Danielle Ellen

Biography

The daughter of a Coast Guard officer and schoolteacher, Danielle Ellen began her career in regional theater before moving to film and television. She interrupted her career to attend Columbia University (B.S. Neuroscience) and Oxford University (Master's degree in Creative Writing). While at Columbia she completed all the requirements for the creative writing major, allowing her to graduate with a double major (3.9 major GPA), and winning the writing prize previously bestowed on John Berryman. Danielle Ellen nows works as a writer and actress in New York City.