Literary Award to Graeme Smith for Account of Afghan War", Writer's Trust of Canada, retrieved May 17, 2014
  11. ^ "34th Young Artist Awards!". Wikipedia. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  12. ^ "34th Young Artist Awards!". Wikipedia. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  13. ^ "35th Young Artist Awards!". Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "35th Young Artist Awards!". Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  15. ^ "awards database". tapa.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  16. ^ "Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". FANGORIA®. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  17. ^ "iHorror Awards". ihorror.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.