Portia Chellelynn

Actress, producer, director, writer and filmmaker, Portia Chellelynn is the alias name for Michelle Morris.She picked up the stage name Portia when she was a dancer from 2003-2007. Chellelynn (pronounced Shell-Lin) is a combination of her real first and middle names, Michelle + Lynn. Chellelynn, a nickname her Mother gave her early on, as a child. It came about again later on when she started getting into acting in 2014. She combined the two nicknames for marketing purposes, to make it easier to find her work, with a unique name.Freelance model since 2003, Portia has worked with a handful of outstanding photographers over the years. It began as a hobby, while taking care of her three daughters, and working. Then it progressed slowly from there. She was in a music video for former metal band, Man Made Man in 2009. The song is called a Favored Son, and it was recorded by Turkey Vulture Records, in Fond Du Lac, WI., at Full Spectrum Studios.In 2014, she walked the runway twice for Chicago RAW Underground Artists events. Once, modeling for designer, Amber Vokt, with AV Clothing Design. Then once for make-up artist, Andie Peirce, with body painting.Portia's debut into acting was the lead role as Candace England (Candie), in Faux Pax Films feature length film, Candie's Harem. She "liked" on a Facebook post by Faux Pas Films, in a film group, and the director asked if she'd like to audition for the main role. Having absolutely no acting experience, other than the couple of weeks she had worked at a haunted house, a few weeks prior. She still managed to land the spot, despite all odds against her.She enjoys all aspects of the film industry, often helping with makeup, soundtrack coordination, special effects, location scouting, etc.. anything she can do to help with production, she will.While filming on the set of Candie's Harem in Oct/Nov 2014, she also worked on Leaf Blower Massacre 2, with T-Nasty Production, as a college student. Both that acting gig and her next one (Cafe Kremlin Season 2 Episode 1), were on a whim. Both times, people that were supposed to show up, didn't, so she filled in for them.She worked with Faux Pas Films again in August 2015, in a feature length film called, Cellar Secret, which she claims: "if I hadn't already worked with the director and actors before, I wouldn't have done it, it's that disturbing, of a movie".She worked for Rob Zombies Great American Nightmare haunt in Villa Park, IL for the 2014 & 2015 seasons. During the 2014 season she was Vortex Girl in the El Superbeasto 3D house. She landed a main role in the 2015 season of the haunt portraying Sheri Moon Zombie's character, "Baby" from the films, House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, in the 2015 season of the haunt, in The Devil's Rejects house. She was mentioned by the Haunted House Chicago Review team in their official 2015 review of the haunt, highlighting her performance. Plus she received an actor award each season that she worked. She also got to take part in the commercial for Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare 2015.Portia volunteers at events like the Celebrity Charity Golf Outing, and Rumble for the Kids Pro-wrestling show in Princeton, Illinois, annually. She was their ring girl & acted as the Pro-wrestler, Frankie the Chi-Town Hitman's personal assistant, in the 2013-2019 shows. All proceeds from the shows go to help local children.She has also volunteered at Days of the Dead horror festivals. Her debut film, Candie's Harem, was an Official Selection for Days of the Dead and had it's World premiere at Chicago's Days of the Dead 48 hour Independent Film Festival, presented by Jabb Pictures, in November 2015. It then screened in all Days of the Dead convention locations, including: Atlanta 2016, Burbank 2016, Indianapolis 2016, and was the first film played in the very first Louisville show, 2016. Portia can often be found behind a table at a Days of the Dead convention, taking pictures with fans, selling her photos and movies with personalization and her autograph. She was hostess for the 2016 Chicago Hardcore Horror Festival, where Candie's Harem was screened and Portia received her second, Best Actress nomination, for her lead role in Candie's Harem.Her works include a trailer called, The Avenger, with award-winning independent filmmaker, John Borowski.As of 2016, Michelle made her name, Portia Chellelynn, an official business by obtaining an assumed name certificate, in Bureau County, Illinois. She also hand-customized her own website. She founded her business, Portia Chellelynn Films in 2017 while shooting her debut short (mid-length) film, Second Chances : New Beginnings in Princeton and Walnut, IL., which won Best Mid-Length Film in the Chicago Reels of the Dead film festival in 2018. She co-wrote, directed, produced and acted in the film as a lead character.Portia decided to go by her real name, Michelle Morris, for the first time in a film, with the multi-award winning horror film, H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House, in which she was nominated Best Actress for her lead role in movie by The North Film Festival out of Stockholm Sweden. She also won Best Actress for Witch House in Caligari Spain at the Festival Internacional De Cine De Terror, and she also won Best Feature Actress at the Chicago Horror Fest, for the film.She has worked on several other films and in music videos that you are able to view here, on IMDb. More updates to come soon.