Acting
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.
MovieSpecial Op: Rent-a-Cop
2026
as Mother
MovieOuija: A New Beginning
2025
as Molly Price
MovieThe Devil’s Trap
2024
MoviePortraits
2024
as Lauren
MovieAn American Masquerade
2024
as Indiana Union
MovieConjuring the Cult
2024
as Michelle Bryson
MovieAmerican Trash
2024
as Linda
MovieBarbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree!
2024
as (voice)
MoviePancake Man
2024
as Lisa
MovieBloodthirst
2023
as Elena Thompson
MovieKill Dolly Kill
2023
as Nurse Graves
Movie16 Bits
2023
as Alice
MovieAmber Road
2022
as Emma
MovieThe Sierra Nevada Murders
2022
as Jenna Anders
MovieThe Last Slay Ride
2022
as Victoria
MovieTerror Toons 4
2022
as Twin
MovieNight of the Tommyknockers
2022
as Mary
MovieClown Motel 2
2022
MovieThe Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Mary
MovieBaby Oopsie 2: Murder Dolls
2022
as Ula
MovieThe Electric Man
2022
as Mrs. Manson
MovieAxeman at Cutter's Creek
2021
as Stacy
MovieChildren of Camp Blood
2020
MovieBarbie & Kendra Storm Area 51
2020
as Chef Staci (voice)
MovieClown Fear
2020
as Court Jester
MovieAutomation
2019
as Jenny
MovieRootwood
2019
as Jessica
MovieGirl on the Third Floor
2019
as Sadie
Movie3 Bears Christmas
2019
as Madame Rosa
MovieCamp Blood Kills
2019
as (archive footage)
MovieIt Wants Blood!
2019
as Mrs. Vanderpool
MovieThe Body
2018
as Party Coke Girl (uncredited)
MovieHell's Kitty
2018
as Jaimie Screech Curtis
MovieLake of Shadows
2018
as Ellen Colby
MovieDeath House
2018
as Doctor Rowena
MovieGhost of Camp Blood
2018
as Woman in Flashback
MovieSpreading Darkness
2017
as Misty Kroeben
MovieParty Bus To Hell
2017
as Cult Member Sect
MovieLimelight
2017
as Starla
MovieThe Last Revenant
2017
as Tiffany
MovieBonejangles
2017
as Rowena
MovieLand Shark
2017
as Candy
MovieFetish Factory
2017
as Bible Thumper
MovieThe Black Room
2017
as Terry
MovieDracula in a Women's Prison
2017
as Perez
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2017
as Maude
MovieIt Watches
2016
as Victim
MovieBeach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills
2016
as Samantha
MovieDon't Kill It
2016
as Sexy Demon
MovieWerewolves in Heat
2015
as Zooey
MovieWhispers
2015
MovieTales of Halloween
2015
as Velma
MovieWe Are Still Here
2015
as Eloise Dagmar
Exquisite Corpse
2015
as Katie
MovieShhhh
2014
as Lesbian Vampire #2
MovieDisciples
2014
as Rhiannon
MovieStarry Eyes
2014
as Taters Girl 3
MovieCheap Thrills
2013
as Tweaker
MovieTelephone World
2013
as Rachel Plasky
MovieAxeman at Cutter's Creek
2013
as Stacy
I Heart Monster Movies
2012
as Self
MovieAaron's House
2012
as Jenna
MovieDeadly Presence
2012
as Jennifer
A Night of Nightmares
2012
as Ginger
MovieAdventures Into the Woods: A Sexy Musical
2012
as Wicked Witch
MovieBloody Bloody Bible Camp
2012
as Betty
MovieWaiting for Dracula
2012
MovieThe Locals
2012
as Lynn Sue
Psychosomatika
2011
as Persephone
MovieShowgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven
2011
as Ultra Vixen
MovieEmmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Skin City
2011
as Paula
Peeping Blog
2011
as Jane Doe
MovieThe Theatre Bizarre
2011
as Subs
MovieThe Corporate Cutthroat Massacre
2011
as New Girl
Luther’s Magic Weed
2011
as Vanessa
MovieRaymond Did It
2011
as Paige
MovieAbolition
2011
as Mia
MovieOrgy of the Damned
2010
as Veronica
MovieWelcome to my Darkside: Women in Horror
2010
as Self
MovieThe Book of Zombie
2010
as Henrietta
MovieDahmer vs. Gacy
2010
as Jezebel
MovieHis Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010
as Scream Queen
Ludlow
2010
as Maddy
MovieSamurai Priest Vampire Hunter
2009
as Goldstreeter
MovieIn a Spiral State
2009
as Honey
Thirsty
2009
as Legs
MovieDread
2009
as Tamsin Kendall
MovieShe Alien
2009
as Tamara
MovieNightstalker
2009
as Heather
MovieAbsolute Evil
2009
as Lillie McCane
MovieCrustacean
2009
as Thumper Stain
MovieThe Legend of Bloody Mary
2008
as Mary Winters
MovieDiary of a Serial Killer
2008
as Kat
MovieDeath Racers
2008
as Daisy
MovieSon Of Sam
2008
as Brenda Klein
MovieAliens Gone Wild
2008
as Alien
MovieO.C. Babes and the Slasher of Zombietown
2008
as Madison
MovieBorderline Cult
2007
as Melanie
Cold Blood Canyon
2007
as Stephanie Halstead
MovieMummy Maniac
2007
as Jennifer
MovieTransmorphers
2007
as Dr. Taddish
MovieThe Tomb
2007
as Girlfriend
MovieThe Raven
2006
as Victim
MovieBlack Dahlia
2006
as Kate
MovieDracula's Curse
2006
as Pure Blood
MovieCompatible
as Janell Taggert
Aquatic Siege
as Mary Cooper
MovieThe Mangled
as Carolyn Parker
MovieViolence on Demand
MovieDemon Queen Pinball Machine
as Demon Queen
