Ellie Kemper first appeared in the television series ‘Sexual Intercourse: American Style’ in 2006. In 2009, she made her silver screen debut in the American comedy film ‘Mystery Team’ directed by Dan Eckman. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. That same year, she also joined the cast of the American mockumentary sitcom television series ‘The Office.’ She played the role of ‘Erin Hannon’ which earned her 3 ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’ nominations. The series ran for 9 seasons and went off-air in 2013. In 2010, she appeared in the American comedy film ‘Get Him to the Greek’ directed by Nicholas Stoller. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $91.7 million on a $40 million budget. The following year, she starred as ‘Becca’ in the Paul Feig-directed American comedy film ‘Bridesmaids.’ The film garnered praise from critics and was a massive commercial success. In 2012, she was seen playing the role of ‘Ms. Griggs’ in the American buddy cop action comedy film ‘21 Jump Street’ directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film was a critical and box office success. She was next seen in films like ‘Identity Thief’ (2013), ‘Laggies’ (2014), ‘Sex Tape’ (2014), and ‘They Came Together’ (2014).
In 2016, she voiced ‘Katie’ in the American computer-animated comedy film ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ directed by Chris Renaud. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a massive box office success, grossing over $875.5 million on a $75 million budget. Kemper continued to appear in voice roles in films like ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ (2017), ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ (2017), The Secret Life of Pets 2’ (2019), ‘We Bare Bears: The Movie’ (2020), and ‘The Stand In’ (2020). She was last seen in the 2021 American Christmas comedy film ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ where she played the role of Pam McKenzie. The film saw mostly negative reviews upon release.
Based on a 1980s television show of the same name, 21 Jump Street sees two cops who were former classmates return to their high school in order to contain a synthetic drug outbreak. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum’s impressive performances as undercover high school students has hilarious antics and plenty of laughs.
Annie’s life is in a mess – her bakery business has failed, her boyfriend has left her and she has to share her room with two not so likeable people. So when her best friend Lillian invites her to be the maid of honour at her wedding, she is happy. But then, she has a rival in the affluent and beautiful Helen who too considers Lillian as her BFF.
Mystery Team is a comedy crime film which tells the story of three best friends Jason, Charlie and Duncan, who have been solving crimes since childhood. The three young men get the chance of a lifetime when they are hired by a local woman to find the one who kiled her father.
Aaron Green, an employee of a record company facing recession, is given an assignment of escorting rock-star Aldous Snow from London to L.A.’s Greek Theater for a comeback concert. Green has only 72 hours to get the rock-legend, who has slipped back into drugs and wild ways after personal and professional crisis. How does Green achieve this to save his career?
The film focuses on the life of a famous star, who in spite of money and fame suffers from existential crisis. Emotionally empty, he unsuccessfully tries to find fulfillment by various means until his ex-wife leaves their 11 years old daughter with him. Spending time together, they soon develop a bond and he starts re-examining his life.
Megan, 28, has a good life and steady boyfriend Anthony; but feels she is stuck with the same life and people since high school. When Anthony proposes unexpectedly, unsure, she flees and befriends teenager Annika and her friends. Making an excuse to Anthony about attending a seminar, she spends a week at the house Annika shares with her cynical single father, Craig.
Molly is the owner of a small sweet shop. Joel, who works for a gigantic candy company, is assigned to shut her down. However, the two start falling for one another.
A comedy film, Sex Tape follows a married couple who make a sex tape to spice up their love life. However, their plans go awry when the sex tape goes missing and the couple embarks on a frantic search to retrieve it before someone else does.
Max is a mischievous but resourceful young boy, who is left alone after his parents decide to go on a vacation to Japan without him. Things get complicated when a couple tries to break into Max’s home, as their eyes are set on a precious heirloom. Now it is up to Max to do whatever he can to protect the heirloom, and keep the intruders out.
The movie set in DCs Lego Universe sees Batman trying to thwart his arch-nemesis Joker’s latest plans to destroy Gotham. When the Joker gets his hand on the Phantom Zone projector and recruits all the iconic villains from movies, Batman is forced to team up to stop the Joker.
A spoilt Jack Russel Terrier named Max finds himself in trouble because of the cat Ozone, when he tries to get rid of Max, his owner’s new dog. When they are rescued on their way to the pound by the leader of abandoned pets, a rabbit named Snowball, they must find a way back to their home.
At a farm, Max meets the sheepdog Rooster who encourages him to overcome his fears. Meanwhile, Snowball the Rabbit, unites with a dog Daisy to rescue a White tiger cub whom she had met on a flight back home.
Smurfs: The Lost Village is an animated adventure comedy film which tells the story of a group of friends who search for a lost village, in the Forbidden Forest, with the help of a mysterious map. When Gargamel, an evil wizard, comes to know about it, he thinks of a plan to stop them.
Identity Thief is a comedy film that revolves around a gullible accountant who is about to lose his job when a con woman steals his identity. Starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, it sees the accountant hunting down the identity thief and the duo embarking on a cross-country road trip as they try to evade bounty hunters.
Ellie Kemper Awards
| Bridesmaids | Best Gut-Wrenching Performance | 2012 |
