Ella Rae Peck is an American actress. She portrayed the roles of Charlotte "Lola" Rhodes in

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series ''

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'' and Mia Bowers in the

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series ''

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''.

Life and career

Peck was born in

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, and went to school in

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. After a short film titled ''Lilly in the Woods'' in 2006, Peck appeared in the independent film ''

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'' in 2007. The same year, she portrayed Honor Caldwell in the pilot ''Dear Harvard'' which is depicting Honor's life challenges during a sudden change in family social class status while attending a private all-girls school. For this role, she won the Best Actress Award at the

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. She then landed guest roles in several TV series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' between 2008 and 2010. She was also in the films ''God Don't Make the Laws'' and ''

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'' in 2011. In January 2012, she started appearing in the recurring role of

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's cousin, in ''

'', making a cameo in December in the series finale. In January, the film ''

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'', in which she's Stefanie, was presented at the

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and in March she landed the role of Mia Bowers in the 2013

series ''

''. On September 22, ''The Exhibitionists'' was presented at the Arizona Underground Film Festival. On January 7, 2013 ''Deception'' made its debut on television and between January 17 and January 27 the short film ''The Apocalypse'' competed at the

. In early March 2013, she joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot '' Welcome to the Family'', which is picked up in May, while on March 15 the film '' The Call'', with

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, was released.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peck, Ella Rae 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Minneapolis American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)