Cleo Rose Elliott is an American model, singer, and musician popularly known as the daughter of celebrity couple Sam Elliot and Katharine Ross. Her parents are big-time Hollywood stars with many famous films and TV performances as well as awards under their belts.
Rose herself is relatively popular for her appearances on the cover of magazines and in some TV programs as well. She has tried her at hands at different aspects of entertainment and she is still active in the industry. Her superstar parents are still also alive and we will reveal key facts about them as well.
Top ten important facts about Cleo Rose Elliott
- Elliott was born on 17 September 1984 in Malibu, California, US, and she will turn 37 on her birthday in 2021.
- She is the daughter of Sam Elliot and Katharine Ross, but often mistaken for David James Elliott’s daughter and/or sister, which is not the case.
- Cleo learned to play the guitar and flute when she was still a child and she took classes at the Joanne Barron/D.W. Brown Acting Studio in Santa Monica as well.
- She attended Colin McEwen High School and underwent opera vocal training under the versatile singer and songwriter, Charity Chapman.
- At 18, Cleo Rose Elliott started modelling for brands and made her debut in 2003 at the Sexyhair show, a live hair-styling event.
- Additionally, she appeared on the cover of The Malibu Times in 2003 along with her parents.
- She released her first project “No More Lies” in 2008 working with the late music producer Bobby Harby.
- Her father, Sam Elliott, is an American actor who has won several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award for his role in the musical drama “A Star Is Born” (2018).
- Katherine Ross, her mother, is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominee and has two Golden Globe Awards nominations, and she starred alongside her husband, Sam Elliott, and Tom Selleck in the 1982 film “The Shadow Riders”.
- Cleo Rose Elliott has been in a longtime relationship with Randy Christopher Bates, a professional downhill mountain biker and cyclist, but they are unmarried.
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Cleo Rose Elliot early life, background and education
Cleo Rose Elliott was born on 17 September 1984 in Malibu, California, US. She is the daughter of Sam Elliot and Katharine Ross. In 2021, Cleo will turn 37 on her birthday. She grew up as an only child with her parents in California and picked up singing at an early age.
Although many have mistaken her for David James Elliott’s daughter and/or sister, this is not the case. They only share common last names. David James Elliott is a Canadian actor who was the star of the series JAG, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr. from 1995 to 2005. He is married to Nanci Chambers and has two children.
Cleo learned to play the guitar and flute as well and attended Colin McEwen High School. During her free time, she took classes at the Joanne Barron/D.W. Brown Acting Studio in Santa Monica as well. Additionally, she underwent opera vocal training under the versatile singer and songwriter, Charity Chapman.
However, despite training to become a singer, she did not immediately start her professional career as one. Instead, she went into modelling. Here are the details we found about her.
Career
Model
At 18, Cleo Rose Elliott started modelling for brands that were in the market looking out particularly for beautiful faces. She made her debut in 2003 at the Sexyhair show, a live hair-styling event. Fashion magazines also began to send her offers and she appeared on the cover of The Malibu Times in 2003 along with her parents.
Music
She later focused on pursuing a career in music and joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). This is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organisation that protects its members’ musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music.
Charity Chapman, who gave her vocal training, introduced her to the late music producer Bobby Harby. Elliot then showed Harby her songs and he was impressed with them. He worked with her to release her first project “No More Lies” in 2008. She has mentioned Lady Gaga, Guns N’ Roses and Pink Floyd as her biggest musical influences.
While Cleo’s “No More Lies” was relatively successful, we could not find any more of her songs online. Sources claimed that the album was released only on CD, which was more popular at the time. In an interview, she told The Malibu Times that her parents supported her career and they were happy that she did not decide to go into acting.
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Cleo Rose Elliott parents
As we already pointed out, her fame is because of her celebrity parents. Who were Cleo Rose Elliott’s parents?
Sam Elliott
Elliott is an American actor who has won several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award. His acting career spans a period of 55 years starting from 1966 to 2021. Additionally, he has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Elliott played lead roles in television films “Lifeguard” (1976), “Murder in Texas” (1981), and “The Shadow Riders” (1982). He was cast in supporting roles for “We Were Soldiers” (2002), “Hulk” (2003), and “Ghost Rider” (2007).
After getting a lead role in the comedy-drama “The Hero” (2017), Elliott went on to get the most recognition of his life for his role in the musical drama “A Star Is Born” (2018). The Bradley Cooper directed film alone earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Critics’ Choice Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won a National Board of Review Award.
During his almost six-decade-long career he has also worked as a voice artist for big brands such as Dodge, IBM, Kinney Drugs, Union Pacific, and the American Beef Council during various campaigns. He also narrated the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packer’s team introductions to Super Bowl XLV played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. He married actress Katherine Ross in 1984 and they welcomed Cleo Rose together.
Katherine Ross
Ross is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominee and has two Golden Globe Awards nominations. Her film debut came in 1965 but she was already a stage actress at the time.
In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA nomination, and Golden Globe win for New Star of the Year for her role in the comedy-drama “The Graduate”. Ross went on to win BAFTA Award for Best Actress in 1969.
The actress is well-known for her roles in horror films like “The Stepford Wives” (1975), “The Swarm” (1976), and “The Legacy” (1978). She starred alongside her husband, Sam Elliott, and Tom Selleck in the 1982 film “The Shadow Riders”.
Before marrying Elliott, Ross had been married and divorced four different times between 1960 and 1979. Her most recent appearance came in 2017 when she starred in the comedy-drama “The Hero” alongside her husband, Sam Elliott.
Personal life
Cleo Rose Elliott has been in a longtime relationship with Randy Christopher Bates, a professional downhill mountain biker and cyclist. Bates had started out as a musician but switched careers to pursue adventure and video making.
He went into scuba diving, and later, cycling and mountain biking. Bates is was featured on a 2014 #Besomebody video; a growing Motivational Movement in the world, with passion-centric content reaching over 10 million people in over 180 countries.
Elliott and Bates are yet to get married and have no children together.
Net worth
Cleo Rose Elliott has an estimated net worth of $1 million, according to local blogs. This figure has no facts to back it up and seems to have been estimated without adequate proof. No doubt, as an only child, she is in line to benefit from her parent’s wealth.
Conclusion
Despite being born into a Hollywood family, she decided to chart her own course in the music industry. She is yet to attain mainstream fame at this time but it just might be because that’s not her main aim. Elliott appears content with living beyond the reach of the media’s prying eyes.
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