Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and writer from Mississippi who is also known as the wife of Charlie Day, an American actor, writer, and producer from New York. The couple met in 2001, got married in March 2006, and has a son named Russell Wallace Day.
The couple has been working in the entertainment industry since the 2000s and while Day is the most accomplished of the two, Ellis has come a long way since she first become a professional actress in 2001, moving from the stage to the screens.
With over 48 television and movie roles to her name, Ellis is mostly known for her role as The Waitress in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, an American sitcom created by Rob McElhenney. She is also celebrated for being Amy in Perfect Couples, Debbie Sanderson in The Grinder, and Lisa Palmer in Santa Clarita Diet.
She has been a wife to Charlie Day since 2006 and a mother to their son Russell Wallace Day since 2011. Ellis’ husband was her co-star on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. They also co-starred as incestuous siblings in Reno 911!.
These, amongst other facts, are some of the factors driving the curiosity about their marital life, with many wondering when they met, how they fall in love, and how they have been able to sustain their marriage and family despite the demanding nature of their careers.
Profile Summary of Mary Elizabeth Ellis
- Full Name: Mary Elizabeth Ellis
- Nickname: May Liz
- Gender: Female
- Date of Birth: May 11, 1979
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Age: 44 Years Old
- Ethnicity: White American
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Taurus
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Marital Status: Married
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Husband: Charles Peckham Day (Charlie Day)
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Children: One (Russell Wallace Day)
- Parents: Steve and Judy Ellis
- Sibling: Rebecca Ellis
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Height in Inches: 5 Feet 4 Inches
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Height in Centimetres: 163 cm
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Weight: 58 kg
- Body Measurements in Inches: 33-25-35 Inches
- Body Measurements in Centimetres: 84-64-89 cm
- Famous For: Being an Actress and Charlie Day’s Wife
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ Instagram: @maryelizabethellis
- Twitter: @meellisday
Charlie Day’s Wife is 44 Years Old and is a Native of Laurel, Mississippi
As you would easily find, Mary Elizabeth Ellis’ husband was born in New York City on the 9th of February 1976. Nevertheless, he was mostly raised in Middletown, Rhode Island. His mother Mary (née Peckham) is of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry.
She worked as a piano teacher at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. On the other hand, his father Dr. Thomas Charles Day is of Italian and Irish descent; he was once a professor of music at Salve Regina University in Newport, also in Rhode Island.
All of such background details are yet to be uncovered about his wife, we can only confirm that she was born in Laurel, Mississippi to Steve and Judy Ellis.
Mary was born on the 11th of May 1979, this means she is over three years younger than her husband Charlie who is 48 years old. Charlie attended Pennfield School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Portsmouth Abbey School where he played baseball before he furthered his education at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.
Following his graduation, he would ditch a banking job in Boston and move to New York to focus on becoming an actor. Again, such details about his wife are hard to come by, we can only confirm that she graduated from a private research university in University Park, Texas.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis isn’t the only child of her parents, she has at least one sibling, a sister named Rebecca. Mary graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2002. Before this, she had already debuted as a professional actress. In 2001, she played Ariel in the PCPA Theaterfest production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The same year she graduated, she played Dotty in Artists Repertory Theatre production of Tracy Letts’ Killer Joe.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Charlie Day Met In 2001 At a New York Theater and Got Married In 2006
Every love story has a beginning and for Ellis and Day, it began in 2001 when they first met while working as theater actors. From what we gathered, they met at a New York theater. Although details of how they fell in love are yet to be divulged, we can confirm that they were already lovers in 2004 when they played Inbred Twin on Reno 911!. This, as far as the public knows, is their first screen work together.
The following year, they began working together on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Charlie Day is one of the executive producers of the show and for Ellis, having to work with Day is one of the exciting things about their relationship. The couple got married on the 4th of March 2006 and there has never been a report about them having marital issues.
Their union has been blessed with a child, a son named Russell Wallace Day. He is 12 years old as he was born on the 15th of December 2011.
She Made Her Screen Debut In 2003 and Got Her Breakthrough In 2005 With Her It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Role
In 2003, Mary Elizabeth Ellis made her screen debut in two short films: Party Foul written and directed by Lucas Fleischer and The Curse and the Smoking Jacket written and directed by Peter Mervis. Since then, she has been in multiple big-screen productions but has thrived more on the small screen.
In 2004, she was seen in the “Panic House” and “Not Without My Mustache” episodes of Cracking Up and Reno 911! respectively. Her breakthrough came the following year when she landed her recurring role in the FX sitcom, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Her other significant television roles are in Perfect Couples, New Girl, The Grinder, Santa Clarita Diet, and Lodge 49.
Ellis’ first major movie role was as Olive in 2008’s A Quiet Littel Marriage, a drama film directed by Mo Perkins. In 2016, she played Margaret and Michelle Chambers respectively in Free State of Jones and Masterminds. This was followed by her role as Sharon in 2018’s The Truth About Lies and Paula Walsh in 2020’s Godmothered. Her latest movie roles are Krista in How It Ends and Momma Anita in Licorice Pizza; both of which were released in 2021.
As a writer, she has two works in her name: a 2018 TV Movie titled Mother, May I Dance with Mary Jane’s Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim and the aforementioned 2008 movie, A Quiet Little Marriage.
