About

Ellie Moon is an actor and writer. Her sophomore feature film as screenwriter/lead, Young Female Playwright, premiered on the festival circuit in 2026 (“a knotty exploration of womanhood and artmaking” — Polyester). The film won the New Visions Award at Cinequest and premiered in Canada as a TIFF Cinematheque Special Event Presentation. Ellie’s debut novel is represented by Cody Caetano at CookeMcDermid.

Ellie’s onscreen acting work includes the upcoming feature film Everybody Wants to F*ck Me (LuckyChap, Film4, StudioCanal & Parkville Pictures), as well as a forthcoming feature film from StudioCanal, Focus Features and Plan B, Pretty Hard Cases (CBC/NBC), The Lost Symbol (NBC/Peacock), and Adult Adoption, Ellie’s first feature film (written/starring; The Globe & Mail Best Films of 2023).

Adult Adoption received excellent reviews, with Kat Hughes for The Hollywood News writing: “Adult Adoption is well on its way to become this era’s (slightly more grown-up) Juno.” Nico Marrone for The Wee Review, Scotland’s arts & culture magazine: “Simply put, Adult Adoption is incredible.” SpoilerTV described the film as “a quirky, free-spirited triumph starring a brilliant Ellie Moon.” The film received a North American theatrical release with levelFILM and is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

An accomplished stage actress and playwright, Ellie has performed at Soulpepper Theatre Company, The Segal Centre, Crow’s Theatre, Bush Theatre, and Factory Theatre, among others. Ellie’s debut play, Asking For It, opened Crow’s and Nightwood’s 2017-18 seasons in a sold-out run, earning praise from The Globe & Mail as "a sly, intelligent piece of documentary theatre." Her subsequent plays, What I Call Her (Crow’s Theatre) and This Was the World (Tarragon Theatre), were similarly celebrated by The Globe & Mail as "remarkable" and "unforgettable." Her works are published in a collection by Talonbooks.

Ellie founded the charitable Secret Shakespeare Series, which raised thousands for Canadian charities. She was playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre, and has worked as a television writer and story editor, as well as a script consultant across a wide range of projects. Ellie has been a guest artist at drama departments including Humber and Queens. She narrated the audiobooks for Claudia Dey’s Daughter and Fawn Parker’s Hi, It’s Me. She is currently developing new work, including her third feature film with producer Ryan Bobkin.