Marie Ellis

Marie was born in Omaha, Nebraska (US). In this Midwestern city, she began performing at the same theatre where Henry Fonda and Marlon Brando made their debuts - the Omaha Community Playhouse. After years of being involved in theatre productions - some involving cross-country tours for months at a time - Marie attended theatre school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a scholarship. Though she enjoyed university and was on the honor roll, she left college after two years to move to Los Angeles. Five years of residence in Los Angeles yielded supporting rolls in a few independent films, as well as U5 appearances on shows, such as Medium and Blue Collar TV. Inevitably drawn back to academia, however, during that time, Marie re-enrolled in college at the University of California-Irvine, studying English. After a year of living abroad in Berlin, Germany, Marie graduated magna cum laude with a BA in English from the University of California. Shortly after graduation, she moved to San Francisco for a year to work on the editorial staff of a magazine. Marie then moved to Brighton, England, where she attended the University of Sussex and earned a Master's degree in Critical Theory in 2011. She has lived in England since 2010 with her husband and her dog, a corgi named Ferdinand, and she can be seen on stage in various local theatre productions. She is also an avid writer and completed her first novel in 2012.