Ellison is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, and as Meg Giry in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. Choosing to pursue a professional career in dance, she successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet Lower School, but was asked to leave due to her large bust which ruined her chances for classical ballet. Ellison appeared in the July – October 2010 UK tour of the stage adaption of the film Calendar Girls. That same year, she appeared as a judge on Dirty Dancing – Time of your Life a United States based reality television show for the Living TV network. Ellison is currently featured in Maxim magazine’s Girls of Maxim gallery. Though Ultimo boss Michelle Mone had chosen Jordan for being “sexy, fun and outgoing,” she later changed her mind, stating, “Jordan was just the wrong choice for. However, she has since returned to modelling. in 2006, Ellison released Jennifer Ellison’s West End Workout, a fitness DVD which combined her love of dance with exercise routines.