Ella Ballentine

Ella Ballentine

Ella Ballentine in 2016
Born Ella Hope Ballentine
(2001-07-18) July 18, 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actor
Years active 2011–present

Ella Ballentine (born 18 July 2001)[1] is a young Canadian film, television and stage actress.[2] 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,[3] 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[4] directorial debut, Standoff.[5]

Ella played the role of Jennifer[6] in Atom Egoyan's feature, The Captive, an official selection for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[7] The same year Ella shared the screen with Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows and Christopher Heyerdahl, in The Calling, directed by Jason Stone.[8]

She has starred in television productions such as Clara's Deadly Secret[9] 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[9] for Hallmark Channel in 2012 directed by Jonathan Wright, and as Meddie Reno in Time Tremors.[10]

Ella's stage roles include playing Little Cosette / Young Eponine[11] in the Mirvish Productions 25th Anniversary Les Miserables production, and (2013/2014), and Felicia the leading role in Numbers,[12] a 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival play for which she received rave reviews.[13][14]

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."[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Director
2016 Milton's Secret Anna Barnet Bain
2016 The Monster aka There Are Monsters Lizzy Bryan Bertino
2016 Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti[16] Emma Croft Richard Boddington
2015 Standoff[5] Bird Adam Alleca[17]
2014 The Calling Rose Batten Jason Stone[8]
2014 The Captive Jennifer Atom Egoyan
2013 Clara's Deadly Secret Kate Andrew C. Erin
2013 Lunchbox Loser Missy Virginia Abramovich[18]
2012 The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk Anouk Celeste Koon[19]
2012 Baby's First Christmas Karen Pendrell Jonathan Wright
2011 Words

Television

Year Title Role Notes Director
2018 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew Anne Shirley In production [20] John Kent Harrison
2017 Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars Anne Shirley In production John Kent Harrison
2016 L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley John Kent Harrison
2014 Saving Hope Rachel Stewart Episode: The Other Side of Midnight Peter Wellington
2014 Reign Voland Girl Episode: The Plague Fred Gerber
2013 Time Tremors Medie Reno S1 E1-7

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2015 Ubisoft Toronto
2013 Time Tremors Medie Reno

Stage

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

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result.
2013 Broadway World Awards Best Featured Actress in a Musical Les Misérables Nominated
34th Young Artist Awards Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actress Numbers Nominated
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress Baby's 1st Christmas Nominated
2014 35th Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot - Young Actress Clara's Deadly Secret Nominated
Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actress Les Misérables Nominated
Dora Mavor Moore Award Outstanding Performance - Ensemble in a Musical Les Miserables Nominated
2016 Joey Awards Best Young Actress Anne of Green Gables Won
Best Young Actress Standoff Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Ella Ballentine's twit". Twitter. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Ella Ballentine at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ "Anne of Green Gables: A glimpse of the filming of a much-loved story", CBC.ca, retrieved Aug 3, 2015
  4. ↑ Adam Alleca at the Internet Movie Database
  5. 1 2 Standoff at the Internet Movie Database
  6. ↑ "Cannes Film Review: 'The Captive'", Variety online, retrieved May 17, 2014
  7. ↑ "Cannes Unveils 2014 Official Selection Lineup", Variety online, retrieved May 8, 2014
  8. 1 2 Jason Stone at the Internet Movie Database
  9. 1 2 Kondoloy, Amanda (October 10, 2013). "LMN Presents New Original Movie 'Clara's Deadly Secret'". Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Time Tremors", IMDB
  11. ↑ "Les Miserables, Toronto: Cast and Creatives", Les Miserables Official Website, retrieved May 8, 2014
  12. ↑ Numbers 2012, retrieved May 17, 2014
  13. ↑ "Toronto Fringe Festival", Ontario Arts Review, retrieved May 7, 2014
  14. ↑ "Numbers portrays the Holocaust through dance sequences", The Canadian Jewish News, July 9, 2012, retrieved July 16, 2012
  15. ↑ "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
  16. ↑ Against the Wild: Survive the Serengeti at the Internet Movie Database
  17. ↑ Adam Alleca at the Internet Movie Database
  18. ↑ Virginia Abramovich at the Internet Movie Database
  19. ↑ Celeste Koon at the Internet Movie Database
  20. ↑ "Corus Entertainment Greenlights Second and Third Instalments of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Good Stars and Fire & Dew". Corus Entertainment. September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.

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