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Ella Raines

Ella Raines (Ella Wallace Raines, 1920-1988), American actress of 1940s film noir and Westerns, star of Phantom Lady, Tall in the Saddle, and Impact, and of the 1954 TV series Janet Dean, Registered Nurse.

Ella the Elephant

Ella the Elephant is a Canadian animated preschool TV series (2013–2014) based on the Ella books by Carmela and Steven D'Amico, produced by DHX Media with TVO Kids and FremantleMedia; it follows Ella and friends Frankie, Tiki, and Belinda on Elephant Island with a magic red hat.

Elle (film)

Elle (2016) is a French-language psychological thriller by Paul Verhoeven, adapted by David Birke from Philippe Djian's novel Oh..., starring Isabelle Huppert as a video-game executive who tracks her masked rapist; Cannes competition premiere, Oscar-nominated, César Best Film winner. Distinct from the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel series of the same name.

Elle (TV series)

Elle (TV series) is a 2026 Prime Video Legally Blonde prequel from Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, created by Laura Kittrell, starring Lexi Minetree as 16-year-old Elle Woods in 1995, moving from Bel-Air to Seattle; 8 episodes, renewed for Season 2 in 2027.

Elle Chapman

Elle Chapman (born 1999) is an American actress from Alexandria, Virginia, known for Paige McIntosh in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison (2026), Sarah in A Man Called Otto (2022), and Ashley in American Horror Story season 13.

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning, full name Mary Elle Fanning, is an American actress and producer, the younger sister of Dakota Fanning and an Oscar nominee for Sentimental Value.

Elle Woods

Elle Woods is the fictional heroine of Legally Blonde, created by Amanda Brown in the 2001 novel and played by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film, a sorority president who attends Harvard Law School, later adapted into a musical, sequels, and the 2026 Prime Video prequel series Elle.

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, Kainai (Blackfoot Confederacy) and Sámi filmmaker and actor from Cardston, Alberta; co-director of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open and director of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy.

Ellen (TV series)

Ellen (originally These Friends of Mine) is the ABC sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres as bookstore owner Ellen Morgan, 1994–1998, 109 episodes; famous for the 1997 Puppy Episode coming out.

Ellen Adair

Ellen Adair is an American actor, writer, and baseball analyst known for Bess McTeer in The Sinner, Janet Bayne in Homeland, and Bridget Saltire in The Slap; also MLB Network analyst and author of Curtain Speech.

Ellen Adarna

Ellen Adarna (Ellen Meriam Go Adarna), Filipina actress and model born 1988 in Cebu City, known for Bubble Gang, Indio, and Pasión de Amor; married Derek Ramsay in 2021, separated 2025.

Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow (1913–2015), American character actress and drama teacher; rapping granny Rosie in The Wedding Singer, Grandma Cleary in Wedding Crashers, taught 30 years at Pierce College.

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin (born 1954, Bronx, New York) is an American actress and producer known for Diner, The Big Easy, Sea of Love, and Animal Kingdom; she won a 1998 Emmy for Before Women Had Wings and a 2011 Tony for The Normal Heart.

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932, Detroit) is an American actress and Triple Crown of Acting winner: Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tony for Same Time Next Year, two Emmys, Actors Studio co-president, and 2026 Venice Golden Lion honoree.

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby (Ellen Hansen, 1911–1999), American character actress and screenwriter; Grandma Esther Walton on The Waltons, three Emmys, Oscar nominee for I Remember Mama.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian and talk-show host of Ellen (1994–1998) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2022); 1997 Puppy Episode coming out, 30 Emmys, 2020 workplace allegations, 2024 final Netflix special.

Ellen Geer

Ellen Geer (born 1941), American actress, director, and writer, daughter of Will Geer and Herta Ware; artistic director of Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon since 1978, known for Harold and Maude and UCLA classical acting teaching.

Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer, born in Brooklyn, best known as the original Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors on stage (1982) and in Frank Oz's 1986 film, with a 1977 Tony nomination for Threepenny Opera.

Ellen Hollman

Ellen Hollman (born 1983, Detroit) is an American actress, producer, and writer known for Saxa in Spartacus, Echo in The Matrix Resurrections, and Brenner Baker in Army of One, plus NCIS: New Orleans and Visual Impact Now charity work.

Ellen Holly

Ellen Virginia Holly (1931-2023), American stage and television actress; first African American lead on daytime TV as Carla Gray on One Life to Live from 1968, created by Agnes Nixon; Broadway work in Too Late the Phalarope; autobiography One Life (1996).

Ellen Muth

Ellen Anna Muth is an American actress, born in 1981, best known for playing Georgia "George" Lass in the Showtime series Dead Like Me and its 2009 film follow-up.

Ellen Pompeo

Ellen Pompeo (born 1969, Everett, Massachusetts), American actress and producer, Dr. Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy since 2005; $20 million-a-year deal made her TV drama's highest-paid actress; stars in Good American Family (2025).

Ellen Ripley

Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, is the fictional warrant officer protagonist of Alien (1979), Aliens, Alien3, and Alien: Resurrection; an iconic action heroine who survives Xenomorph encounters, is cloned as Ripley 8, and inspires the franchise.

Ellen Robertson

Ellen Robertson refers to several people: a British actress, writer and comedian of the sketch duo Britney (Vladimir, Mickey 17, Black Mirror); Ellen M. Robertson, an anatomical education researcher at Randolph-Macon College; Ellen P. Robertson, a USGS wildlife ecologist; and chemist Ellen J. Robertson.

Ellen Ternan

Ellen Lawless Ternan (Nelly, 1839-1914), English actress and Charles Dickens's secret companion from 1857 until his death in 1870; later married George Wharton Robinson; her story was reconstructed by Claire Tomalin's The Invisible Woman.

Ellen Travolta

Ellen Travolta, American actress born in Englewood, New Jersey (sources differ: 1939 or 1940), sister of John Travolta; played Chachi's mother Louisa on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi and Lillian on Charles in Charge.

Ellen Wong

Ellen Wong (born 1985) is a Canadian actress from Scarborough, Ontario, of Cambodian descent, known as Knives Chau in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Mouse in The Carrie Diaries, and Jenny Chey in GLOW.

Ellen's Game of Games

Ellen's Game of Games, also Game of Games, was an NBC primetime game show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres from December 2017 to May 2021, with supersized Ellen Show games, Know or Go, Hot Hands, a $100,000 prize, and four seasons before cancellation.

Elli AvrRam

Elli AvrRam, born Elisabet Avramidou Granlund in 1990, is a Swedish-Greek actress known in India since Bigg Boss season 7 and her 2013 debut Mickey Virus.

Ellie & Natasia

Ellie & Natasia is a British sketch show written by and starring comedians Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou, broadcast on BBC Three and BBC Two.