Elise Bauman

Elise Bauman is a Canadian actor, director and singer.

Career Bauman began working professionally in the theatre from an early age, and is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City. Elise's theatre credits include Red One Theatre Collective's The Skriker, by Caryl Churchill, which garnered critical acclaim and was rated 5 N's in NOW Magazine.

Elise appears as a series regular in CBC's workplace comedy One More Time, playing olympic hopeful Jen Hauser, which was nominated for Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards. Other credits include a starring role in Lifetime's first lesbian Holiday movie, Under The Christmas Tree, and recurring roles on popular comedies Letterkenny, and Workin' Moms.

Bauman is most widely known for portraying the lead role of Laura Hollis, in the web series Carmilla, based on the 1871 Gothic vampire novella of the same name by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, which amassed over 70 million views across its three season run worldwide. The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Digital Series, and Bauman won the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. Bauman reprised the role as Laura Hollis in The Carmilla Movie, a feature-length film based on the series, which was released in theatres across Canada.

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