Elaine Ellis
{{Short description|Scottish actress}}
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| birth_name = Elaine Mackenzie Ellis
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| birth_place = Springburn, Scotland
| occupation = Actress
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| years_active = 1998–present
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Elaine Mackenzie Ellis is a Scottish television actress and singer, best known for her roles as Tina The Taxi Lady in Me Too! on CBeebies and Natalie Nesbitt in Rab C. Nesbitt.{{cite web |title=Elaine Ellis – Me Too! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00792x9 |website=BBC |accessdate=20 September 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711170844/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00792x9 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Musical duo in tune for kids TV|url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=elaine%20mackenzie%20ellis&orderBy=Relevance&searchFor=Articles |website=Glasgow Times |accessdate=4 October 2006}}
Career
Mackenzie Ellis studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Mackenzie Ellis is best known for her roles as Tina the Taxi driver in the CBeebies series Me Too! alongside Samantha Seager and Jane McCarry.,{{Cite news|date=2023-05-05|title=What ever happened to the cast of the popular 2000's show Me Too! shot in Glasgow?|url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/me-too-what-ever-happened-to-the-cast-of-the-popular-cbeebies-2000s-show-shot-in-glasgow-4131636|access-date=2023-05-05|website=Glasgow World|language=en|archive-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218171650/https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/me-too-what-ever-happened-to-the-cast-of-the-popular-cbeebies-2000s-show-shot-in-glasgow-4131636|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=CBBC orders trio of new shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/09/independentproductioncompanies.broadcasting |website=The Guardian |accessdate=9 November 2005}} Natalie Nesbitt in Rab C. Nesbitt for four years and had further roles such as The Twits at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Cinderella at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, and played a nurse as herself in Scottish comedy Still Game. Mackenzie Ellis has also appeared in TV dramas Garrow's Law, Sunshine On Leith,{{Cite news |date=2023-12-19 |title=Sunshine on Leith star gives Lanarkshire school kids a boost ahead of summer show |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/sunshine-leith-star-gives-lanarkshire-27196721 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Daily Record |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250212143832/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/sunshine-leith-star-gives-lanarkshire-27196721 |url-status=live }} Irvine Welsh's Crime 2 and radio comedies{{Cite news |date=2018-08-09 |title=BBC Radio Scotland – No Hard Feelings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/gallery/nohardfeelings/03/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=BBC Radio Scotland |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218172306/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/gallery/nohardfeelings/03/ |url-status=live }} including Watson's Wind Up and Ellis Island for BBC Radio Scotland.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-19 |title=Rab C Nesbitt star shares her precious Glasgow panto memories |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23995705.rab-c-nesbitt-star-shares-precious-glasgow-panto-memories/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Glasgow Times |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218171650/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23995705.rab-c-nesbitt-star-shares-precious-glasgow-panto-memories/ |url-status=live }}
Mackezie Ellis' voice is featured on the Sunshine On Leith Motion Picture audio album, on track Should Have Been Loved.{{cite web |title=Sunshine On Leith Motion Picture Album – Elaine Ellis|url=https://www.vinyltap.co.uk/motion-picture-soundtrack-0787568 |website=vinylontap.com |accessdate=9 November 2005}}
In November 2023 to January 2024, Mackenzie Ellis starred as Sea Legs Senga and Brenda Gunn in Treasure Island at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.{{cite web |title=Pavillion Theatre Panto – Elaine Ellis |url=https://pavilionpanto.com/elaine.php |website=PavillionPanto.com |accessdate=9 November 2005 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207094810/http://pavilionpanto.com/elaine.php |url-status=live }}
=Television=
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!Year !Film !Role !Notes |
| 1998
|Natalie Nesbitt |TV series (Series 6) BBC Scotland |
| 1999
|Natalie Nesbitt |TV series (Series 7) BBC Scotland |
| rowspan="5" |2003
|Various |TV (BBC Scotland) |
| Only an Excuse? – Hogmanay Special
| |TV ('BBC Scotland') |
| No Angels
|Petra |TV (Channel 4) |
| Men In Coats
| |TV series |
| Feel The Force
|Mrs Kennedy |TV series |
| 2006, 2008
|Tina the Taxi Driver |TV series (Two series) CBeebies |
| 2007
|Myself Only More So |Mrs Gregson |TV mini-series (BBC Scotland) |
| rowspan="3" |2010
|Val |
| Garrow's Law
|Mrs Cumberland |TV series |
| Shameless
|Jo |
| 2012
|Joanna |TV series (Channel 4) |
| 2014
|Support The Unsupported |Counsellor |TV campaign (in aid of Barnados) |
| 2018
|Trust Me 2 |Night Nurse Kelly |TV series (Recurring role for BBC One |
| 2022
|Cecelia Parish |TV series (Series 2 for ITV) |
| 2023
|Dinosaur |Roxanne |TV show – BBC Three |
Theatre
Mackenzie Ellis has starred in stage shows including Shetland Saga, Danny 306 and Me 4ever, The Twits, The Wizard of Oz, The Four Twins, Little Otik, Cinderella, and Peter Pan.{{Cite news |date=2018-08-09 |title=Gary Lamont, Elaine MacKenzie Ellis Join Cast of King's Theatre Glasgow's CINDERELLA |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Gary-Lamont-Elaine-MacKenzie-Ellis-Join-Cast-of-Kings-Theatre-Glasgows-CINDERELLA-20160711 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=BroadwayWorld |language=en |archive-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220200110/https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Gary-Lamont-Elaine-MacKenzie-Ellis-Join-Cast-of-Kings-Theatre-Glasgows-CINDERELLA-20160711 |url-status=live }} Mackenzie Ellis is a regular performer at A Play, A Pie And A Pint in Glasgow, she has starred in shows such as Ayr News,
Personal life
Mackenzie Ellis was born in Springburn, Scotland, and lives in Glasgow, Scotland.{{Cite news |date=2018-08-09 |title=Glasgow Lives: Elaine, Springburn, actor |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-lives-elaine-springburn-actor-15011803 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Glasgow Live |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250212143725/https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-lives-elaine-springburn-actor-15011803 |url-status=live }} Mackenzie Ellis has previously spoken out in support of her sister and mother{{Cite news |date=2023-12-19 |title=Still Game actress says mum who is vegetarian of 40 years served meat at Scots hospital |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/still-game-star-says-mum-29689693 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Daily Record |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250212143737/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/still-game-star-says-mum-29689693 |url-status=live }} with their health issues and the treatment they have received.{{Cite news |date=2018-08-09 |title=Disabled woman 'refused chemotherapy' at crisis-hit Beatson |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20257327.disabled-woman-refused-chemotherapy-crisis-hit-beatson/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Herald Scotland |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218173509/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20257327.disabled-woman-refused-chemotherapy-crisis-hit-beatson/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0254825}}
- {{discogs artist|Elaine Mackenzie Ellis}}
- {{twitter|elaine_ells}}
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Category:20th-century Scottish actresses
Category:21st-century Scottish actresses