Gena Ellis(I)

Actress
Writer
Producer

Some people sing to their own tune. Even when they're singing someone else's song.

Violet Annie Getty seems to have a secret admirer, but she sings to her own tune, including when she's singing someone else's song and waitressing. And that's just fine with her in this family-friendly dark comedy with lots of pet romping. (Apologies to Bon Jovi).

Stuck@Home 48 Hour Global Film Project, April 2020.

Filmed and edited with my cracked Samsung Note 9. Co-starring Gena Ellis with my 7 four-legged family and friends. #solocrew

Dedicated to my filmmaker daughter, Ursula Ellis, and her partner Emerson Nosek, who are Stuck@Home in L.A. And to River and Ruffles, their four-legged family.

Play demo reel5:49

She's Halfway There

Gena (Taylor) Ellis grew up at Summersville Lake in West Virginia going to the movies every Friday night and listening to her Appalachian family tell stories around the dinner table.

She is a writer and wrote the drama, Angela's Decision, on Amazon Prime, plus wrote the companion book on Amazon, Angela's Decision: A Journey of Adaptation. The hybrid book of memoir and fiction contains the original script. Both film and book have been used in university film classes. Gena has also taught screenwriting at college level and seminars at film fests.

Gena writes multi-genre scripts and had a Christmas romance optioned by network. She also specializes in writing adaptations of novels and short stories, to include period piece.

Gena has co-produced, including two of her filmmaker daughter's films. She has been a background actor on many shows and films, mainly in Chicago, WV and Nashville.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Angela's Decision

6.8

Writer

2006

Bite Size Halloween

6.1

TV Series

Location Management

Shameless

8.5

TV Series

Commuter(uncredited)

Dermot Mulroney, David Eigenberg, Christian Stolte, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Jocelyn Hudon in Chicago Fire (2012)

Chicago Fire

8.0

TV Series

Pedestrian
Driver
Neighborhood Bar Patron
Bystander(uncredited)

Credits

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Actress

Christmas at the Greenbrier
5.8
TV Movie
- Hotel Guest
- 2022
She's Halfway There
Short
- Violet Annie Getty
- 2020
Nashville
7.7
TV Series
- Concert Goer (uncredited)
- 2016
Bad Johnson
4.5
- Aunt Judy
- 2014
Shameless
8.5
TV Series
- Commuter (uncredited)
- 2014
Doubt
5.5
TV Movie
- Lawyer
- 2013
Dhoom 3
5.4
- Circus patron, business woman
- 2013
Betrayal
6.9
TV Series
- Inn Patron (uncredited)
- 2013
Underemployed
6.8
TV Series
- Funeral Attendee
- 2013
Chicago Fire
8.0
TV Series
- Pedestrian
- Driver
- Neighborhood Bar Patron (uncredited) ...
- 2012–2013
Boss
8.1
TV Series
- Neighbor
- Protester (uncredited)
- 2012
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
6.2
- Chicago Pedestrian (uncredited)
- 2011
Mystic Swirl
Short
- Lady
- 2007

Writer

Producer

In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Demo Reel 5:49

She's Halfway There

Full Movie 8:02

Fay In The Life of Dave

Full Movie 8:02

Fay In The Life of Dave

Trailer 1:32

Mystic Swirl

Personal details

Official sites
- Multiple media platform/Gena in General.
- Official Site
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Children
- Ursula Ellis
Publicity listings
- 2 Print Biographies

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Gender / Gender identity
- Female

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Trivia
Gena adapted Alexandre Dumas' novel The Black Tulip into the feature script, Rosa and The Black Tulip. The script had a Live Read at Toronto's Female Eye Film Festival 2016 and won Second Place for Best Screenplay. The script is a finalist in the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, TinselTown Productions and Honolulu Film Awards. It's a Semi-finalist in the Williamsburg International Film Festival and official selection for the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival.