Ellie Chidzey is an English

England

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 film

Film

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 and musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 actress.

Ellie was born on February 4, 1982 in Guildford

Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England. She received her theatrical training in Mountview Theatre School of London during 3 years, after that she played in several plays and musicals like the Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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, playing Magenta. She lives with her parents in Guildford, and is a musician, playing the piano

Piano

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 and singing. She also practices jazz dance and ballet.

Her most well known role to date is as Lux the Barbarian in Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God

Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God

Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a made-for-TV sequel of sorts to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons, which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons . The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his...

. Her performance in the movie is generally seen as one of its high points.

She also appeared in the second episode of the fourth series of UK sitcom Peep Show

Peep Show (TV series)

Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's seventh series makes it...

, playing a lap dancer.

She also appeared in EastEnders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

 on 03/08/2010 as "police officer"

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
2006	Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a made-for-TV sequel of sorts to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons, which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons . The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his...	Lux the Barbarian

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