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Biography
Ellie Moon is a Canadian actor and playwright.
Career
Moon began her career in Toronto, Ontario, as a member of the acting company at Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2016, and acting in her playwriting debut, Asking For It, which opened both Crow's Theatre and Nightwood Theatre's 2017 to 2018 seasons, and earned her a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for performance.
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. 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. In 2019, it was announced in Variety that What I Call Her is being developed into a feature film by D. W. Waterson.
Publications
- Asking For It and Other Plays: Asking For It, What I Call Her and This Was the World (2020)