My Take
Ella Purnell is one of those actors who quietly builds an impressive body of work before the world catches up — and then, suddenly, everybody catches up at once. She grew up doing West End theatre as a kid in London, showed up memorably in Maleficent and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and held her own in the prestige drama Yellowjackets. But it was her role as Lucy in Amazon's Fallout adaptation in 2024 that really launched her into a different orbit — she carried that show with a wide-eyed optimism that never tipped into naivety, and the chemistry she brought made the whole post-apocalyptic premise feel genuinely warm. There's a specificity to her choices that makes me think she's just getting started.
Overview
Ella Summer Reed Purnell (born 17 September 1996) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress in West End theatre and films, including Never Let Me Go (2010), Intruders (2011) and Maleficent (2014). Her other films include Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Churchill (2017) and Army of the Dead (2021).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ella Purnell
- Name (Japanese)
- エラ・パーネル
- Reading
- えら・ぱーねる
- Born
- September 17, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Whitechapel, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / stage actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.