Ellie Moon

Ellie Moon is a Canadian-British actor, playwright and screenwriter.[1] Moon wrote the screenplay for and starred in the feature film Adult Adoption (2022). [2] Her plays are published with Talonbooks.

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

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.[4] Moon then began her career in Toronto as a member of the acting company at Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2016–2017. Moon acted in her playwriting debut Asking For It, which opened both Crow's Theatre and Nightwood Theatre's 2017–2018 seasons.[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, had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in March 2022. [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 "simple 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]

Adult Adoption received rave reviews for its world premiere. Kat Hughes of The Hollywood News writes: “Moon’s script & performance shine in Karen Knox’s fantastically constructed world. Adult Adoption is well on its way to become this era’s (slightly more grown-up) Juno.”[13] Nico Marrone for The Wee Review: “Simply put, Adult Adoption is incredible.”[14] SpoilerTV described the film as “a quirky, free-spirited triumph” starring “a brilliant Ellie Moon”. [15]

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

Films
  • Adult Adoption, 2022

Publications
  • Asking For It and Other Plays: Asking For It and What I Call Her (2020) [16]

Other

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.[17]

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. "Spotlight: Ellie Moon". February 2020.
  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. Houpt, Simon (22 July 2016). "Ghomeshi trial inspired this sly, intelligent play - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  12. Schabas, Martha (23 November 2018). "Review: What I Call Her is enlightening in its agony - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  13. "StackPath". www.thehollywoodnews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  14. "Adult Adoption - Review". The Wee Review | Scotland's arts and culture magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  15. "SpoilerTV". SpoilerTV. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  16. Moon, Ellie (February 2021). Asking for It: And What I Call Her - Ellie Moon - Google Books. ISBN 9781772012668.
  17. "Log into Facebook | Facebook". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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