Ella Summer Purnell was born on September 17, 1996, in Whitechapel, London, England
Ella Summer Purnell was born on September 17, 1996, in Whitechapel, London, England. She is an English actress who began her career as a child actress on the West End and in films such as Never Let Me Go (2010), Intruders (2011), Wildlike and Maleficent (both 2014).
She attended Bethnal Green Montessori, Forest School, the City of London School for Girls, and the Young Actors Theatre Islington. She also attended weekly classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, studying acting, singing, and dance.
In 2008, Purnell beat hundreds of other girls for a role in Oliver! at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She then won the role of Young Ruth (played by Keira Knightley as an adult) in Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. She was named by Screen International as one of 10 UK Stars of Tomorrow.
On television, Purnell starred in the BBC drama Ordeal by Innocence (2018), the Starz series Sweetbitter (2018–2019), the ITV miniseries Belgravia (2020), and the Showtime thriller Yellowjackets (2021–2023). She also voiced Jinx in the Netflix series Arcane and Gwyn in the Paramount+ – Nickelodeon series Star Trek: Prodigy (both 2021).
Her films include Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Churchill (2017), and Army of the Dead (2021). She has three younger half-brothers from her father’s other relationships.
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