Ella Purnell

Ella Purnell is an English actress born September 17, 1996, in Whitechapel, London and raised in Bethnal Green. She studied acting, singing and dance at Sylvia Young Theatre School and joined Oliver! in the West End aged 12. Her film debut as Ruth in Never Let Me Go led to roles in Maleficent and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Purnell moved into television as aspiring waitress Tess in Sweetbitter and gained wider recognition as ill-fated team captain Jackie Taylor in Yellowjackets. She built a voice career as Jinx in Arcane and Gwyn in Star Trek: Prodigy. Her international breakthrough came as optimistic vault dweller Lucy MacLean in the game adaptation Fallout. Purnell then starred as a timid office worker turned killer in Sweetpea, also serving as executive producer. Her work combines youthful vulnerability with dark wit, emotional volatility and a growing presence in genre storytelling.