Ella Purnell
Acting1996Whitechapel, London, England, UK
Biography
Ella Summer Reed Purnell (born 17 September 1996) is an English actress who began her career as a child actress in West End theatre. Purnell used to attend weekly classes at Sylvia Young Theatre School studying acting, singing, and dance.
Purnell's film roles include Never Let Me Go (2010), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Churchill (2017), and Army of the Dead (2021), among others. Her television credits include Sweetbitter (2018), Belgravia (2020), Yellowjackets (2021), Arcane (2021), Star Trek: Prodigy (2021), and Fallout (2024).
Known For
Acting History
Future
2026
ViQueens
as Ingrid (voice)
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2024
Sweetpea
TVas Rhiannon• 6 eps
Fallout
TVas Lucy MacLean• 16 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TVas Self• 1 eps
Invincible
TVas Jane (voice)• 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Game Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
Sweetpea
TVExecutive Producer
2023
The Indomitable Left Fist of Hollywood Thompson, One-Hit Wonder, a San Fernando Valley Folktale
as Decency 'Dee' DiMartini
Toast
as Narrator (voice)
Not A Mourning Person
Executive Producer
2022
The Ready Room
TVas Self• 1 eps
2021
Army of the Dead
as Kate Ward
Creating an Army of the Dead
as Self
Arcane
TVas Jinx (voice)• 18 eps
Star Trek: Prodigy
TVas Gwyn (voice)• 39 eps
Yellowjackets
TVas Jackie Taylor• 16 eps
2020
Belgravia
TVas Maria Grey• 6 eps
2018
UFO
as Natalie
Oksijan
as Inca
Right Place, Wrong Tim
as Clement Bell
Ordeal by Innocence
TVas Hester Argyll• 3 eps
Sweetbitter
TVas Tess• 14 eps
2017
Churchill
as Helen Garrett
Access All Areas
as Mia
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Emma Bloom
The Legend of Tarzan
as Young Jane Body Double (uncredited)
2015
Cyberbully
as Megan Turner
Wildlike
as Mackenzie
2014
Maleficent
as Teen Maleficent
Maleficent
Stunt Double
2013
Kick-Ass 2
as Dolce
2010
Ways to Live Forever
as Kaleigh
Never Let Me Go
as Young Ruth