Ellen Grimshaw

Ellen Grimshaw is an Australian actress and writer of theatre. She is known for her roles in films and television dramas. Her performance as Chaar in Bad Behaviour garnered her the "Best Supporting Actress" accolade at the 2010 Melbourne Underground Film Festival. In 2021, she played Casey in the Australian drama series Jack Irish. In 2024, Grimshaw joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours, playing Veronica McLain.

Grimshaw began her training at the Southbank Institute of Technology in Brisbane, where she completed a performing arts and acting diploma, graduating in 2006.^[1] She then attended the Queensland University of Technology where she graduated from a Fine Arts course in 2009. She then began appearing in independent theatre productions in Brisbane and Melbourne. Grimshaw also developed herself as a writer with a comedic-feminist style and set up permanent residence in Melbourne.^[2][3] In 2018, Grimshaw completed a master's degree in Writing for Performance, which she studied at the Victorian College of the Arts.^[4] Grimshaw is a feminist and she later began to develop her views into her performances.^[4][3]

Grimshaw began her professional acting career by starring as Constance in the short film The Covenant of Mr Kasch.^[1] She also went onto gain work in numerous television commercials.^[1] In 2010, Grimshaw played the role of Chaar in the film Bad Behaviour. Her performance won her the "Best Supporting Actress" accolade at the 2010 Melbourne Underground Film Festival.^[5]

In 2018, she played the role of Louise in the web series Everything's Going To Be Fine, which was released via YouTube.^[6] In 2019, Grimshaw produced her own theatre show titled "Just us Girls - What's a Girl?!". She designed the show to prove that feminist women are not defined by anger.^[4]

In 2020, she appeared as Sarah in the second season of the drama series Bloom, which was broadcast via Stan^[2] Grimshaw then played Claire McCormick in the feature film How Do You Know Chris?, which was directed by Ashley Harris.^[7] She also appeared in a short film titled Noise.^[8] The following year, Grimshaw appeared as Helen in the film Road to Perth, which was later sold to US and Canadian on-demand streaming services.^[9] She also produced another theatre show titled "We're Probably Really Really Happy Right Now".^[3]

In April 2023, Grimshaw created her own one woman theatre show titled "Grim". She wrote and produced the show and fellow Australian actor Guy Pearce provided voice overs.^[10] Later that year she joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours, playing the role of Veronica McLain. Grimshaw described the character as a "mysterious woman".^[11] She made her first appearance in the episode broadcast on 4 January 2024.^[12]

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• Ellen Grimshaw at IMDb
• Ellen Grimshaw at Kubler Auckland Management