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This segement talks about the HBO Show Curb Your Enthusiasm that will air on Sept 9 at 9pm EST. Ms English talks with the Rejoice Musical Soul Food Listeners about the series. Meanwhile Ellia talks about a movie that she will a part of in 2008. In closing Ms. English has word of encouragement for and thanks her fans for supporting her over the years.

To watch a sneek preview visit www.hbo.com/larrydavid

Ms. English plays the role Auntie Rae. a member of the Black's. A family that has been forced to relocate from a hurricane.

A big Thank you goes to Damien & Edna Bruce of ESP Public Relations for the interview with Ms. Ellia English.

Los Angeles, CA--Friday, August 17, 2007--She can make you laugh with her comic timing and exuberance, or she can make you cry with her perfect pitch and majestic mezzo-soprano voice soaring in song. What's more, she can do it from the stage or in front of a camera ... her name is Ellia English. This Georgia native and Los Angeles resident (by way of NYC) has been on a long and steady climb as a professional performer, gathering experience as she journeyed from the wide-open spaces of rural Georgia, to the concrete jungles of Manhattan and on to the Technicolor splendor of sunny Los Angeles. This September, Ellia English continues her rise with her hilarious role as new series regular Auntie Rae on Larry David's hugely successful and critically acclaimed series Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO (the sixth season debuts on HBO, Sunday, September 9, check your local listings).

On September 21, Ellia can be seen on the silver screen as Reba in the Lions Gate feature film Good Luck Chuck starring "It Girl" Jessica Alba and white hot comic Dane Cook. The roles just keep getting better and better for Ellia English but she is far from an “overnight success.” There have been many stops along the way for this multi-talented, veteran performer.

“I am truly blessed at this point in my life. I've had a long and wonderfully enriching run in the theater, which is where I started and which I still love and try to keep my hand in when my schedule allows. I have been able to stay very busy throughout my career and my television and film roles are increasing in regularity and significance. You know I love working in film and TV, 'oh yeah', they pay the bills! And I l simply love California, heat waves and all. I have some very exciting projects coming up. It is truly a joy working with a comedic genius like Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm and I have a very interesting role in the soon to be released film comedy Good Luck Chuck starring Jessica Alba and Dane Cook. I also recently wrapped the shooting of my role in another film comedy entitled Semi-Pro, starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson and Andre (3000) Benjamin, which is scheduled for release in February, 2008. It is an honor and a pleasure working with such seasoned actors as myself, and it is truly understandable why they are called A-list talent. They know how to deliver a joke, so much so, that we make each other laugh. I love to make people laugh, which is so important in these times and whatever success I am experiencing only serves to let me know that hard work truly does pay off," Ellia says.

About Ellia English
Ellia English is thoroughly dedicated to a professional life of acting and singing. Ellia has starred on stage in such productions as Haarlem Nocturne, Down Hearted Blues (The Bessie Smith Story) Cotton Club Gala, Ain't Misbehavin', Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Colored Museum, Dreamgirls, Romeo & Juliet, Spunk, Showboat, Barnum, Nunsense, and One Mo' Time, to name a few. She also sang with the New York Community Choir as one of their solo-recording artists. On television, Ellia was a series regular (as Helen King) on The Jamie Foxx Show. Some of her other television credits include Martin, Sinbad, Empty Nest, The Five Mrs. Buchanans, Love & War, Get Smart and Thea. She was also featured in the made for television movies The Innocent, The Barefoot Executive and Based on an Un-true Story. And, on the silver screen, Ellia was featured in Wildcats, Sidewalk Stories, Rain Without Thunder, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Matchups and most recently Ellia can be seen in the feature film Good Luck Chuck (scheduled to be in theaters September 21, 2007), as well as, in Larry David's sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, which is scheduled to begin airing September 9, 2007, as a series regular in the role of Auntie Rae. Ellia will also be in the upcoming feature film Semi-Pro, scheduled for release in 2008.

For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact ESP Public Relations at 310.827.9727 or at esppr@aol.com