# Terra Wellington

Terra Wellington is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is also an environmental and wellness advocate, published author, and has been a U.S. columnist and magazine editor.

## Early life

Wellington grew up in both the Western U.S. states, principally in Utah and Colorado, and in the Chicago-midwest area in a middle-class family. Her mother worked as a freelance artist and author, though principally raised her children as a full-time homemaker. And her father worked in sales, acted in community theater, and was a celebrated organist and pianist. She learned to play the piano at the age of 5.
Excelling in prose interpretation on the school's speech team, she attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern Chicago suburb.

## Career
### Actress

Terra’s actor talents have been cultivated through extensive performing and training in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, she studied Classical acting, the Meisner technique, and spent time at The Second City improvisation center.
Wellington has appeared on the CBS police procedural Criminal Minds and been a series regular in the New York Television Festival's special selection pilot Rx which was a family drama about medical marijuana. She played a supporting role in The Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture, an award-winning provocative film that was dedicated to the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. And in 2016 she played the role of Elly's Aunt in "Mississippi Requiem," a black-and-white feature film starring Amy Smart and Topher Grace; the film combined four William Faulkner adapted stories. She also has played the lead in numerous additional independent films.

### Producer and Writer

Wellington is also a feature and television producer and writer, having won and been nominated for awards. She also is a published author.

#### Television and Film

| Type | Title | Genre | Notes |
| TV Series | Magnolia Hill | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Executive Producer and Writer Winner "Outstanding Thriller/Horror Series", Catalyst Content Festival (2024) (screenplay) Quarterfinalist - ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition (2023) Quarterfinalist - CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship Competition (2023), Original Sci-fi/Fantasy Division PGA Create Finalist (2022) |
| TV Series | Two Santa Anas | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi | Executive Producer and Writer Official Selection Catalysist Content Festival (Sci-fi/Fantasy category) (2024) Second Rounder in 11th Annual Launch Pad TV Writing Screenplay Competition (2024) Official Selection and Honorable Mention at Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (2022) |

#### Author

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | The Mom's Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home (St. Martin's Press) |
| 2017 | The Reducetarian Solution: How the Surprisingly Simple Act of Reducing the Amount of Meat in Your Diet Can Transform Your Health and the Planet (Chapter Contributor)(TarcherPerigee) |

### Wellness and Eco Spokesperson

In 2003, Wellington began appearing on "Good Morning Arizona" on Phoenix, Arizona's KTVK, as well as on KNXV-TV's "Sonoran Living," as a media personality talking about wellness lifestyle topics. This expanded to include dozens of shows across the U.S., including CBS News This Morning, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and the syndicated talk and news program The Daily Buzz.
She was the Wellness Editor for two national women's magazines in 2004–5, REAL and Fit Body. During that time, Terra conducted one of the last media interviews of Actress Wendie Jo Sperber who was known for playing Linda McFly in Back to the Future. Wendie Jo died of cancer in November 2005.

## Charity and campaigning

Wellington has been a strong supporter of ocean conservation, the environment, and healthy living campaigns.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Benjamin Silverstein | Benjamin's Mother | |
| 2007 | Trapped | Mrs. Jones | |
| 2007 | Sanity Clause | Dana | |
| 2009 | Thor's Hammer | Paula | |
| 2009 | You and Your Secret | Margaret | |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture | Mrs. Cafarelli | Film won award of merit at the Accolade Competition |
| 2010 | How to Pick Your Shoes | Lilly | |
| 2011 | Due | Susan | |
| 2012 | Why Me? | Brenda | |
| 2016 | Made in America | Liz Wilson | |
| 2017 | Pickering Place | Jean Warren | |
| 2018 | When Darkness Falls | Laura Quinn | |
| 2018 | Mississippi Requiem | Elly's Aunt | |
| 2018 | An Adrift Journey | Jessica | |
| 2018 | Ismalia | Dr. Davis | |
| 2018 | Last Stand | Tara | |
| 2019 | The Open Window | Dr. Green | |
| 2019 | A Women's Gift | Ivy | |
| 2019 | Mouths to Feed | Cecilia Baker | |
| 2019 | Three Hundred Days | Lauren | |
| 2020 | Afterimages | Ida | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Rx | Lauren Greyson | Series Regular. Pilot won best of show for a drama series at the 2009 Accolade Competition Pilot was special selection at the 2009 New York Television Festival |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds | Reporter | Co-star. |