Ella Simms, Melrose Place

Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy): On the reboot of soap opera drama series Melrose Place, Ella Simms was introduced as a bisexual junior publicist. During the show’s first and only season, she had a short fling with David Breck and dated Jonah Miller before they broke up. All of Ella’s involvements with women consisted of one-time, casual hook-ups, and the series was canceled without resolution of the characters’ storylines.

When asked about Ella’s bisexuality, both executive producer Todd Slavkin and actress Katie Cassidy described Ella as a ”try-sexual”: “She is ‘try-sexual,’ meaning she will try anything,” jokes Katie. “She is so open and so free, you never what she is going to do. I think it comes from a place where she is desperately seeking love and acceptance from everyone around her.”

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Appearances:

• 18 episodes. 1x01 - 1x18

No female love interests

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• David Breck (Shaun Sipos, main cast)
• Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, main cast)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? Yes

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.