Ellie Moon

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Ellie Moon
NationalityCanadian, British
OccupationActor, playwright, screenwriter
Years active2016–present
Notable work
Asking For It
What I Call Her
This Was the World

Ellie Moon is a Canadian actor, playwright and screenwriter.[1] Moon wrote the screenplay for and stars in the feature film Adult Adoption, which will have its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2022. [2]

Early life[]

Moon was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Kingsville, Ontario. A dual citizen of the UK and Canada, Moon moved to England in her late teens.[3]

Career[]

Moon acted in theatre in London, UK including productions at the Bush Theatre and the Tristan Bates Theatre before moving to Toronto, Canada.[4] Moon then began her career in Toronto as a member of the acting company at Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2016–2017. She acted in her sold-out playwriting debut Asking For It, which opened both Crow's Theatre and Nightwood Theatre's 2017–2018 seasons and earned her a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination.[5]

Between 2018 and 2020, Moon wrote and premiered two other new plays: What I Call Her at Crow's Theatre and This Was the World at Tarragon Theatre.[6] During 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,[7] Asking For It at Thousand Islands Playhouse[8] and the feature film The Last Porno Show which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.[9]

In 2021, Moon appeared in episodes of Murdoch Mysteries and Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Adult Adoption, a feature film written by and starring Moon, directed by Karen Knox, is to have its world premiere at the 2022 Glasgow Film Festival. [10]

Press[]

Moon's works as playwright have been described in The Globe and Mail as "a bracing pleasure",[11] as well as "remarkable", "incredible", "astonishingly real", "a showcase of noteworthy skill", "a questing work of art", and "achingly lovely". Martha Schabas writes: "The real marvel here might be how good Moon is at getting under our skin. Her writing demands a kind of interpolation.".[12]

Plays[]

  • Essential, 2020
  • This Was the World, 2020
  • What I Call Her, 2018
  • Asking For It, 2017

Films[]

  • Adult Adoption, 2022

Publications[]

Activism[]

Moon created the Secret Shakespeare Series in 2016. It operated until 2018 and raised thousands of dollars for Canadian charities including Leap Manifesto and Street Haven Women's Shelter.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Spotlight: Ellie Moon". Intermission. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ^ Theatre, Glasgow Film (2022-01-27). "Scotland's original independent cinema is the". Glasgow Film Theatre. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  3. ^ https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/spotlight/spotlight-ellie-moon/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Ellie Moon – Marquis Literary". Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. ^ Maga, Carly (November 25, 2018). "Ellie Moon's new play proves she's a theatrical force". The Hamilton Spectator – via www.thespec.com.
  6. ^ "Review: What I Call Her is enlightening in its agony" – via The Globe and Mail.
  7. ^ "Theatre review: Enough wit and female fury to fuel second Doll's House". November 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "Asking For It". Thousand Islands Playhouse. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  9. ^ The Last Porno Show (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-12-06
  10. ^ Theatre, Glasgow Film (2022-01-27). "Scotland's original independent cinema is the". Glasgow Film Theatre. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  11. ^ "Ghomeshi trial inspired this sly, intelligent play - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  12. ^ "Review: What I Call Her is enlightening in its agony - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  13. ^ Moon, Ellie (February 2021). Asking for It: And What I Call Her - Ellie Moon - Google Books. ISBN 9781772012668.
  14. ^ "Log into Facebook | Facebook". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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