Portrait of Elissa Dowling

Elissa Dowling

Acting

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.

Filmography

2025
2024
Portraits

as Lauren

2024
An American Masquerade

as Indiana Union

2024
Conjuring the Cult

as Michelle Bryson

2024
2024
2023
Bloodthirst

as Elena Thompson

2023
Kill Dolly Kill

as Nurse Graves

2023
16 Bits

as Alice

2022
Amber Road

as Emma

2022
2022
2022
2022
The Electric Man

as Mrs. Manson

2020
Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51

as Chef Staci (voice)

2020
Clown Fear

as Court Jester

2019
Automation

as Jenny

2019
Rootwood

as Jessica

2019
3 Bears Christmas

as Madame Rosa

2019
Camp Blood Kills

as (archive footage)

2019
It Wants Blood!

as Mrs. Vanderpool

2018
The Body

as Party Coke Girl (uncredited)

2018
Hell's Kitty

as Jaimie Screech Curtis

2018
Lake of Shadows

as Ellen Colby

2018
Death House

as Doctor Rowena

2018
Ghost of Camp Blood

as Woman in Flashback

2017
Spreading Darkness

as Misty Kroeben

2017
Party Bus To Hell

as Cult Member Sect

2017
Limelight

as Starla

2017
2017
Bonejangles

as Rowena

2017
Land Shark

as Candy

2017
Fetish Factory

as Bible Thumper

2017
2016
It Watches

as Victim

2016
Don't Kill It

as sexy demon

2015
2015
2015
We Are Still Here

as Eloise Dagmar

2014
Shhhh

as Lesbian Vampire #2

2014
Disciples

as Rhiannon

2014
Starry Eyes

as Taters Girl 3

2013
Cheap Thrills

as Tweaker

2013
Telephone World

as Rachel Plasky

2012
2012
The Locals

as Lynn Sue

2011
2010
2010
The Book of Zombie

as Henrietta

2010
Dahmer vs. Gacy

as Jezebel

2009
Dread

as Tamsin Kendall

2009
She Alien

as Tamara

2009
Nightstalker

as Heather

2009
Absolute Evil

as Lillie McCane

2009
Crustacean

as Thumper Stain

2008
2008
Death Racers

as Daisy

2008
Son Of Sam

as Brenda Klein

2008
2007
Borderline Cult

as Melanie

2007
Mummy Maniac

as Jennifer

2007
Transmorphers

as Dr. Taddish

2007
The Tomb

as Girlfriend

2006
2006
Dracula's Curse

as Pure Blood

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Compatible

as Janell Taggert

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The Mangled

as Carolyn Parker