Biography
The desire to perform came early for Elissa Dowling, by age 8 she was dancing in the NYC Ballet Company's "The Nutcracker". At age 11 she was invited to tour with an improv troop where she gained valuable experience in the art of ad lib. By 13 she had already starred in stage productions including "Little Shop of Horrors" and had her television debut as the notorious lips singing the opening theme song from "Rocky Horror Picture Show". The transition from stage to screen has worked well for Elissa whose expansive acting range has already landed her unique and diverse movie roles such as a transvestite bartender, an attorney, a serial killer, even a gothic dominatrix from New York. Her skills as a character actress have afforded her film performances so intense that she is almost completely unrecognizable. Several of the films she has starred in have been lined up with Lions Gate distribution and she has also achieved a recognized body of work within the independent movie circuit.
Acted in 99
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
Portraits
Lauren
An American Masquerade
Indiana Union
American Trash
Linda
- 2023
Bloodthirst
Elena Thompson
Kill Dolly Kill
Nurse Graves
16 Bits
Alice
- 2022
Amber Road
Emma
The Sierra Nevada Murders
Jenna Anders
The Last Slay Ride
Victoria
Terror Toons 4
Twin
Clown Motel 2
Movie
The Electric Man
Mrs. Manson
- 2021
Axeman at Cutter's Creek
Stacy
- 2020
Children of Camp Blood
Movie
Clown Fear
Court Jester
2010s
- 2019
Rootwood
Jessica
3 Bears Christmas
Madame Rosa
Camp Blood Kills
(archive footage)
It Wants Blood!
Mrs. Vanderpool
- 2018
Hell's Kitty
Jaimie Screech Curtis
Lake of Shadows
Ellen Colby
Ghost of Camp Blood
Woman in Flashback
- 2017
Spreading Darkness
Misty Kroeben
Party Bus To Hell
Cult Member Sect
The Last Revenant
Tiffany
Land Shark
Candy
Fetish Factory
Bible Thumper
The Black Room
Terry
Dracula in a Women's Prison
Perez
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Maude
- 2016
Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills
Samantha
- 2015
Werewolves in Heat
Zooey
- 2014
Shhhh
Lesbian Vampire #2
Disciples
Rhiannon
- 2013
Telephone World
Rachel Plasky
- 2012
Aaron's House
Jenna
Adventures Into the Woods: A Sexy Musical
Wicked Witch
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp
Betty
Waiting for Dracula
Movie
The Locals
Lynn Sue
- 2011
Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven
Ultra Vixen
Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Skin City
Paula
The Theatre Bizarre
Subs
The Corporate Cutthroat Massacre
New Girl
Raymond Did It
Paige
- 2010
Orgy of the Damned
Veronica
The Book of Zombie
Henrietta
Dahmer vs. Gacy
Jezebel
2000s
- 2009
In a Spiral State
Honey
She Alien
Tamara
Nightstalker
Heather
Absolute Evil
Lillie McCane
Crustacean
Thumper Stain
- 2008
The Legend of Bloody Mary
Mary Winters
Diary of a Serial Killer
Kat
Son Of Sam
Brenda Klein
Aliens Gone Wild
Alien
O.C. Babes and the Slasher of Zombietown
Madison
- 2007
Borderline Cult
Melanie
Mummy Maniac
Jennifer
Transmorphers
Dr. Taddish
The Tomb
Girlfriend
- 2006
Black Dahlia
Kate
No release date
Compatible
Janell Taggert
The Mangled
Carolyn Parker
Violence on Demand
Movie
Demon Queen Pinball Machine
Demon Queen
The Mourning Architect
Nikki Vile
Produced 2
2020s
- 2024
An American Masquerade
Co-Producer
No release date
The Mourning Architect
Producer
Appearances1
2010s
- 2010
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