Canadian actress Ella Ballentine was born in 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Throughout her illustrious career, she has received numerous accolades, including the Canadian Screen Award in 2018, Runner-up of the Fangoria Chainsaw Award in 2017, and Honourable Mention of the Whistler Film Festival in 2020.
Ella's film career began with a Hallmark TV movie, Baby's First Christmas, starring Casper Van Dien in 2012. Since then, she has played leading and supporting roles alongside renowned actors such as Susan Sarandon in The Calling, Martin Sheen in Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars, Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew, and The Captive, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rosario Dawson. She has also worked with Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane in Standoff, and Zoe Kazan in the critically acclaimed feature, The Monster.
Ella's performance in the feature, Black Conflux, received widespread critical acclaim and earned her an Honourable Mention from the Whistler Film Festival in 2020. She has collaborated with director Bryan Bertino for the second time in the feature, The Dark and the Wicked, starring Marin Ireland and Michael Abbott Jr.
Ella's television experience includes roles in the historical fantasy series Reign and the medical drama series Saving Hope. She has also made a guest appearance in It Takes a Village and played the iconic character of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew, earning her the Canadian Screen Award in 2018.
Ella's theatre career has seen her perform in independent and professional productions in her native Toronto, starting with The Railway Children at the Roundhouse Theatre in 2010. She then appeared in Numbers at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2013, earning her a nomination for excellence by a young performer in film, theatre, and music. Ella was also chosen to play the coveted role of Little Cossette/Young Éponine in Mirvish Productions' Les Miserables, starring Ramin Karimloo and Earl Carpenter, at the Princess of Wales Theatre from 2013 to 2014.
