Ella Purnell
Birthday: Born in 1996-09-17 in Whitechapel, London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Ella Summer Purnell (born September 17, 1996) is an English actress. She 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).
TV Credits
Yellowjackets
Character: Jackie Taylor
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later....
Star Trek: Prodigy
Character: Gwyn (voice)
A motley crew of young rebellious aliens commandeer an old Starfleet ship and must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered, but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents....
Arcane
Character: Jinx (voice)
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions....
Ordeal by Innocence
Character: Hester Argyll
The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them....
Fallout
Character: Lucy MacLean
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them....
Sweetbitter
Character: Tess
Shortly after arriving in New York City, 22-year-old Tess lands a job at a celebrated downtown restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dive bars, and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon....
Sweetpea
Character: Rhiannon Lewis
Rhiannon Lewis doesn't make much of an impression - people walk past her in the street without a second glance. That is until she is pushed over the edge and loses control. Rhiannon's life transforms, but can she keep her killer secret?...
The Ready Room
Character: Self
Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star Trek: Picard cast and crew to discuss the weekly episodes....
INVINCIBLE
Character: Jane (voice)
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage....
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York....
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities....
Belgravia
Character: Maria Grey
A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode....
Arcane
Character: Self
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions....
The Game Awards
Character: Self
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, the shows are produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley, who worked on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards, for over ten years. In addition to the awards, The Game Awards also features premieres of new games and in-depth looks at previously announced ones....
Movie Credits
The Legend of Tarzan
Character: Young Jane Body Double (uncredited)
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment....
Never Let Me Go
Character: Young Ruth
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them....
Intruders
Character: Mia Farrow
Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out....
Ways to Live Forever
Character: Kaleigh
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer....
Junk Male
Character: Decency 'Dee' DiMartini
Hollywood Thompson’s life reaches a new low after a fateful punch derails his championship boxing career....
Wildlike
Character: Mackenzie
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness....
Kick-Ass 2
Character: Dolce
After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation....
Cyberbully
Character: Megan Turner
A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker....
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Character: Emma Bloom
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them....
The Scurry
Character:
Chaos erupts at an eco-café when a horde of deranged squirrels seeks revenge on the staff and visitors, forcing two summoned pest controllers to face the onslaught....
The Journey Is the Destination
Character: Amy
The inspiring life story of the late photojournalist, artist and activist Dan Eldon, who abandoned a comfortable life in London to document the struggle, heartbreak and hope of a war-torn and famine-ridden region of Africa....
Candy
Character: Candy
Joe, a teenage suburban boy, meets and instantly falls in love with a seemingly innocent young girl from his home town who now lives in London. As their impromptu encounter continues, Joe realizes her situation is much darker then he could have imagined....
Access All Areas
Character: Mia
Four runaway teenagers are catapulted on a wild and uplifting road trip out of the city and across the water to a magical island music festival....
Churchill
Character: Helen Garrett
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day....
UFO
Character: Natalie
A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind....
Oksijan
Character: Inca
A 7-year old Afghan boy finds himself trapped in a refrigerated truck with 14 other refugees as they are smuggled into the UK....
Right Place, Wrong Tim
Character: Clement Bell
Right Place, Wrong Tim follows the Bell family, a dynasty of clockmakers who run Dagenham’s infamous ‘Hells Bells’ clock shop, in Channel 4’s most successful Essex-set comedy since Jamie’s School Dinners. During a routine live taping, the cast of thespians are suddenly derailed by the entrance of a clone of Tim....
Army of the Dead
Character: Kate Ward
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted....
Creating an Army of the Dead
Character: Self
Zack Snyder and his Army of the Dead team dive into the film's wild stunts, groundbreaking effects and the evolution of the zombie genre....