Elisabeth Ness

Elisabeth Ness is an award-winning performer, producer, writer, editor, and creator. The Yale alumna collaborates to create entertainment that has a positive impact on the world. She co-founded the video production company Good Porpoise to make socially-conscious fiction and non-fiction, and has been honored as one of Take the Lead's "50 Women Can Change the World in Entertainment and Media." Her work has been called "especially funny" (NY Times), "razor-sharp" (Washington Post), and "hilarious" (Times Herald-Record and the Catskill Chronicle). Onscreen, she has appeared as Sara on the CBS show Bull, on Daredevil (Netflix), FBI (CBS), and performed a scene opposite Kelsey Grammer for Netflix's Like Father; in films at Tribeca, Cannes Select, SOHO International Film Festival; and in national commercials. Stage shows include a national tour, and productions at Ars Nova, Signature, Olney, Atlantic Theater, Lincoln Center, Inwood Shakespeare, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Voice-over work runs the gamut from video games to commercials to corporate instructional videos; her voice can also be heard singing on numerous albums, including the award-nominated Broadway Records Original Studio Cast Album of Like You Like It. Elisabeth created the critically-acclaimed digital comedy series Redheads Anonymous, which garnered over 175,000 views on YouTube; 13 awards and 25 nominations across 28 festivals worldwide; and features in USA Today, The Huffington Post, and Tubefilter. Awards for her work include 'Best Actress in a Sitcom' and 'Best Sitcom Screenplay' (Rome Web Awards) and a nomination for the 'Raindance Discovery Award' (London); the short films created through her film company have garnered recognition at festivals all over the country. When not performing, producing, or causing redheaded mischief, Elisabeth runs a monthly gathering for women entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry. She loves productivity, psychology, playing piano, popcorn, and pretzels (both hot and not). She also writes song parodies, and conducts an 80-person choir that sings them every New Year's Eve.