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. 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.

Building on her newfound success, small television roles quickly followed, including the pilot for The Outsiders, produced by Francis Ford Coppola and episodes of the CBS sitcom Dear John starring Judd Hirsch.

When she was still in her teens, Keats landed a regular role on Fox's daily soap opera Tribes as Anny, a pregnant teen girl. Small big screen-appearances followed in The Rocketeer and Mike Figgis' Liebestraum.

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, Christian Bale's love interest) and Frank Marshall's acclaimed drama Alive.

During the 1990s, Keats also landed leading and supporting role on television and independent projects such as Lipstick Camera, the L.A.-based comedy Cityscrapes: Los Angeles, Disney Channel's White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild, Frank LaLoggia's thriller Mother (opposite Diane Ladd and Olympia Dukakis) and the Fox sci-fi pilot White Dwarf, again produced by Francis Ford Coppola. She also appeared in numerous popular TV series, including Diagnosis: Murder, Class of '96, Touched by an Angel and MTV's Undressed.

With several of her films debuting at the Venice Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival, Keats has moved her acting career forward during the 2000s, with roles in Steven Soderbergh's Eros (opposite Robert Downey Jr.), March and independent filmmaker Heidi Van Leer's comedies Monday and American Decaf.

On television, she guest-starred in renowned series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, Cold Case and Greek and has continued to appear in numerous national TV commercials.

Her most recent works include Snowflake, a critically acclaimed short film shot in New York City opposite Tracy Middendorf (for which she was awarded as "Best Leading Actress" at the Accolade Competition 2014 and the International Independent Film Awards 2015) and the long-awaited horror film Insidious: Chapter 3.

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. 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, Cameron Diaz, and Mandy Moore among her clients.

The Ele Keats Jewelry official shop was opened in 2013 in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Personal facts

Keats is a vegan and has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 20 years. Her sister is actress Caitlin Keats.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Missing Parents	Melanie	Short Film Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (Discovery Program)
1991	The Rocketeer	Girl at Newsstand
1991	Liebestraum	Actress on Soap Opera
1991	Frankie and Johnny	Artemis
1992	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Lisa	Television film
1992	Newsies	Sarah Jacobs	Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Nomination - Young Artists Awards
1993	Alive	Susana Parrado
1994	Lipstick Camera	Omy Clark	Video
1994	There Goes My Baby	Emily
1994	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	Chloe	Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
1995	Mother	Audrey	Video
1995	White Dwarf	Princess Ariel	Television Film
1995	I Shot a Man in Vegas	Hippie Chick
1995	White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild	Beri	Television Film
1996	Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah	Sarah Porter	Television Film
1998	Hairshirt	Slapping Girl
2000	Code Blue	Samantha Smith (voice)	Video Game
2001	March	Jessica
2004	Eros	The Woman (segment "Equilibrium")	Premiered at the Venice Film Festival
2005	The Good Humor Man	Bride
2006	Monday	The Girlfriend	Premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival
2011	American Decaf	Elie	Also Associate Producer
2014	Snowflake	Claire	Short Film Premiered at the Hollyshorts Film Festival Also Executive Producer Best Leading Actress Award - Accolade Competition, La Jolla Best Actress Nomination - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role - Diamond Award - International Independent Film Awards
2015	Insidious: Chapter 3	Lillith Brenner
2016	Ouija 2		Post-Production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Dear John	Sandy	3 episodes
1990	The Outsiders	Car Hop	Episode: "Pilot"
1990	Room for Romance		Episode: "Fool's Gold"
1990	Tribes	Anny Kubiak	65 episodes
1993	Class of '96	Karen Anderson	Episode: "Educating David"
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Amy Sanderson	Episode: "Rain of Terror"
1998	Touched by an Angel	Tracy Beringer	Episode: "Perfect Little Angel"
1999	MTV's Undressed	Katie	Episode: "Pilot" (unaired)
2001	CSI Crime Scene Investigation	Joyce Lanier	Episode: "To Halve and to Hold"
2005	Night Stalker	Emily Gale	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Cold Case	Helen Bradley	Episode: "The Key"
2009	CSI: NY	Mary McQuade	Episode: "Second Chances"
2010	Greek	Margie Hilgendorf	Episode: "Your Friends and Neighbors"
2010	The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers	Diane James	Episode: "Origins"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]