Elaine Mackenzie Ellis is a Scottish television actress and singer, best known for her roles as Tina The Taxi Lady in Me Too! on CBeebies and Natalie Nesbitt in Rab C. Nesbitt.
Career Mackenzie Ellis studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Mackenzie Ellis is best known for her roles as Tina the Taxi driver in the CBeebies series Me Too! alongside Samantha Seager and Jane McCarry., Natalie Nesbitt in Rab C. Nesbitt for four years and had further roles such as The Twits at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Cinderella at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, and played a nurse as herself in Scottish comedy Still Game. Mackenzie Ellis has also appeared in TV dramas Garrow's Law, Sunshine On Leith, Irvine Welsh's Crime 2 and radio comedies including Watson's Wind Up and Ellis Island for BBC Radio Scotland.
Mackezie Ellis' voice is featured on the Sunshine On Leith Motion Picture audio album, on track Should Have Been Loved.
In November 2023 to January 2024, Mackenzie Ellis starred as Sea Legs Senga and Brenda Gunn in Treasure Island at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.
Television YearFilmRoleNotes1998Rab C. NesbittNatalie NesbittTV series (Series 6) BBC Scotland1999Rab C. NesbittNatalie NesbittTV series (Series 7) BBC Scotland2003Only an Excuse?VariousTV (BBC Scotland)Only an Excuse? – Hogmanay SpecialTV ('BBC Scotland')No AngelsPetraTV (Channel 4)Men In CoatsTV seriesFeel The ForceMrs KennedyTV series2006, 2008Me Too!Tina the Taxi DriverTV series (Two series) CBeebies2007Myself Only More SoMrs GregsonTV mini-series (BBC Scotland)2010Single FatherVal(BBC Television)Garrow's LawMrs CumberlandTV seriesShamelessJoChannel 42012One Day Like ThisJoannaTV series (Channel 4)2014Support The UnsupportedCounsellorTV campaign (in aid of Barnados)2018Trust Me 2Night Nurse KellyTV series (Recurring role for BBC One2022CrimeCecelia ParishTV series (Series 2 for ITV)2023DinosaurRoxanneTV show – BBC Three
Theatre Mackenzie Ellis has starred in stage shows including Shetland Saga, Danny 306 and Me 4ever, The Twits, The Wizard of Oz, The Four Twins, Little Otik, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Mackenzie Ellis is a regular performer at A Play, A Pie And A Pint in Glasgow, she has starred in shows such as Ayr News, Davina & Goliath and Second Hand.
Personal life Mackenzie Ellis was born in Springburn, Scotland, and lives in Glasgow, Scotland. Mackenzie Ellis has previously spoken out in support of her sister and mother with their health issues and the treatment they have received.
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