 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(September 2024) |
Ellie Moon | |
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| Born | 1993or1994(age 30–31) [1] |
| Nationality | Canadian, British |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Ellie Moon is a Canadian-British actress, playwright and screenwriter.
Moon grew up in Kingsville, Ontario [2] and attended Kingsville District High School. [2] A dual citizen of the UK and Canada, Moon moved to England to work and study. [2]
Moon acted in theatre in London, including productions at the Bush Theatre and the Tristan Bates Theatre (Off West End). [3] In the mid-2010s [4] she moved to Toronto, where she became a member of the acting company at Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2016–2017. [5]
Moon performed in theatre performances of A Doll's House, Part 2 at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, [6] It's a Wonderful Life at Soulpepper Theatre Company and Asking For It at Thousand Islands Playhouse. [7] Moon acted in the 2019 feature film, The Last Porno Show and in the television series Pretty Hard Cases , Murdoch Mysteries , [1] Quantico and The Lost Symbol.[ citation needed ] Moon narrated the audiobook for Claudia Dey's 2023 novel, Daughter. [8]
Moon acted in her playwriting debut, Asking For It, a verbatim theatre play dealing with issues of sexual consent, after the sexual harassment charges made against Jian Ghomeshi, inspired by an experience in Moon's own past, and much of which involved performers reading transcripts of interviews that Moon had conducted with various people about the issues, at Crow's Theatre and Nightwood Theatre in 2017. [2] [9] [10] [11]
Moon wrote What I Call Her, which premiered in 2018 at Crow's Theatre [12] and This Was the World, which was performed in 2020 at Tarragon Theatre. [1]
Moon wrote the screenplay for, and starred in, the 2022 feature film Adult Adoption , which was directed by Karen Knox and premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2022. [13] The film follows Rosy (Moon), an adult former foster child who was never adopted and turns to an online service in search of a parent figure. [14] [1]
Moon was a playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre for several years. [1]
Simon Houpt, writing for The Globe and Mail , called Moon's Asking For It a "sly, intelligent piece of documentary theatre". [9]
Martha Schabas, writing for The Globe and Mail, wrote What I Call Her was "something between insufferable and incredible", noting that "The real marvel here might be how good Moon is at getting under our skin. Her writing demands a kind of interpolation. ... [T]he way this intensity manipulates our understanding of the material, not to mention how it plays upon our sympathies, is the mark of some serious art." [15] Carly Maga, writing for the Toronto Star , said that "Moon has something to say, and she's going to say it loud and fast. With some sculpting and restraint, she'll be a force". [16]
Adult Adoption was named a Globe and Mail Critic's Pick [17] and was later featured as one of their “favourite films of 2023". [18]
Moon created the Secret Shakespeare Series in 2016. [4] [ better source needed ]
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