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Ebony-Rae Michaelson (born Rachel Woodhouse), was born November 1978 in a little town called Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England. She is known for her roles in Saviour, Imaginative Minds Productions, Zombie Women of Satan, 24:25 Films, The Zombie King, Northern Girl Productions, Remnants of a disaster Studio Lax, Croglin, Mark Danbury. She started her passion for performing arts at the tender age of three, where she took arts such a tap and ballet. When Ebony-Rae was 9 she took herself away from the industry to focus on her education, but she kept her hand in on a weekend by joining a little theatre group for children at her local leisure Centre.

Eventually due to issues with being bullied Ebony-Rae felt the only way to escape was to throw herself back into her Performing Arts (even more so after being told by her guidance councillor that, "Wanting to be an Actor was a bit egotistical"). She joined the Amanda McGlynn Academy of Performing Arts in Middlesbrough at the age of 15, and although never really fitting in or settling properly she made some life long friends. During her time there she did numerous stage performances, and TV Appearances as an extra on Byker Grove (a popular BBC children's programme starring Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly).

At the age of 18 Ebony-Rae left the Academy to pursue a university career in paediatric nursing, it would be here that she would meet her, now husband Josh. Again Ebony-Rae's heart was not fully into the programme and although she loved the work load and enjoyed time on placement and learning valuable skills, she eventually left after the heartbreak of loosing her first pregnancy at 11 weeks.

She moved out of the area with Josh and went to live with him in Rochester, Kent, where he had taken up a place at university to study Props, set and costume at the Kent Institute of Art and Design (KIAD). After only a short time in the course Ebony-Rae found out the good news that she was expecting again, leaving nothing to chance they made the decision to move back up to the North East where her history was known and she would be monitored better. Josh suspended his course to attend later once everything was settled with the pregnancy.

On the 7th August 1999, she gave Birth to the most gorgeous little girl, she would be spoilt rotten. They made their home back in the North East and settled into life, Josh took on a job and thoughts of University education were all but forgotten. On July 2001 in a lovely church ceremony, surrounded by friends and family, Ebony-Rae made her commitment to Josh and they were married.

Ebony-Rae went on to have a further child, a boy, after the heartache of loosing two more pregnancies and her little boys twin. He was born on 5th May 2003 under complicated circumstances. He was left with brain damage from oxygen deprivation and has since been diagnosed with Autism and other complex special needs. After loosing one more pregnancy just after having her son Ebony-Rae and Josh took the decision to prevent themselves having any more.

Ebony-Rae had pretty much resigned herself to the fact she was now going to be a full time mummy and her Acting career had to be over, this didn't bother her as she loves her children more than life itself and both her children and her husband are her everything.

Eventually Ebony-Rae discovered a job where she could be an Actor and facilitate children's learning. She took a job with a company called Mad Science. There she met a very talented undiscovered Actor named Andrew Hutt, they worked closely together and formed a friendship. Andrew and Ebony-Rae would talk a lot about how she wanted to get back in to the industry and how much she missed it, Andrew told her to follow her heart and "bugger" what anyone else said.

Ebony-Rae's contract was terminated due to a lack of work coming in and left, never to see Andrew again. Ebony-Rae and Josh talked a lot about her going back to college and university to get her qualifications. Josh went back to university, but transferred his course to a local university. Then sad news hit, Andrew Hutt had lost his life due to a heart condition at the age 28. This concreted it for Ebony-Rae and saying life is too short to live by what others expect you to do, she applied to college.

During her college and university education she continued to work in TV, Film and stage. Including working with the Famous Corey Feldman and Edward Furlong on The Zombie King in 2013. Since qualifying, her work has been steady. She has a fantastic Agent representing her by the name of Sue Francis from Kreative Talent. Doors are being opened and Ebony-Rae looks forward to any and all opportunities that are sent her way.

Besides Acting Ebony-Rae also qualified as a make up Artist and writes film scripts, she looks forward to seeing her works come to life on the screen large and small. She is always looking at working with names, but also likes to work with lesser known artists, this is mainly due to her struggles to get to where she is today and also for all the Artists out there that never get or got that chance.