Date of Birth : Dec 15th 1963
Whether it is her work in front of the camera or behind the scenes as an accomplished producer, Ellie Cornell remains one of the more popular names in genre today, having first impressed audiences with her memorable portrayal of Rachel Carruthers in the fourth and fifth sequels of the Halloween film series.
For 2008, Ellie made her directorial debut (alongside Halloween 4 & 5 co-star Danielle Harris) with the new anthology film, Prank. The film is being produced by Halloweenmovies.com Webmaster Anthony Masi and Thommy Hutson. Ellie directed the segment of the anthology titled “Cassidy,” the story of a mystery buff whose friends throw her a surprise murder mystery birthday party whereby an uninvited guest will make their way into the party to create a memorable evening for all. More information can be found at the official Prank movie Web site.
In 2007, Ellie co-starred in the musical film from Mindfire Entertainment titled Caught on Tape. The film mixed rap dialogue with traditional script as it followed the story of a boy who secretly videos his mother’s partner plotting a crime. The film is directed by former Onyx rapper Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones and will also star Cedric the Entertainer, Vivica A. Fox, Erik Palladino and Malik Yoba.
Additionally, Ellie featured in The Thirst, an edgy vampire thriller from director Jeremy Kasten that stars Adam Baldwin.
In 2006, Ellie appeared in several thrillers for CFQ Films (a division of Mindfire Entertainment): The Darkroom, a story about an amnesiac in search of his own identity that co-starred Greg Grunberg and Lucy Lawless; Room 6, a super-natural thriller that co-starred Jerry O’Connell and Christine Taylor; and the Sci-Fi Pictures / Mindfire Entertainment action / comedy Dead & Deader, which co-starred Dean Cain and Susan Ward, and was directed by Patrick Dinhut.
Her other most recent work includes All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, another thriller from CFQ Films that was an official selection at both the Slam Dance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and The San Francisco Indie Fest in San Francisco, California in 2005. She also reprised her role as feisty Marine Patrol sharpshooter Jordan Casper in House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim, sequel to 2003’s House of the Dead, both based on the popular first-person shooter video game from Sega Corporation.
In addition, Ellie was scheduled to be featured in Dead Calling (formerly The Second Line), another thriller about a long-buried town secret unveiled as a young couple inherits a home from a deceased relative. The film was written by Anthony Masi and Paul Swearingen, and co-stars several former Halloween film actors including Charles Cyphers, P.J. Soles, Marianne Hagan and Brad Loree.
Ellie’s other film work includes the critically acclaimed independent films Free Enterprise, co-starring Eric McCormack and William Shatner, and The Specials, co-starring Rob Lowe, Jamie Kennedy and Thomas Haden Church. Ellie appeared in and served as Executive Producer on both films for Mindfire Entertainment.
Her television credits include “thirtysomething”; Disney’s “Chips, The War Dog”; “Just Tipsy, Honey”; “The New Dragnet”; and “Gabriel’s Fire.”
She has also been a featured profile on VH-1’s “Where Are They Now: Horror Movie Stars,” and the soon to be released documentary, Halloween: 25 Years of Terror.
Ellie, a native of Glen Cove, Long Island, earned a degree in theatre arts from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Upon graduating, she landed various local and national television commercials, including one for Texaco. She returned to New York and landed a part in her first motion picture, Married to the Mob.
In an old-fashioned tale of Hollywood, Ellie maintained 45 auditions for various projects before she won the role of Rachel Carruthers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers – auditioning on a Friday and earning the part by Monday.
She was one of the original founders of Mindfire Entertainment in 1997 alongside Mark Gottwald, Dan Bates and Mark A. Altman. She remains a partner in the firm.
Ellie currently resides with her husband, Mark, and two daughters, Rose and Grace, in Los Angeles, CA and Nantucket, MA.
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