Ella Summer Purnell was born on 17 September 1996 and is an English actress.
17 Facts About Ella Purnell
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Ella Purnell began her career as a child actress on the West End and in the films Never Let Me Go, Intruders, Wildlike and Maleficent.
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On television, Purnell went on to star in the BBC drama Ordeal by Innocence, the Starz series Sweetbitter, the ITV miniseries Belgravia, and the Showtime thriller Yellowjackets.
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Ella Purnell's films include Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Churchill, and Army of the Dead.
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Ella Summer Purnell was born in the Whitechapel area of East London on 17 September 1996 and raised in Bethnal Green.
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Ella Purnell attended Bethnal Green Montessori, Forest School, the City of London School for Girls, and the Young Actors Theatre Islington.
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Ella Purnell attended weekly classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, studying acting, singing, and dance, and was represented by their in-house talent agency.
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Ella Purnell was then cast as Kayleigh in Gustavo Ron's Ways to Live Forever, adapted from the book by Sally Nicholls, and as Mia in the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo film Intruders.
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Ella Purnell was named by Screen International as one of 10 UK Stars of Tomorrow.
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Ella Purnell appeared in the BBC HD film short Candy in June 2011.
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In 2013, Ella Purnell appeared in the feature film Kick-Ass 2 as the character Dolce.
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In 2016, Ella Purnell starred in Tim Burton's adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, based on the novel of the same name, by Ransom Riggs.
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Later that year, Ella Purnell appeared in the historical drama film Churchill, playing Winston Churchill's secretary Helen Garrett.
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In 2018, Ella Purnell appeared as Hester Argyll in the BBC mini-series Ordeal By Innocence, based on the Agatha Christie book of the same name.
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Later that year, Ella Purnell starred in the leading role of the Starz show Sweetbitter, based on Stephanie Danler's novel of the same name.
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Ella Purnell played Tess, a naive 22-year-old who moves to New York City to pursue a new life, and gets caught up in the world of fine dining.
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In 2020, Ella Purnell played Lady Maria Grey in Julian Fellowes's period drama Belgravia, co-produced by ITV and Epix.