Background
Elina was born on September 27, 1976 in Sioux City, Iowa and showed a passion for acting at a very young age and knew early on that she was going to be an actress.
Elina was born on September 27, 1976 in Sioux City, Iowa and showed a passion for acting at a very young age and knew early on that she was going to be an actress.
Elina graduated the two-year theater training program at the Joanne Baron/DW Brown Acting Studio in Santa Monica, California. She also studied at The Stella Adler Academy and The Groundlings Comedy and later with Susan Strasberg.
At the age of 17, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career. With her unique looks born from her Mexican/Spanish/Norwegian/Czechoslovakian heritage, she was signed by the prestigious Elite Model Agency and began a career as an international fashion model. Elina walked the runways for Calvin Klein, Krizia in fashion shows in Paris, Japan as well as New York and Los Los Angeles
Elina made her film debut in the Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do (1996) in the role of Carlita the Go-Go Dancer.
Noted director Zalman King ( 9 ½ Weeks) saw Elina and cast her as one of the leads in the film "Shame, Shame, Shame" as well as the long-running series The Red Show Diaries. Elina began working associations with noted horror film producers John Carl Buechler and Creep Creepersin, appearing in such films as the remake of Hyde as well as producing and starring in Corporate Cut Throat Massacre and the classic Creepshow 3.
Other reoccurring roles on Untold Stories of the Emergency, Mystery Emergency, National Geographic, Nickelodeon and The Discovery Channel with over 100 credits on her resume. In the year 2012, M. Madison appeared in the films Barracuda, Huff starring Charlie O"Connell and the comedy Halloween Party.
She also stars in Creep Creepersin’s Dracula and the thriller film The Black Tape.
Elina continues to model and is now one of the faces for the new clothing line T.I.T.T.L.