Ele Keats

Ele Keats (born Elemy Georgescu; August 24, 1973) is an American television, film and stage actress, model, and jewelry designer. Keats's most notable roles were in the Disney musical drama film "Newsies", Garry Marshall's "Frankie and Johnny", the biographical survival drama "Alive", Steven Soderbergh's "Equilibrium" and the horror film "". She has also appeared in more than one hundred national TV commercials.
Acting career.
Born in Paris, France, to copywriter Sacha Georgescu and Ford model Jan McGuire, Keats was raised in New York City, Europe and Los Angeles. She began her professional career as a young model, being featured in publications such as "American Baby", "Ladies' Home Journal" & "Teen Magazine".
After moving to Los Angeles she launched her acting career at fifteen, being featured in a Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercial and in 1988 she appeared in LL Cool J's "Going Back to Cali" music video, directed by Ric Menello.
Quickly establishing herself as a familiar face on television, Keats has appeared in more than one hundred TV commercials, including the 1990 Levi's jeans beach ad.
She trained theatrically in New York and in Los Angeles under Gene Bua and Fran Rosen, among others, and starred in plays such as "Seven Sided Circle", at the Gene Bua Theatre and "Music, America". Small television roles quickly followed, including the pilot for "The Outsiders", produced by Francis Ford Coppola and a recurring part in the CBS sitcom "Dear John" starring Judd Hirsch.
When she was still in her teens, Keats landed a regular role in Fox's daily soap opera "Tribes" as Anny, a pregnant teen girl. The same year she made her feature film debut with a featured role in "The Rocketeer".
A rapid succession of bigger roles followed in films such as "There Goes My Baby" (filmed in 1990 but released in 1994 due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy), Garry Marshall's "Frankie and Johnny" (opposite Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer), the Disney musical "Newsies" as Sarah Jacobs, love interest of Christian Bale's Jack Kelly, and Frank Marshall's acclaimed drama "Alive".
During the 1990s, Keats landed leading and supporting role in television and independent projects such as "Lipstick Camera", the thriller-drama "I Shot a Man in Vegas", Disney Channel's ', Frank LaLoggia's thriller "The Haunted Heart" (later re-named "Mother", starring Diane Ladd and Olympia Dukakis) and the CBS prime-time drama "Race Against Time: the Search of Sarah" (in the title role). She also landed a regular role in the Fox sci-fi series "White Dwarf", again produced by Francis Ford Coppola, but the pilot wasn't picked up to series and it aired as a TV movie in May 1995. In addition, she appeared in numerous popular TV series, including ', "Class of '96", "Touched by an Angel" and MTV's "Undressed".
In 2001, she played Michelle Phillips' daughter in the independent film "March" and subsequently landed the role of the mysterious woman in Steven Soderbergh's "Eros" (opposite Robert Downey Jr.), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Other roles include the leads in Heidi Van Leer's indie comedies "Monday" and "American Decaf". On television, she guest-starred in renowned series such as ', ', "Cold Case" and "Greek" and continued to appear in numerous national TV commercials for brands such as Nissan, AT&T, Petco, Firestone and Kellogg's. She also starred in the stage production "The Vagina Monologues" in Los Angeles.
In 2014 she starred in "Snowflake", a critically acclaimed short film shot in New York City opposite Tracy Middendorf. She later booked roles in the Blumhouse horror films ' (as Lillith Brenner) and '.
In 2017, she played Adam Baldwin's wife Christine in "The Last Ship" and in 2018 had a role in the mid-season finale of CBS's "NCIS".
Jewelry design career.
Apart from her job as an actress, Keats has launched her own jewelry line in 2005, Ele Keats Jewelry. As a jewelry designer, Keats specializes in inspirational and birthstone designs and works only with ethical stones. 
Her creations have been featured in several magazines, worn in many movies and TV shows and received an overwhelming response from celebrity clientele, who praise her inspirational designs as “simply stunning.” 
Keats counts Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Berkley, Poppy Montgomery, Carla Gugino, Jessica Biel, Laura Dern, Stefanie Scott, Cameron Diaz, and Mandy Moore among her clients.
The "Ele Keats Jewelry" official shop was opened in 2013 in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Renamed "Ele Keats Jewelry Lifestyle Experience", the shop relocated in a new, wider space in Santa Monica, California in 2016.
Personal life.
Keats is a vegan and has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years. Her sister is actress Caitlin Keats.