Ella Purnell Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Relationship, Maleficent, Yellowjackets, Salary, and Net Worth

Ella Purnell is an English actress who started out as a child in West End theatre and films like Never Let Me Go, Intruders, and Maleficent. 

Ella Purnell Biography

Ella Purnell is an English actress who started her acting career as a child in West End theatre and films like Never Let Me Go, Intruders, and Maleficent. She has also starred in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Churchill, and Army of the Dead.

Ella Purnell Age

Purnell was born Ella Summer Purnell on September 17, 1996, in London, England. She is 28 years old as of 2024. Purnell celebrates her birthday on September 17th.

Ella Purnell Height

Purnell stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 5 inches.

Ella Purnell Family

Purnell was born in the Whitechapel area of London and grew up in Bethnal Green. She has half-siblings named Noa, Enzo, and Leon. Even so, she has not disclosed any information about her parents.

Ella Purnell Relationship

Purnell partly lives in London and Los Angeles. Further, she plays the piano. Previously, she was in a relationship with musician Max Bennett Kelly. During their time together, she used to refer to him as her life partner. When she was 19, she alongside Arifa Nasim launched Educate2Eradicate, a UK-based firm building on Nasim’s fundamental endeavors to root out honor-based violence and confront forced child marriages.

Ella Purnell Net Worth

Purnell has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an actress.

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Ella Purnell Brad Pitt

Purnell and Brad were rumored to be dating in 2017 after Brad’s divorce. Then aged 21, reports suggested that he was enchanted by her and had cast her in his production of Sweetbitter. The dating allegations sparked debates as people felt their age gap was too big with Brad being 54 at the time. Purnell labeled the rumors insane and crazy, feeling overwhelmed and embarrassed by the backlash since she was painted in a negative light. Moreover, she expressed that she felt troubled that the rumors implied she had gotten her role in Sweetbitter because of an inappropriate relationship with Brad.

Ella Purnell Eyes

Purnell is known for her distinctive large hazel eyes. She fell falling a flight of stairs and hit her head, leaving her with a scar on her head near her eye. She narrowly avoided losing her eye in the incident, an incident that made her make numerous changes, including prioritizing friends and family.

Ella Purnell Maleficent

Purnell starred as the teen Maleficent in Maleficent in 2014. In this magnitude, Purnell portrays the transition of Maleficent from a young, innocent, and compassionate fairy to a more complex, vindictive, and adult character(played by Angelina Jolie).

During her teenage years, she works as a guardian of the Moors, a magical realm. She innocently forms a bond with Stefan, a human peasant boy, whom she falls in love with. Their love is initially innocent and pure until Stefan betrays her trust and cuts off her wings to curry favor with the king. As a result, Maleficent turns into a vindictive villain who takes revenge on Stefan by cursing his daughter, Aurora.

Ella Purnell Yellowjackets

Purnell starred as Jackie Taylor in Yellowjackets from 2021 to 2023. A popular girl in high school, she works as the captain of the girls’ soccer team, the Yellowjackets. Further, she is Shauna’s best friend and Jeff’s girlfriend. In 1996, she and the Yellowjackets went to Seattle for a national tournament via a flight. However, their plane crashed while they were flying over Canada, leaving them to survive in the wilderness for 19 months. After the crash, Jackie struggles to adapt to the situation without a high school social structure, deteriorating her relationships with others.

Ella Purnell Instagram

Purnell has an active Instagram account that has over 1.5M followers and over 500 posts.

Ella Purnell Education

Purnell studied at Bethnal Green Montessori, Forest School, the City of London School for Girls, and the Young Actors Theatre Islington. Moreover, she has weekly classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School where she studied acting, singing, and dance. The school’s in-house talent agency represented her.

Ella Purnell Career

After finishing high school at 18, Purnell wanted to pause her acting career to be a children’s writer or teacher. She traveled for a year to find herself and landed a role in Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children in 2016. She took the role as she had dreamt of working with Burton.

Film

Purnell joined the cast of Oliver! At London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 2009. She was then cast as Young Ruth in Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. She then starred as Kayleigh in Ways to Live Forever and Mia in Intruders. Screen International mentioned her among the 10 UK Stars of Tomorrow. In June 2011, she appeared in BBC HD’s Candy.

In 2013, Purnell starred as Dolce in Kick-Ass 2. The next year, she starred in Wildlike, winning several awards at film festivals. Further, she portrayed the teenage version of Maleficent in Disney’s Maleficent. She appeared in Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children in 2016. The next year, he starred as Mia in Access All Areas. Later that year, she starred as secretary Helen Garrett in Churchill. She will star in an upcoming British comedy horror film directed by Craig Roberts, The Scurry, and recur her role as Kate Ward in Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas.

Television

Purnell played the role of Hester Argyll in BBC’s Ordeal by Innocence in 2018. Later that year, she starred in the lead role in Starz’s Sweetbitter. In the film, she stars as a naive 22-year-old girl who relocates to New York City for a fresh start. In 2020, she starred as Lady Maria Grey in Belgravia. The following year, she starred as Jackie in  Showtime’s Yellowjackets. Later that year, she provided the voice-over for Gwyn in Star Trek: Prodigy and in Jinx in Netflix’s Arcane. In 2024, she starred as Lucy MacLean in Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout. That same year, she starred in Sweetpea where she was also the executive producer.

Ella Purnell Movies and TV Shows

Purnell has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as

  • Never Let Me Go
  • Cyberbully
  • Ways to Live Forever
  • Intruders
  • Ordeal by Innocence
  • The Journey is the Destination
  • Belgravia
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • UFO
  • Army of the Dead
  • Arcane
  • Star Trek: Prodigy
  • Invincible
  • Fallout
  • Sweetpea