Ella Ballentine

Ella Ballentine

Ballentine in 2015
Born Ella Hope Ballentine
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actor
Years active 2011–present

Ella Ballentine is a young Canadian film, television and stage actress.[1] Ella is known for her roles in versatile range of projects from musicals through television and film dramas to thrillers and horror. In 2015 she was selected to play the coveted 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, There Are Monsters. 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[3] directorial debut, Standoff.[4]

Ella played the role of Jennifer[5] in Atom Egoyan's feature, The Captive, an official selection for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6] The same year Ella shared the screen with Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows and Christopher Heyerdahl, in The Calling, directed by Jason Stone.[7]

She has starred in television productions such as Clara's Deadly Secret[8] 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[8] for Hallmark Channel in 2012 directed by Jonathan Wright, and as Meddie Reno in Time Tremors.[9]

Ella's stage roles include playing Little Cosette / Young Eponine[10] in the Mirvish Productions 25th Anniversary Les Miserables production, and (2013/2014), and Felicia the leading role in Numbers,[11] a Toronto Fringe Festival play in 2012 she received rave reviews[12][13] for.

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."[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Director
2016 Milton's Secret[15] Anna Post-production Barnet Bain[16]
2016 There Are Monsters[17] Lizzy Post-production Bryan Bertino
2016 Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti[18] Emma Croft Richard Boddington
2015 Standoff [4] Bird Adam Alleca[19]
2014 The Calling Rose Batten Jason Stone[7]
2014 The Captive Jennifer Atom Egoyan
2013 Clara's Deadly Secret Kate Andrew C. Erin
2013 Lunchbox Loser Missy Virginia Abramovich[20]
2012 The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk Anouk Celeste Koon[21]
2012 Baby's First Christmas Karen Pendrell Jonathan Wright
2011 Words

Television

Year Title Role Notes Director
2016 Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley John Kent Harrison
2014 Saving Hope Rachel Stewart Episode: The Other Side of Midnight Peter Wellington
2014 Reign Little 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 Refs.
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

References

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

External links

Ella Ballentine at the Internet Movie Database
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