Ellie Ottaway was born on 15 March 1993 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She is an internationally published fashion model working with plenty of modeling agencies. She went to Grosse Pointe High School. After that, she graduated from Belmont University in 2014 with a degree in Music , after which she went to University Liggett School.

Since her childhood, Ellie Ottaway was drawn to performance. At a young age, she did ballet. She loved the recitals more than practicing. What she loved the most was performing in front of people.
Before she joined the fashion industry, she was a public relations intern at Media Collective. Ellie has even worked as a public relations and marketing intern at Muse Boutique. She has volunteered for St. Jude Music Nashville Marathon and Hands on Nashville.
Ellie did not see herself as a model and never thought of having a modeling career. She became part of the modeling community because of her jobs at companies such as Kid Rock and Saks Fifth Avenue. When she was in Miami, she did catalog work for many international companies. Ellie has worked with many e-commerce clients including Zappos, Rue La La, and TJ Maxx. The best part of her career is traveling.
Her breakthrough moment came when she realized that she did not have to pretend to be someone else in front of the camera. She did a cover for Fit For Fun Sweden. Ellie has worked with several brands including Vinceo, Asos, and Peixotowear Swimwear.
In 2015, she was photographed by Camilo Rios White and Jamie Clayton. In 2016, she was featured in the Sports Illustrated as the Lovely Lady of the Day. She walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2016. The same year, Ellie and Hailey Outland worked in collaboration with Mark Harless and Cody McGibbon.

Some other photographers she worked with include Michal Rah, Mikel Roberts, Dane Darden, Jay Lenard, Cemhan Biricik, Ramiah Branch, Beth Studenberg, and Jeff Sutera. She did Invisible Cities themed photo shoot for Cake Magazine. Ellie was featured in Vogue Italia as well. Cody McGibbon photographed her for the theme “A Taste of Summer”.

Additionally, she was photographed /for Kay & Elle Swimwear’s Crush Capsule Collection. Ellie is featured in the lookbook of Nelly as well.
Furthermore, Ellie was also featured in the Lookbook of Splash. She was also photographed in the Surf & Swim Collection of Forever 21. Forever 21 picked her to be the face on the lookbook for its Intimates collection. In September 2018, Ellie Ottaway worked with photographer Anna Zesiger and did the campaign for Nicole Spose bridal fashion.
Apart from modeling, she has starred in several short videos; Big & Rich: Run Away with You and Dallas Smith: Lifted. Ottaway appeared in the music videos for Sammy Arriaga, Chris Young, Mitchell Tenpenny, and Kid Rock. She is married to NHL player, Roman Josi and living in Nashville, Tennessee.  Ellie is an extremely talented model who has established herself in the fashion industry with her professional attitude and excellent posing skills.