Ele Keats

Ele Keats (born Elemy Georgescu; August 24, 1973) is an American television, film and stage actress, model, and jewelry designer. Keats's most notable roles were in the Disney musical drama film Newsies, Garry Marshall's Frankie and Johnny, the biographical survival drama Alive, Steven Soderbergh's Equilibrium and the horror film Insidious: Chapter 3. She has also appeared in more than one hundred national TV commercials.

Ele Keats
Ele Keats on the set of "Insidious: Chapter 3"
Born
Elemy Georgescu

(1973-08-24) August 24, 1973
Paris, France
OccupationActress, model, jewelry designer
Years active1986–present

Acting career

Born in Paris, France, to copywriter Sacha Georgescu and Ford model Jan McGuire, Keats was raised in New York City, Europe and Los Angeles. She began her professional career as a young model, being featured in publications such as American Baby, Ladies' Home Journal & Teen Magazine.

After moving to Los Angeles she launched her acting career at fifteen, being featured in a Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercial and in 1988 she appeared in LL Cool J's Going Back to Cali music video, directed by Ric Menello.

Quickly establishing herself as a familiar face on television, Keats has appeared in more than one hundred TV commercials, including the 1990 Levi's jeans beach ad.[1]

She trained theatrically in New York and in Los Angeles under Gene Bua and Fran Rosen, among others, and starred in plays such as Seven Sided Circle, at the Gene Bua Theatre and Music, America. Small television roles quickly followed, including the pilot for The Outsiders, produced by Francis Ford Coppola and a recurring part in the CBS sitcom Dear John starring Judd Hirsch.

When she was still in her teens, Keats landed a regular role in Fox's daily soap opera Tribes as Anny, a pregnant teen girl. The same year she made her feature film debut with a featured role in The Rocketeer.

A rapid succession of bigger roles followed in films such as There Goes My Baby (filmed in 1990 but released in 1994 due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy[2]), Garry Marshall's Frankie and Johnny (opposite Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer), the Disney musical Newsies as Sarah Jacobs, love interest of Christian Bale's Jack Kelly, and Frank Marshall's acclaimed drama Alive.

During the 1990s, Keats landed leading and supporting role in television and independent projects such as Lipstick Camera, the thriller-drama I Shot a Man in Vegas, Disney Channel's White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild, Frank LaLoggia's thriller The Haunted Heart (later re-named Mother, starring Diane Ladd and Olympia Dukakis) and the CBS prime-time drama Race Against Time: the Search of Sarah (in the title role). She also landed a regular role in the Fox sci-fi series White Dwarf, again produced by Francis Ford Coppola, but the pilot wasn't picked up to series and it aired as a TV movie in May 1995. In addition, she appeared in numerous popular TV series, including Diagnosis: Murder, Class of '96, Touched by an Angel and MTV's Undressed.

In 2001, she played Michelle Phillips' daughter in the independent film March and subsequently landed the role of the mysterious woman in Steven Soderbergh's Eros (opposite Robert Downey Jr.), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Other roles include the leads in Heidi Van Leer's indie comedies Monday and American Decaf. On television, she guest-starred in renowned series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, Cold Case and Greek and continued to appear in numerous national TV commercials for brands such as Nissan, AT&T, Petco, Firestone and Kellogg's. She also starred in the stage production The Vagina Monologues in Los Angeles.

In 2014 she starred in Snowflake, a critically acclaimed short film shot in New York City opposite Tracy Middendorf.[3] She later booked roles in the Blumhouse horror films Insidious: Chapter 3 (as Lillith Brenner) and Ouija: Origin of Evil.

In 2017, she played Adam Baldwin's wife Christine in The Last Ship and in 2018 had a role in the mid-season finale of CBS's NCIS.

Jewelry design career

Apart from her job as an actress, Keats has launched her own jewelry line in 2005, Ele Keats Jewelry.[4] As a jewelry designer, Keats specializes in inspirational and birthstone designs and works only with ethical stones.[5] Her creations have been featured in several magazines, worn in many movies and TV shows and received an overwhelming response from celebrity clientele, who praise her inspirational designs as “simply stunning.” [6]

Keats counts Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Berkley, Poppy Montgomery, Carla Gugino, Jessica Biel, Laura Dern, Stefanie Scott, Cameron Diaz, and Mandy Moore among her clients.[5]

The Ele Keats Jewelry official shop was opened in 2013 in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Renamed Ele Keats Jewelry Lifestyle Experience, the shop relocated in a new, wider space in Santa Monica, California in 2016.

Personal facts

Keats is a vegan and has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years.[6] Her sister is actress Caitlin Keats.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Missing Parents Melanie Short Film
Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (Discovery Program)
1991 The Rocketeer Girl at Newsstand
1991 Liebestraum Actress on Soap Opera (footage from "Tribes")
1991 Frankie and Johnny Artemis
1992 Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story Lisa Television film
1992 Newsies Sarah Jacobs Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Nomination - Young Artists Awards
1993 Alive Susana Parrado
1994 Lipstick Camera Omy Clark Video
1994 There Goes My Baby Emily
1995 Mother Audrey Video
1995 White Dwarf Princess Ariel Television Film
1995 I Shot a Man in Vegas Hippie Chick
1996 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Chloe
1996 White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild Beri Video
1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah Sarah Porter Television Film
1998 Hairshirt Slapping Girl
2000 Code Blue Samantha Smith (voice) Video Game
2001 March Jessica
2004 Eros The Woman (segment "Equilibrium") Premiered at the Venice Film Festival
2005 The Good Humor Man Bride
2006 Monday The Girlfriend Premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival
2011 American Decaf Elie Also Associate Producer
2014 Snowflake Claire Short Film
Premiered at the Hollyshorts Film Festival
Also Executive Producer
2015 Insidious: Chapter 3 Lillith Brenner
2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil Ellie's mom

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Dear John Sandy 3 episodes
1990 The Outsiders Car Hop Episode: "Pilot"
1990 Normal Life Stacey Episode: "Prom?"
1990 Room for Romance Episode: "Fool's Gold"
1990 Tribes Anny Kubiak 65 episodes
1993 Class of '96 Karen Anderson Episode: "Educating David"
1998 Diagnosis: Murder Amy Sanderson Episode: "Rain of Terror"
1998 Touched by an Angel Tracy Beringer Episode: "Perfect Little Angel"
1999 MTV's Undressed Katie Episode: "Pilot" (unaired)
2001 CSI Crime Scene Investigation Joyce Lanier Episode: "To Halve and to Hold"
2005 Night Stalker Emily Gale Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Ileanarama - Supermarket of the Stars Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Cold Case Helen Bradley Episode: "The Key"
2009 CSI: NY Mary McQuade Episode: "Second Chances"
2010 Greek Margie Hilgendorf Episode: "Your Friends and Neighbors"
2010 The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Diane James Episode: "Origins"
2015 OverParenting Penny Episode: "A Lemonade Stand"
2017 The Last Ship Christine Slattery Episode: "Nostos"
2018 NCIS Judy Shaw Episode: "What Child is This?"
2020 The Bet - The Web Series Ele Keats Episode 6

References
  1. "Levi's 1990 Beach;". YouTube.
  2. "Will 'Blue Sky' Make It 10-for-10 for Orion?". LATimes.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. "Snowflake Official Facebook Page". Facebook.com. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  4. "Ele Keats Jewelry". EleKeats.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  5. "About Ele Keats Jewelry". EleKeats.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  6. "Ele Keats Actor Artist Keys Fan!". Keys-soap.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
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