Elle Rose - The Movie

Two friends. One plan. It was never supposed to be love!

Meet the Movie Cast

Jessica B. Smith

as Elle Rose

An NC native, writer, director, producer and lead actress, Jessica is the author of 4 published books and has appeared in Fox's Shots Fired as well as assisted with production in Cinemax's Outcast. She has a background in theater, an MFA in Creative Writing, and has performed as lead in several short films, including "Double-Hearted Sword" and "Foolish, The Art of", and the feature film The Perfect 10, as well as several theatrical productions.

She plays the lead, Elle Rose, in both the series and the movie. Learn more about Jessica by visiting www.jessicabsmith.com.

Shaun McMillan

as Carter

SAG actor and passionate activist, Shaun is best known for his appearances in The Bobby Brown Story, Ant-Man, as well as playing "Beezlebub" in Kandace Queen and "James" in Pure Justice, two award-winning short films. He has also been nominated twice for the Irene Ryan Award.

In the movie, he plays Carter, Elle Rose's best friend. He plays lead in the series as well.

Kit Ferguson

as Shecre

Kit has appeared as a yoga instructor in Tyler Perry's For Better or for Worse. She also appeared in House of Cards, as well as a detective in TV movie Pretty Precinct.

She plays Elle Rose's best friend in both the series and the movie.


Cherrie McRae

as Keisha

Award-winning SAG actor, author, singer and humanitarian, Cherrie is known for her appearances in several TV shows, including For My Man, Flags on the Field, and The Struggle. She's starred in several films, including "Things My Daddy Should've Told Me" and "Back to One: First Position."

In the movie, she plays Keisha, one of Charlene's hairdressers.

Morgan Lipscomb

as Charlene

Morgan also appeared as a detective in TV movie Pretty Precinct. She is a filmmaker and owner of Chasing Pride Films.

In the movie, she plays the fiancee of Carter.

Marki Henderson

as Evan

With extensive acting training with Tyler Perry's casting director Alpha Perry, Marki has guest starred in "Southern Fried Stings" and "Fatal Attraction." He played lead in award-winning short film "Saving Billy." He has appeared in several films and commercials.

He plays the brother of Elle Rose in both the series and the movie.

James Sims

as Ellison

A professional body-builder, James has starred in several stage plays, as well as many films, including Insta-Family, Christmas in Harmony, "Heaven" and "Forbidden Fruit." He has also starred in TV series "Single Again" and TV movie Trinity Good Heart, as well as several commercials.

He plays Elle Rose's father in both the series and the movie.

Meet the Series Cast

Suzan Norton

as Perizaad Ayad

An Iranian American actress, Suzan lives in ATL but grew up in the NOLA. She has supporting roles in several films, including series Intentions and short film "Learning to Fly".

In the series, she plays the Project Manager at Elle Rose and Carter's company, HWIS.

Evit Emerson

as Roland

A film and stage actor with several productions under his belt, Evit is an actor, writer and cinematographer. Some of the projects he's been a part of includes A Haunting: Mask of Terror, as well as a Fatal Attraction episode ( Masked Mayhem).

In the series, he plays Carter's close friend.

Marie Clemons

as Tiffany

Marie wore many hats in the production of the Elle Rose movie, including being the production coordinator, the Key PA, the script supervisor, and a casting assistant. In the series, we get to meet her in front of the camera as she makes her acting debut.

In the series, she plays Tiffany, Roland's wife.

Ben Dawson

as Noah

Trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Ben is an Atlanta-born NYC actor and model who had appearances in several films and TV series, including Exhumed, Vengeance: Killer Millionaires, Sideways Smile, and Evil Lives Here.

In the sereis, he plays Shecre's devoted love interest.


Michael Mau

as Ben

Based in Atlanta, Michael is an actor, model, award-winning writer and teacher. His appearances include many, including  being the leading guy in music videos "My Jesus" (Anne Wilson) as well as "Overdrinking" (Little Big Town). Other appearances include short film "Fatherless", and comedy feature Our Scripted Life., amongst many others.

In the series, he plays the assassin, Ben.

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