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Ellora Patnaik born September 5, is a Canadian actress of film, stage and television as well as an Odissi dancer. She was born in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, the first child of her parents, Promod and Chitralekha Patnaik; she is seven years older than her brother Devraj Patnaik. Her parents were born in the state of Orissa now Odisha , India , and immigrated to Canada in the s.

Patnaik made numerous trips to India with her family in her youth.

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Her parents soon moved to Oakville , Ontario, and then to Burlington , Ontario, where she attended M. Robinson High School. Patnaik's first and primary dance guru was her mother, who began training her as an Odissi dancer from a very young age. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts [ clarification needed ] from to and was a member of the company in her third year.

Patnaik has taught Odissi dance since the mids. In the early s, she took over as the executive director of the Chitralekha Dance Academy. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.