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My Take
Ellen Hollman reads to me as an actress who built her name on physicality before glamour. Her Saxa in Spartacus: Vengeance and War of the Damned was a fully committed warrior turn, and that same athletic intensity carried into Zypher on Into the Badlands. Coming out of Detroit and Troy High in Michigan, she has the grounded, no-shortcut quality I associate with performers who do their own stunt-heavy work. Landing a role in The Matrix Resurrections felt like a fitting payoff for that action-credibility. I see her as a dependable genre lead who earns her place through movement and grit rather than hype.
Overview
Ellen Hollman (born April 1, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, including Saxa in the Starz series Spartacus: Vengeance (2012) and Spartacus: War of the Damned (2013), and Zypher in AMC's Into the Badlands (2015). Her film appearances include Road House 2 (2006), Love and Monsters (2020), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ellen Hollman
- Name (Japanese)
- エレン・ホルマン
- Reading
- えれん・ほるまん
- Born
- April 1, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Troy High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.