Who is Mary Elizabeth Ellis?
Mary Elizabeth is an American actress, perhaps best known to the world as The Waitress in the TV comedy series “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (2005-2022), and as Momma Anita in the film “Licorice Pizza” (2021), in addition to several other prominent roles that she has secured in her career.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Mary Elizabeth Ellis was born on 11 May 1979. in Laurel, Mississippi, USA, the daughter of Steve Ellis and his wife Judy – she has a sister named Rebecca. Mary went to East Meadow Girls College, and after matriculating, enrolled at Southern Methodist University.
Career
Mary started her career in the early 2000s with a string of short film appearances, including “Party Foul” and “The Curse and the Smoking Jacket” in 2003.
In 2004, she was Jennifer in the TV series “Cracking Up”, and appeared in the TV series “Reno 911!”. In 2005, she was cast in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, as the love interest of her husband’s Charlie Day character. She has appeared in more than 30 episodes of the long-running and critically acclaimed series, which launched her to stardom. Although her most popular role is the aforementioned, Mary has appeared in numerous other projects. In 2008, she was Olive in the film “A Quiet Little Marriage”, then in 2009, she starred in the television comedy movie “Pulling”, co-starring Michael Q. Adams and Majandra Delfino.
From 2010 to 2011, she starred as Amy in the TV romantic comedy series “Perfect Couples”, alongside David Walton, Hayes MacArthur and Olivia Munn, then joined the main cast of the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated TV comedy series “New Girl”, as the recurring character Caroline, appearing in eight episodes through 2014. In 2012 she starred as the titular character in the TV series “Georgia”, but which was unfortunately canceled after airing only three episodes. Two years later, Mary starred in the comedy-drama film “The Last Time You Had Fun”, while from 2015 to 2016, she was Debbie Sanderson in the award-winning comedy series “The Grinder”, co-starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage.
In 2016, she appeared in the award-winning action-drama biopic “Free State of Jones”, which starred Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Mahershala Ali, the had a minor role in the biopic crime-comedy film “Masterminds”, starring Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Owen Wilson. The following year, Mary was selected for the part of Lisa in the TV horror-comedy series “Santa Clarita Diet”, starring Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant and Liv Hewson, and in 2019, she co-starred as Sharon in Phil Allocco’s award-winning romantic-comedy film “The Truth About Lies”, with Odette Annable, Chris Diamantopoulos and Collen Camp.
She was Daphne Larson in five episodes of the TV series “Lodge 49” in 2019, and in 2020, portrayed Paula in the award-winning comedy-drama film “Godmothered”, starring June Squibb, Jillian Bell and Sonia Manzano. Most recently, she was in the comedy film “How It Ends”, written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein, which starred Zoe alongside Cailee Spaeny and Whitney Cummings. Moreover, she appeared in the Academy Award-nominated romantic comedy-drama film “Licorice Pizza”, with Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, and Sean Penn in the lead roles, and is now working on a couple of projects, including the TV series “Not Dead Yet”, and the comedy film “El Tonto”, written and directed by Charlie Day.
Net Worth
As of mid- 2022, Mary Elizabeth Elis’ net worth has been estimated to be around $6 million, earned through her successful career as an actress, during which she’s appeared in more than 45 film and TV series.
Personal Life, Married, Husband, Children
Mary and Day met in 2001, and three years later starred together in an episode of the TV series “Reno 911!”, then began dating. The couple married on 4 March 2006, and since then have welcomed a son, Russell Wallace Day, born in December 2011. The family resides in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
The prominent actress has blonde hair and blue eyes.
She stands at a height of 5ft 4ins (1.62m), weighs approximately 128lbs (58kgs), with vital statistics of 34-26-35, bra size 34B.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Husband, Charlie Day Short Bio
Charles Peckham Day was born on 9 February 1976, in New York City, USA, the son of Dr. Thomas Charles Day, a professor of music history at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, and Mary, a piano teacher at the Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Charles went to Pennfield School, later matriculating from Portsmouth Abbey School, then enrolling at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, majoring in art history.
Before launching his acting career, he waited tables and answered phones for a telethon. During summer while in college, he was a member of the training programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, eventually starring in the play “Dead End”, performed at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. Charlie is probably best known to the public as Charlie Kelly in the TV comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”; he’s also the show’s producer and co-writer alongside Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton. He’s made more than 40 on-screen appearances over the years, and has had a number of prominent roles, other than as Charlie Kelly.
In 2011, he starred in the comedy film “Horrible Bosses”, with Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis, reprising the role in the 2014 sequel “Horrible Bosses 2”. In 2013, he appeared in the sci-fi action-adventure film “Pacific Rim”, while in 2017, he was Ralph in the film “I Love You, Daddy”. The same year, he starred in the film “Fist Fight”, and most recently in the romantic comedy film “I Want You Back”, with Jenny Slate and Scott Eastwood.
Charlie Day Net Worth
As of mid- 2022, Charlie Day’s net worth has been estimated to be around $30 million, earned through his successful career as an actor and producer, during which he’s worked on over 50 projects.
