After graduating from the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, Elliott performed stand-up in New York City and became a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
[1][2] Elliott starred in the SXSW Grand Jury Prize–winning Fort Tilden (2015),[3] and had a role in Steven Soderbergh's film Mosaic (2017).
[4] She also had a part in the HBO comedy Silicon Valley,[5] and played tennis player Julie Heldman in Battle of the Sexes (2017).
Her feature-length directorial debut, Clara's Ghost, stars her mother, Paula Nierdert Elliott, and Haley Joel Osment;[7] it premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Her Saturday Night Live alumni father and sister were also in the movie, which was filmed at their home in Old Lyme, Connecticut.