Ellen Dubin is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Giggerota in the science fiction series Lexx. She has had many live action and voice roles in film and television, appearing in prominent films such as Napoleon Dynamite and Midway.
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Early life
Ellen Dubin was born in Toronto, Canada to Rose and Carl Dubin. She originally wanted to be a ballet dancer, before a knee injury made her pivot to acting. She began her career in theatre, acting in a production of Fiddler on the Roof, and attended the University of Toronto.
Career
Dubin moved to Los Angeles to advance her acting career, but continued to work both there and in her native Canada. After a series of guest roles in television series, Dubin portrayed the cannibal Giggerotta in the Canadian-German science fiction series Lexx, beginning in two of the four television films that began the series. She reprised her role in a recurring capacity in the three seasons that followed. From 2004 to 2006 she starred in the television series The Collector as Jeri Slate. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for this role. She also made a guest appearance in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict as well as a number of other series. In 2004 Dubin appeared in Napoleon Dynamite. In 2006 she appeared in the TV movie The Wives He Forgot with Molly Ringwald and Mark Humphrey. In 2019 she had a role in Roland Emmerich's war film Midway.
Dubin is also an accomplished voice actress. She voiced Captain Phasma in Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises , Star Wars Resistance. "(Fortnite)" Lori in the English dub of Sailor Moon, and the Bene Gesserit Ancestor in the film Dune. She has lent her voice to several video games, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, "(Skyrim)", "(League of Legends)", "(Guild Wars 2)" Fallout 4. Also was the welcoming voice of the 60th anniversary of Disneyland and the World of Color at California Adventureland. She was the home AI Elsie in both " (M3GAN )" and "(Soulm8TE)".
Personal life
Dubin was the spokesperson for the Make-a-Wish Foundation in Toronto and Central Ontario. She was married to Canadian media executive Jay Switzer from 1988 until his death in 2018.
