Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis was best known for playing The Waitress on "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" (FX 2005-), but as her Twitter bio said, the funny actress was so much more than that. Ellis was born on May 11, 1979 in Laurel, Mississippi. She began acting as an elementary school student, where she starred in local theater, continuing to pursue her love of drama into college at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. After graduating in 2001, she moved to Los Angeles, where she studied and performed at the famous Upright Citizen's Brigade and took on a few minor TV roles. In 2005, she landed a recurring role as The Waitress in the offbeat "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." The character Charlie Kelly, played by series co-creator Charlie Day, was obsessed with The Waitress, despite the fact that she can't stand him. Humorously, Day and Ellis married in 2006. Ellis later co-wrote and starred in the independent romance "A Quiet Little Marriage" (2008) and landed a starring role in the short lived sitcom "Perfect Couples" (NBC 2011), playing Amy, one half of a passionate and dysfunctional couple. In 2011, Ellis gave birth to her and Day's first child, a boy named Russell Wallace Day. She made guest appearances on a variety of comedy shows, playing a sexy medical examiner on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox 2013-) and a sad sack ex-girlfriend on "New Girl" (Fox 2011-).
Photos
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
32% |
|
Red One | Olivia (Character) | - | 2024 |
18% |
|
Fool's Paradise | Unknown (Character) | $855.1K | 2023 |
90% |
|
Licorice Pizza | Momma Anita (Character) | $17.3M | 2021 |
68% |
|
Godmothered | Paula (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother, May I Dance With Mary Jane's Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Truth About Lies | Sharon (Character) | - | 2017 |
34% |
|
Masterminds | Michelle Chambers (Character) | $17.3M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Step 9 | Marian (Character) | - | 2016 |
67% |
|
The Last Time You Had Fun | Alison (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
|
A Quiet Little Marriage | Olive (Character) | - | 2008 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
94% | No Score Yet | A Man on the Inside | Emily (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 54% | After Midnight | Guest | 2024 |
94% | 91% | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
Waitress (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005-2013 2015 2018-2019 2021 2023 |
94% | 89% | Lodge 49 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
65% | 79% | The Cool Kids | Margaret Jr. (Guest Star) | 2019 |
93% | 81% | The Grinder | Debbie Sanderson (Character) | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 88% | At Midnight With Chris Hardwick | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
95% | 85% | New Girl | caroline (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 2014 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Dr. Rossi (Guest Star) | 2013 |
76% | 85% | Happy Endings | Daphne Wilson (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
67% | 64% | Up All Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
18% | 80% | Perfect Couples | Amy (Character) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
90% | 95% | House | Sophie (Guest Star) | 2006 |
86% | 84% | RENO 911! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cracking Up | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |