Creator / Ess Hödlmoser

Ess Hödlmoser is a Canadian contortionist, performance artist, and aerial performer. The combination of their contortion skills, martial arts training, and experience in circus arts has led them to portray nonhuman creatures in works like the film It and the series The Strain. Additionally, they have added more credits to their name as an actor, most recently in the The Boys as the superpowered Cindy and in Motherland: Fort Salem as military coven leader M.

Ess is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

Works

Acting

• Motherland: Fort Salem (2021-2022): M
• Station Eleven (2021-2022): S
• The Boys (2020): Cindy
• Code 8 (2019): Copperhead
• Titans (2018): The Contortionist

Stunt and Creature Work

• The Boys (2019): Assistant to Stunt Coordinator
• A Simple Favor (2018): Stunt double for Blake Lively
• Killjoys (2017-2018): Stunt Hullen Guard #1, Creature work (Stalker #1)
• The Expanse (2017-2018): Stunt precision driver, stunt double
• 12 Monkeys (2017-2018): Stunt performer
• Imposters (2018): Stunt double for Uma Thurman
• The Handmaid's Tale (2017-2018): Stunt performer (Stunt Handmaid, Rioter)
• Flatliners^note The 2017 remake does not have its own page (2017): Stunt double for Anna Arden
• The Strain (2016-2017): Stunt performer, Creature work (Water Tunnel Mongrel), stunt double for Ruta Gedmintas
• It (2017): Pennywise contortion, motion capture
• Wish Upon (2017): Stunt double for Shannon Purser
• 11/22/63 (2016): Stunt performer