Ellie Moon

Ellie Moon
NationalityCanadian, English
OccupationActor, Playwright
Years active2016–present

Ellie Moon is a Canadian actor and playwright.[1]

Career

Moon began her career in Toronto, Ontario, as a member of the acting company at Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2016-17, and acting in her playwriting debut, Asking For It, which opened both Crow's Theatre and Nightwood Theatre's 2017-18 seasons, and earned her a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for performance.[2]

Moon wrote and premiered two other plays— What I Call Her, and This Was the World. The first premiered at Crow’s Theatre, and the latter at Tarragon Theatre.[3] In this time, Moon continued to work as an actor, with roles including Emmy in A Doll's House, Part 2 at Segal Centre for Performing Arts [4] and a pilot for NBC[5]. In 2019, it was announced in Variety that What I Call Her is being developed into a feature film by D. W. Waterson.[6]

Publications

Asking For It and Other Plays: Asking For It, What I Call Her and This Was the World (2020) [7]

References
  1. "Ellie Moon".
  2. Maga, Carly (November 25, 2018). "Ellie Moon's new play proves she's a theatrical force" – via www.thespec.com.
  3. "Review: What I Call Her is enlightening in its agony" – via The Globe and Mail.
  4. "Theatre review: Enough wit and female fury to fuel second Doll's House". November 23, 2018.
  5. "Ellie Moon".
  6. Punter, Jennie; Punter, Jennie (April 29, 2019). "Inside Out LGBTQ Fest Unveils 2019 Finance Forum Selection (EXCLUSIVE)".
  7. https://books.google.ca/books/about/Asking_for_It_and_Other_Plays.html?id=HXJLzQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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