Ella Purnell
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).
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Acting History
2026
ViQueens as Ingrid (voice)
2024Sweetpea as Rhiannon
2024Fallout as Lucy MacLean
2023Junk Male as Decency 'Dee' DiMartini
2023Toast as Narrator (voice)
2022Arcane: Bridging the Rift as Self / Jinx (voice)
2021Yellowjackets as Jackie Taylor
2021Arcane as Jinx (voice)
2021Star Trek: Prodigy as Gwyn (voice)
2021Creating an Army of the Dead as Self
2021Army of the Dead as Kate Ward
2021INVINCIBLE as Jane (voice)
2020Belgravia as Maria Grey
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019The Ready Room as Self
2018UFO as Natalie
2018Right Place, Wrong Tim as Clement Bell
2018Sweetbitter as Tess
2018Ordeal by Innocence as Hester Argyll
2018Lie Detector as Self
2018Oksijan as Inca
2017Access All Areas as Mia
2017Churchill as Helen Garrett
2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as Emma Bloom
2016The Journey Is the Destination as Amy
2016The Legend of Tarzan as Young Jane Body Double (uncredited)
2015Wildlike as Mackenzie
2015Cyberbully as Megan Turner
2014The Game Awards as Self
2014Maleficent as Teen Maleficent
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Kick-Ass 2 as Dolce
2011Intruders as Mia Farrow
2011Candy as Candy
2010Ways to Live Forever as Kaleigh
2010Never Let Me Go as Young Ruth
—The Scurry
—Loser
—That Time We Met
—Hot Ted as Amy