Ella Purnell
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), and her television roles as Lucy MacLean in the Amazon Prime Video series Fallout (2024 -) and Rhiannon Lewis in the Sky Atlantic series Sweetpea (2024 -).
Quotes
[edit]- As a woman in this industry, you are constantly trying to find the right balance. You can't be too strong, you can't swear, you can't wear short skirts. You can't be too sexy because they won't respect you, but you can't not be beautiful because then they think you don't have value.
- Nugent, Annabel (23 April 2022). "Yellowjackets' Ella Purnell: 'I was 15 doing photo shoots and they'd pull out a bra and knickers'". The Independent.
- On the pressures facing women in the entertainment industry.
- There's the day before Fallout comes out and no one knows who you are, to a week after Fallout comes out and suddenly people know your name. That's a slightly disorienting experience.
- Aroesti, Rachel (5 October 2024). "'I can't do gore and I'm not a gamer': Ella Purnell on being an unlikely scream queen". The Guardian.
- On the success of Fallout (2024).
- It has very much been a marathon, not a sprint. There's no end goal for me that revolves around success. It revolves around my personal growth and personal challenges.
- Jackson, Hannah (8 October 2024). "Ella Purnell Isn't Interested in the Fast Track to Fame". Vogue.
- On her approach to her acting career.
