- Father is Jim Lenard Thompson and mother is bestselling historical romance and mystery author Victoria Thompson.
- Born in Dallas, Texas. Grew up in Maryland, New Jersey and Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- Skipped her senior year of high school and earned a BFA in Drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award in 2003 by The Arlene's Grocery Picture Show, NYC, for "The Self-Destruction of Lauren Robbs," a short film she also wrote, produced, and edited.
- Is a graduate of The Second City Training Center Hollywood's Conservatory and Long Form Programs in improv and sketch comedy.
- Is of British, German, and Italian descent.
- When Ellen moved to Los Angeles in 2003, not-yet-famous fellow NYU alum Perez Hilton helped her get a job at a production company.
- Met husband Dave through mutual friends at an NYU dorm party in 1997.
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