Morgana Ignis

Morgana Gwendolyn Ignis (born May 19, 1989) is an American actress, writer, and puppeteer. She starred as Claire Atlas in the webseries Class Acts, as Fay in Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend, and voices Sallie May on the animated series Helluva Boss.

Early life Morgana Gwendolyn Ignis was born on May 19, 1989. Ignis grew up in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her teen years, she spent her time working in her father's music studio. assisting at comic book shops, helping host and promote underground art shows and punk clubs, and touring the country performing characters on stage and selling merchandise for the band Stolen Babies. Ignis eventually pursued her acting ambitions further through improv and theater workshops.

Career Ignis worked as a stop motion animator in shows like Robot Chicken and Moral Orel before studying acting and movement, which led to a career playing creatures and other inhuman characters in sci-fi and horror films, as well a professional cosplayer in conventions.

Helluva Boss and collaboration with Brandon Rogers

Starting in 2021 Ignis voiced the character Sallie May on the animated YouTube series Helluva Boss, while also being consulted on the character's transgender representation by the production team. Ignis explained that the character of Sallie May is one of her favorite characters she's ever played. She said that the development of Sallie May's appearance, relationship with her sister Millie and particularly the writing and storyline of the Ignis written short, Hell's Belles, is an authentic and meaningful form of representation for her own life as a trans woman.

She befriended Brandon Rogers through her work on Helluva Boss and they began working together on-camera for his Streamy Award Winning series Bryce, where Morgana played the character Florence. From there she worked with him on the choose your own adventure series You Broke the News and then co-starred in the series Class Acts as Claire Atlas.

She was the Head of Merchandise and Licensing for SpindleHorse Toons.

Ignis co-stars in Abigail Thorn's short film Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend along with Brandon Rogers, who also stars in Helluva Boss. She came out as trans fem in 2009 and presented fluidly in her career until coming out professionally during the production of Earth to Ned.

Filmography Film

Television