{"id":7726,"date":"2020-12-03T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=181812"},"modified":"2020-12-04T05:42:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:42:28","slug":"who-is-the-prom-star-jo-ellen-pellman","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/who-is-the-prom-star-jo-ellen-pellman\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is ‘The Prom’ Star Jo Ellen Pellman?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are breakout roles, and then there’s Jo Ellen Pellman in The Prom<\/em>. A relative newcomer, Pellman was hand-selected by Ryan Murphy to star in his adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which follows a group of washed-up theater actors as they travel to Indiana to help a gay teen whose queerness has caused her high school to cancel the prom. Pellman plays the aforementioned gay teen, Ellen, and co-stars with Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, and Meryl Streep. Casual first gig, huh?<\/p>\n

The film is set to be released on Netflix on Friday, December 11th, and early reviews are already praising Pellman’s performance. The Guardian<\/em><\/a> likened her to a “young Elisabeth Moss” and Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> said she was the best part of the movie\u2014which can only mean one thing: star status beckons. Fashion designers certainly seem to think so. Despite being a newbie with less than five film credits to her name, Pellman’s press tour has seen her decked out in new-season Dior and Valentino. She wore a full look from the former’s autumn winter 20 show during a virtual press event earlier this week (above), and an oversized Valentino blazer\/tights ensemble for another press event<\/a> the week before.<\/p>\n