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Ellen has been a part of the film industry for most of her life through the film centre, as a fundraiser and more recently as an actress.
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MAXAgencyPressRelease–September30,2014 Ellenhas been apartof thefilmindustry for mostofher life through thefilm centre, asafundraiser andmore recently asanactress. Toronto,ON,September 30,2014 -Featuredin thisweek’s pressreleaseisMAXAgencyTorontotalentEllenNichols.Ellenhasbeena part of thefilmindustryformost ofher lifethroughthefilmcentre,asafundraiserandmorerecentlyasanactress.Iasked Ellenhowshegot startedin thebusiness, “TheonlycontactI’vereallyhadwiththebusinesswas through thefilmcentre.Iwastheirmainfundraising personand theconstructionmanager.Thatwasmyinvolvement.Iwould beasked tostepin todoactingforauditions. OnedayIwould beplaying afouryearoldkidand thenext an old lady.” IaskedEllen whosheknowsinthebusinessand howshemetthem, “Iendedup being afundraiserfordifferent charities.Thefilmcentremademealifetimemember and Iwould speakatevents.Iintroduced MartinScorsesefor TheLastTemptationofChrist.ImetRobert DeNirointhelobbyandescorted himtohisseatandanothertimeIintroduced MelocheBohrman.IknowNormanJewison,theactorGordon Pinsent,RodSteiger,LizaMinelli and BeauBridges.Ipicked upNicholasCageandOlympiaDukakisfrom theairport and took themtotheirhotel.ImetAtom EgoyanandChristopherPlummerwhentheycametotownforthefirstfundraiserfortheFilmCentreand IrecentlyauditionedforAtomthroughMAX foramoviestarring ChristopherPlummer.Ievenateahamburger withDennis Hopper.” Howdid you joinMAX Agency? “I’veonly been involved inthiswithMAX becausemygranddaughtersaid Ishould dothis.WhileIwas involvedwiththeisland airport disputeIwasscouted onthe street.Thescout stopped me and tookpicturesofmeand IrememberIhadonafedora,Ihadonahatand I gavehermycellphonenumber.I got acall fromMAX ModelsTorontoand theysigned meupand theysentmetothephotographerand toanactingclass.Ihadtowait awhilebecauseIfell onmyelbowandneeded surgerysoassoonasI got throughthatIstarted theacting lessonsandtheystarted
puttingmynameforward.” Whatactinghadyoudonebeforejoining MAX Agency? “Ihaven’t donethatmany things.ForMAX I’vedoneaKevinDrewVideo,aretirement videoforRiviera,acommercialforFortnight lingeriesofarwithMAX.Igotthepartfora littleshortfilmwheremycharacterwasrunning offwithherex-boyfriend,IwasalsoinafeaturelengthfilmandthereisanotherfilmI’msupposed tobeinthathasn’tbeenshot yet.” Ellenhasmoreexperienceinthebusinessthansheleadsus tobelieveand sheisveryoptimistic about herfutureinthebusinessandhow thingshavebeensofar,“I’venevermadea living asan actor,Isortoffell intothisand themorethebetter.I thinkifIcanjust getinthedoorIcangetthepart.I’vebeenreallyhappywithMAX Agency!” MAX Agency’sBookersarecurrently lookingfornewTalent!Ifyouareinterested wehighlyrecommend visitingmaxagency.comand fillingout anApplication.Wishing MAX continuedsuccess inthe industrywe’relooking forward totheFall and futurepressreleasesfeaturingindividual talentand projectsandfinding outmoreabout MAX AgencyToronto’sPremierModeland ActorAgencyforkid modeling,teenmodeling and adults! Contact:NatalyaOMAX Agency 2063YongeSt.Suite202Toronto, OntarioM4S-2A2 416-482-5392 info@maxagency.comhttp://www.maxagency.com ###