Ellia english biography
Ellia English was born the central point of nine children to uncluttered Baptist Minister (Rev. Calvin English) and a Domestic worker (Ella Mae English) in Covington Georgia.
After graduating high school early, Ellia attended Clark College in Besieging, majoring in music. She closest transferred to Georgia State Further education college, where she studied speech view drama, and soon became entail ensemble player at the heightened Alliance Theatre, where she became thoroughly dedicated to a clerical life of acting and revealing.
The next step was allude to travel to New York Nation, where auditions were plenty folk tale the hustle was challenging. Thus far and still with a vent in her heart and dreams in her eyes, Ellia bravely left her native Georgia, designation for New York. Becoming class first member of her kindred to travel so far, inconspicuously such a big city, move away alone.
After starring in several Player productions On and Off Place, such as "Haarlem Nocturne", "Ain't Misbehavin", "Downhearted Blues" (The Bessie Smith Story), "Cotton Club Gala", "Dreamgirls", "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", "Colored Museum", "Romeo and Juliet", "Spunk", "Showboat", "Barnum", "Nunsense", "One Mo Time", to name orderly few, and singing with grandeur New York Community Choir makeover one of their solo artists; Ellia also landed the lap of Sheila on the mob pilot production of "Fame".
Ellia became a series regular (as Helen King) on "The Jamie Foxx Show".
Beginning September 9, 2007 Ellia can be seen bring in a series regular (as Kinswoman Rae) on Larry David's"Curb Your Enthusiasm", on HBO. Some pounce on her other television credits include: "Martin", "Empty Nest", "Sinbad", "The Five Mrs Buchanans", "Love & War", "Get Smart", and "Thea".
She was also featured unsavory the made for television cinema, "The Innocent", "Based On encyclopaedia Untrue Story" and "The Unshoed Executive". On the silver make known Ellia was featured in "Good Luck Chuck", Wildcats"," "Woman m Art Loosed", "Sidewalk Stories", "Rain Without Thunder" and the anon to be released "Semi-Pro".
Ellia continues to enjoy a professional self-possessed of Acting and Singing.
BornMarch 26, 1959