Fae A. Ellington

Fae A. Ellington has been honored by her nation home, Jamaica. She was conferred with the national honor, Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD). She is a household name in Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora and known for her work in theatre, radio and television, as lecturer at the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies for over 3 decades. She is regarded as an MC and orator extraordinaire. She has taught Broadcast Announcing and Presentation at the Caribbean School of Media and Communication, CARIMAC, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, since 1985. She had a brief stint as Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Manchester. Fae holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is a specialist broadcaster for national events and was a news anchor and program presenter/producer in Radio and Television for over 30 years. BROADCASTING: Since 1974 she has worked in Broadcast Media hosting several radio and television interview and magazine programs and as news anchor for the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) renamed Television Jamaica (TVJ). She has been the broadcast commentator for national and state events. THEATRE: Miss Ellington was a foundation member of the Jamaica School of Drama. Her first commercial production was the 1971 National Pantomime, 'Music Boy' written by Trevor Rhone. Throughout the decades of the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's she has appeared in numerous theatre productions to acclaim. Below are excerpts from theatre reviews of productions she's done. Reviews: "A Pack of Jokers" "Fae Ellington is the star of the show and gives a number of bright, varied and truthful character vignettes". Theatre critic, Harry Milner in the Daily Gleaner, April 1978. -Louis Marriott. 'Princess Polyester' in the National Pantomime 'Trash' (1985-86) "The surprise performance of the evening is that of Fae Ellington as Princess Polyester. She sends the part up magnificently and although it is a caricatured interpretation it is not only screamingly funny but presents a challenge for any actress who undertakes to play it. That rendition of that song in the middle of her performance should go down in history as one of the most hilarious and laugh-provoking sequences in any Pantomime that I have seen." Theatre critic, Archie Lindo on 'Trash': 'Star tabloid' of Tuesday, December 31, 1985. Diana Nichols' in Neil Simon's 'Hotel Suite' for which she received an Actor Boy award. "You need to go, to see the splendid performances by Lloyd Reckord and Fae Ellington...They peel away illusion, and reveal the desperation of their mutual need. With finely managed pathos, they make us feel the vulnerability of these extraordinary persons". Theatre critic Professor Mervyn Morris, in the Weekend Observer Friday, July 4, 1997. TV COMMERCIAL: 1982 "Make it Jamaica Again, and Again" Jamaica Tourist Board television commercial for use in the USA and Canada.