- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to charities and Theatre in London, England.
- Although she damaged her pelvis in training, she returned and broke the women's European free fall record. Another Blue Peter parachute record.
- Her father was Mike Ellis, a BBC visual effects designer whose work included building and operating the L1 robot in The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two (1986).
- Mother of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who was the lead singer in British music band 'theaudience' and is now a solo artist.
- In 2021, Janet Ellis presented an episode of Faces of Fame on BBC Radio 4, in which she interviewed her pop star daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor on how she coped with fame.
- Mother of Jackson Ellis Leach.
- Mother-in-law of The Feeling bassist Richard Jones.
- Working in the 3D animation production in Toronto, Canada (November 2004)
- Is now an occasional panellist on Channel Five's topical discussion show The Wright Stuff (October 2002)
- She is openly a supporter of the Labour Party.
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