| Ellen Hollman | |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2005–present |
| Children: | 1[1] |
Ellen Hollman (born April 1, 1983) is an American actress.[2]
Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of four siblings. She eventually moved to Troy, Michigan, and was an all-star track runner, holding the Michigan State University record for the women's long jump (17.5 ft). Angelica Floyd holds the current Michigan State record for the women's long jump at 19.375 feet, which was set in 2017.
In 2008, Hollman became the CEO and founder of a non-profit charity called Visual Impact Now. The celebrity hosts for the organization have included stars such as Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, January Jones and Robert Luketic. Her organization has conducted various eye clinics in Los Angeles, providing over 6,000 children with eyeglasses.
She made her television debut on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2005, before going on to appear as Frankie Muniz's fiancee on an episode of Criminal Minds in 2007. In the fourth season of The O.C. she appeared as young Kirsten Nichol in a flashback. In 2006, Hollman made her film debut in Road House 2, where she played the role of Beau. Hollman worked on two big-screen projects which debuted in 2008, Fling with Brandon Routh, and Asylum with Sarah Roemer. In 2010, Hollman made a guest appearance on the teen sitcom Victorious in the episode Beck's Big Break. In the episode, she played Melinda Murray, a narcissistic, abusive and selfish actress who fired Beck Oliver (Avan Jogia). In the end, her character got a comeuppance when she gets shot in the hand with an arrow and as a result, she gets fired for her actions. She was cast as a new series regular on (premiered in January 2012) as Saxa, a Germanic warrior who is an antagonist to Mira (Katrina Law) and love interest for Gannicus (Dustin Clare) but eventually sides with Spartacus during his slave rebellion, and reprised the role in the fourth and final season of Spartacus (premiered on January 25, 2013). She recently recurred on AMC Into The Badlands as Regent Warrior Zypher.
Hollman was cast in The Matrix Resurrections, released in 2021.[3]
Hollman is trained in jiu-jitsu and earned her "Women Empowered" Pink belt as well as "Combatives" Blue Belt from the Gracie Academy, where her co-star Eve Torres (wife of Rener Gracie, a chief instructor at the academy) is also a member.[4] [5] In December 2015, Hollman announced she was engaged to her Spartacus: Vengeance co-star Stephen Dunlevy, and the two married in August 2016.[6] [7] [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Road House 2 | Beau Hampton | Video | |
| Surf School | Megan | |||
| 2008 | Asylum | Ivy | ||
| Fling | Alison | |||
| 2010 | Skateland | Deana Trammel | ||
| Sinatra Club | Jane | |||
| 2011 | Last Halloween | Jett | Short | |
| 2012 | True Love | Kate Sunderland | ||
| 2015 | Valina Reskov | Video | ||
| Shepherd's Blade | Kat Kelly | Short | ||
| 2016 | Jack and Jill | Jill | Short | |
| Emily Blair | ||||
| 2017 | Justice | Ginny | ||
| Lily Walsh | ||||
| 2020 | Love and Monsters | Dana | ||
| Army of One | Brenner Baker | Also producer | ||
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections | Echo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sex, Love & Secrets | Bartender | "Secrets" |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Maayke | "Blackout" | |
| 2006 | NCIS | Tina Larsen | "Family Secret" |
| 2007 | Young Kirsten Nichol | "The Case of the Franks" | |
| Criminal Minds | Vickie Wright | "True Night" | |
| 2009 | In Plain Sight | Amy Atkins / Amy Adams | "Gilted Lily" |
| Weeds | Tenly | "Where the Sidewalk Ends" | |
| Numbers | Lola Sacco | "Con Job" | |
| 2010 | Medium | Mallory Kessinger | "Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up?" |
| Victorious | Melinda Murray | "Beck's Big Break" | |
| 2011 | Rules of Engagement | Maya | "Double Down" |
| 2012 | Saxa | Supporting role | |
| 2013 | Saxa | Supporting role | |
| 2014 | Janet Riggins / Helen Morrison | "Keep Calm and Carry-On" | |
| Sara | Television film (ION) | ||
| 2015 | NCIS | Tina Larsen | "Status Update" |
| Into the Badlands | Zypher | Recurring role | |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Angela Carlson | "Best Buds" |
| 2017 | Six | Gloria Taggart | "Tour of Duty", "Confession" |
| Sharing Christmas | Stephanie | Television film (Hallmark) | |
| 2018 | Amelia Parsons Stone | 5 episodes | |
| 2019 | 9-1-1 | Tara d'Agostino | 3 episodes |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Olivia Parks | Episode: "Ka Ia'au kumu 'ole o Kahilikolo" | |
| Year | Title | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Gambit: Play for Keeps | Rogue | Short web film |