Stephanie Morgenstern (born December 10, 1965) [1] is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film.

Along with her writing partner and husband Mark Ellis, Morgenstern created Flashpoint, a Canadian TV police drama which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended by creative choice in 2012.

[2] Flashpoint has been sold to over 50 countries outside of Canada and the U.S.[3] Most recently, they were showrunners on Allegiance (CBC/NBCUniversal), a police procedural set in Surrey, BC.

She and Mark Ellis were also co-creators and showrunners on X Company, a WWII espionage thriller set in France, Germany and Canada.

[5] Morgenstern has been twice nominated for Genie (Canadian Academy) Awards for directing the short film Remembrance, which she also co-wrote and co-starred in with her husband Mark Ellis, and co-directing (with her brother Mark Morgenstern) the short film Curtains, which she also wrote, an in which she played the lead role.