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Nelsan Ellis: Biography

Nelsan Ellis

Birth Name: Nelsan Narie Ellis
Birth Place: Harvey, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 1978
Profession: Actor; playwright; screenwriter; producer

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Nelsan Ellis Fast Facts:

Spent part of his childhood in Bessemer, AL, before returning to his native Illinois for high school.
Credits two high school teachers---Tim Sweeney and Bill Kirksey---with steering him toward the performing arts. Got hooked on acting as a freshman after Sweeney cast him as Junie in a production of George C. Wolfe's play The Colored Museum.
Wrote UGLy, a play about domestic violence, after his sister Alice was murdered by her husband. The play won the Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award.
Was a year ahead of True Blood costar Rutina Wesley at Juilliard.
Wrote, executive produced and starred in Trespass (2005), one of five finalists for the 2006 HBO Short Film Award at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF).

Nelsan Ellis Relationships:
Tommy Thompson - Father
Alice - Sister
Nelsan Ellis Awards:
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
College:
Attended The Juilliard School, New York, NY

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True Blood, Rutina Wesley, Lauren Bowles, Anna Paquin, Nelsan Ellis, Kevin Alejandro John P. Johnson/HBO

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