Elana Safar

Birthday: 26 February 1985, New Jersey, USA

Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Biography

Elana Safar started performing as a child near her hometown of Livingston, NJ and continued to sing, act and dance locally, winning a National Soloist Award in high school. After graduating with a B.A in Politics from Brandeis University, she moved to NYC to study acting with noted teachers Susan Batson, Maggie Flanigan and joined the two-year Meisner Conservatory at the William Esper Studio. In addition to appearing on TV's "Damages" and a music video for the band FUN, she was part of original staged readings of "A Tomato Cant Grow In The Bronx" opposite Brooke Shields and "Hanky

At a young age, she shared the stage with Anne Hathaway & Laura Benanti in the musical "Life On Earth" at the Papermill Playhouse in NJ.

Grew up performing in New Jersey's thriving community theater and appeared in local productions of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "The Me Nobody Knows" opposite Michael Pitt.