Unlike other popular movie actresses, the young Christie Ellie in the frame not only seduced, but aroused the sympathy of her fans. Her appeal was not in mouth-watering forms.
Who would have thought!
The future actress Christie Ellie was born in 1951 in Kansas, in one of the small depressed towns. She was one of three children in the family. Grown up with brother and sister. In those years, a gloomy modest hardly anyone could see the future star of television and cinema. Yes, and Ellie herself did not achieve her first successes in acting, for her, the surest way to break out of the backwater was always education. Later, she successfully enters college and shows promise in education.
A car accident deprives a girl of her mother; in the same tragedy, her father is injured. By that time, Ellie was already 30 years old, but the loss still tangibly affect her.
Shy Roles
With a passion for cheerleading (support groups in sports) in her school years, Christy Ellie created the impression of a frivolous beauty. It would be logical to expect the same from the heroines of films and series in her acting performance. But to the surprise of her school friends, she plays modest, decent women in search of a single and true love.
This is largely due to a change in her appearance. Growing up for Christie Ellie was accompanied by the acquisition of normal moderate fullness in the figure. At the same time, she still remained a pretty attractive girl in order to show off in the cinema. She managed to arouse the sympathy of millions of viewers around the world from her first roles in the film career. For acting skills and perseverance in the work, directors in the future will invite her to shoot more and more often.
Achievement list
Films Christie Ally fit into a list of 20 works with a different budget and success with the public. Among the most significant works it is necessary to note:
- debut in the second part of "Star Warrior";
- "Summer School" (the film was released in 1987);
- "Who would say" (1989);
- "Hero-lover" (1989 premiere);
- "Two: me and my shadow" (1995);
- in 1997 gets a role in Tooth Fairy.
In a special line, it is worth noting the film "Who would say" or "See who spoke" in partnership with John Travolta. They played two of the main roles, not counting the child who still can not speak, but his thoughts are voiced by a voiceover.
The character of a single mother in this film turned out to be a turning point not only in his career, but also in life. It is then that she receives recognition and worldwide fame.
The role in the series "Chirs" a little later brings her the Emmy Award, and after 3 years the multi-series project "Mother of David" allows her to repeat success in another nomination. Also, the actress is nominated for the 3rd time at the Emmy, and also at the Golden Globe Award.
Titles behind the scenes
Christie Ellie, following the example of many other American stars, was carried away by the teaching of Scientology (the latest dubious religious direction). It is worth noting that John Travolta, the partner in the leading role in the popular family film “See who spoke”, professes the same religion. There is reason to believe that Ellie followed suit.
In a marriage with his second husband, he decides to adopt a child and then repeats this experience - now one of them is 23 and the second is 25 years old.
She first married at 19 and after 7 years of marriage at 26, she is divorced from her husband, so that at 32 she will again marry another person. For 14 years of this relationship, he manages to adopt a son and daughter.
In recent years, the actress is better known for being overweight. The whole country is watching her struggle with this problem with appearances in a variety of television projects and talk shows. In the television project "Dancing with the Stars," it was the excess weight that significantly prevented her from competing.
After many months of struggle, Ellie was still able to appear in good form in public. In this, she became an example for many other women with the same problem.