Ellary Porterfield was born June 5, 1989 in Bend, Oregon to Walt and Traci Porterfield. Ellary splits her time between Bend, which she declares "is the best place in the world to live" and Los Angeles, California. Ellary and her brother, Harlan, attend High School in Bend. Ellary was discovered at a talent competition in Los Angeles in 2001. Since then she has filmed 3 pilots for NBC and CBS and starred in a Dreamworks major motion picture, _The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)_. She recently booked a starring role on a new NBC Pilot, _Baraboo 2010 (2006)_. Ellary has enjoyed the rare pleasure of working with such accomplished directors as Brett Ratner and 'Jane Anderson'.
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