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Actor, producer and co-founder of Hey Lemonade, Elise is a Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award winner and one of Australia’s most sought after leading ladies. She is most well known for starring as Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical, Donna in Mamma Mia, Rita in Groundhog Day the Musical, Celia Fowler in Law and Order SVU (S26), Lynne Woolnough in Peter Allen Not the Boy Next Door (Ch7), as Lucille Ball in Everybody Loves Lucy (which Elise co-created, wrote and starred in)  and most recently as Barbara Maitland in the Australian and International productions of Beetlejuice the Musical. 

Elise is a graduate of NIDA and studied law at the University of NSW. In 2014 she founded her own production company Oriel Entertainment whereby she has created and produced theatre, musicals and concerts for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, QPAC, Adelaide Cabaret Festival and the ABC. Elise’s debut album Dahlesque was released with ABC/ Universal in 2017.

For screen, Elise has worked as a producer, dramaturge and creative content developer, both locally and internationally, including a producer placement with Sarah Jessica Parker’s all female production company Pretty Matches Productions in New York City, as well as lead produced content for Screen Australia, Chips and Gravy Productions and worked in development for Award winning and Emmy Nominated producer Dan Wigutow, Roadshow Rough Diamond, Matchbox and Soapbox Pictures.