Gena Ellis

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Gena (Taylor) Ellis grew up in the mountain lake town of Summersville, West Virginia going to the movies every Friday night and listening to her Appalachian family tell stories around the dinner table. Her father was a building contractor and a Marine veteran, her mother a bookkeeper for a land surveyor. Gena was the first college graduate in her ... See full bio »

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Known For

Angela's Decision Producer

(2006)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Chicago Pedestrian

(2011)

Shameless Commuter

(2014)

Chicago Fire Bystander / Driver / Neighborhood Bar Patron / Pedestrian

(2012-2013)

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Actress (11 credits)

2016 Nashville (TV Series)
Concert Goer

- If I Could Do It All Again (2016) ... Concert Goer (uncredited)

2014 Bad Johnson
Aunt Judy

2014 Shameless (TV Series)
Commuter

- Strangers on a Train (2014) ... Commuter (uncredited)

2013 Doubt (TV Movie)
Lawyer

2013 Dhoom 3
Circus patron, business woman

2013 Betrayal (TV Series)
Inn Patron

- Pilot (2013) ... Inn Patron (uncredited)

2013 Underemployed (TV Mini-Series)
Funeral Attendee

- The Heart (2013) ... Funeral Attendee

2012-2013 Chicago Fire (TV Series)
Neighborhood Bar Patron / Bystander / Driver / ...

- Under the Knife (2013) ... Neighborhood Bar Patron (uncredited)

- Merry Christmas, Etc. (2012) ... Bystander (uncredited)

- Two Families (2012) ... Driver (uncredited)

- Professional Courtesy (2012) ... Pedestrian (uncredited)

2012 Boss (TV Series)
Neighbor / Protester

- Clinch (2012) ... Neighbor / Protester (uncredited)

- Backflash (2012) ... Neighbor / Protester (uncredited)

2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Chicago Pedestrian (uncredited)

2007 Mystic Swirl (Short)
Lady

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Producer (4 credits)

2018 For George on His 30th Birthday (Short) (co-producer)

2017 Crick in the Holler (Short) (co-producer)

2006 Angela's Decision (co-producer - uncredited)

2006 Fay in the Life of Dave (Short) (co-producer)

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Writer (2 credits)

2006 Angela's Decision

2006 Fay in the Life of Dave (Short)

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Thanks (6 credits)

2019 Eastsiders (TV Series) (thanks - 6 episodes)

- Always Upwards (2019) ... (thanks)

- Both Sides Now (2019) ... (thanks)

- Pillow Talk (2019) ... (thanks)

- Back East (2019) ... (thanks)

- Going Viral (2019) ... (thanks)

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2012 War Is Kind (Short) (very special thanks)

2011 Jane and Goldie (Short) (very special thanks)

2011 The Ballad of Barbara Allen (Short) (thanks)

2009 Jessamine (Short) (special thanks)

2005 Air Band or How I Hated Being Bobby Manelli's Blonde Headed Friend (Short) (thanks)

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Personal Quote:

My OU thesis is the gift that keeps on giving.

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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 ... See more »

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