Actor/filmmaker Kelly Camille Patterson is the star of the new short film, “Ellen Waits.” Her web series, “Velveteen Lounge Kitsch-en,” and its spinoff series, “It’s Glendora’s World,” have taken her around the country, shooting episodes and making personal appearances as her many characters. Onstage she has appeared as everything from the Wicked Witch of the West to a deranged eight year-old to a giant mutant apple tree.

Kelly is a sucker for any story in which an underdog overcomes everyone’s opinions of them and shows what they’re truly made of. Elle Woods is her spirit animal.

When not making films and videos, she can usually be found shaking up cocktails, trolling vintage cookbooks and decorating her house with objects from the 1960s and 70s. She’s also obsessed with all things Christmas and last year decorated over 50 trees. She’s always up for a road trip and will drive hundreds of miles out of her way for a tiki bar, weird museum or kitschy roadside attraction.