Ella Purnell
Acting • Born 1996-09-17
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).
Filmography
41 credits
The Legend of Tarzan
Movie • 2016
Young Jane Body Double (uncredited)
Never Let Me Go
Movie • 2010
Young Ruth
Intruders
Movie • 2011
Mia Farrow
Ways to Live Forever
Movie • 2010
Kaleigh
Junk Male
Movie • 2023
Decency 'Dee' DiMartini
Wildlike
Movie • 2015
Mackenzie
Kick-Ass 2
Movie • 2013
Dolce
Cyberbully
Movie • 2015
Megan Turner
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie • 2016
Emma Bloom
The Scurry
Movie
The Journey Is the Destination
Movie • 2016
Amy
Candy
Movie • 2011
Candy
Access All Areas
Movie • 2017
Mia
Churchill
Movie • 2017
Helen Garrett
UFO
Movie • 2018
Natalie
Oksijan
Movie • 2018
Inca
Right Place, Wrong Tim
Movie • 2018
Clement Bell
Army of the Dead
Movie • 2021
Kate Ward
Creating an Army of the Dead
Movie • 2021
Self
Loser
Movie
Toast
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Hot Ted
Movie
Amy
Maleficent
Movie • 2014
Teen Maleficent
ViQueens
Movie • 2026
Ingrid (voice)
That Time We Met
Movie
Yellowjackets
Movie
Jackie Taylor
Yellowjackets
TV • 2021
Jackie Taylor
Star Trek: Prodigy
TV • 2021
Gwyn (voice)
Arcane
TV • 2021
Jinx (voice)
Ordeal by Innocence
TV • 2018
Hester Argyll
Fallout
TV • 2024
Lucy MacLean
Sweetbitter
TV • 2018
Tess
Sweetpea
TV • 2024
Rhiannon
The Ready Room
TV • 2019
Self
Invincible
TV • 2021
Jane (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Belgravia
TV • 2020
Maria Grey
The Game Awards
TV • 2014
Self
Arcane: Bridging the Rift
TV • 2022
Self / Jinx (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest