Actor Ella Hunt

Ella Hunt

1998 (27 лет)
Ella Hunt (born April 29, 1998) is an English actress known for her role in Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), for which she received a Scottish BAFTA nomination. She had a recurring role in the ITV comedy-drama Cold Feet (2016–2017) and portrayed Sue Gilbert in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson (2019–2021).

Born in London to sculptor and actress Louise Hunt and art dealer David Grob, Hunt grew up on a farm in North Devon. She has an older brother, William, a younger brother, Arthur, and three older half-siblings from her father's first marriage. Hunt attended Millfield Preparatory School and Blundell's School, where she was discovered by an agent during a school production at age 11.

Starting her career as a child actress, Hunt appeared in Intruders (2011), Les Misérables (2012), and Robot Overlords (2014). Her television debut came at 18 in Cold Feet, playing Ellie Marsden. In 2018, she starred as Anna Shepherd in Anna and the Apocalypse, earning a BAFTA nomination and an ensemble award at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. She also appeared in Summer Night (2019) and played Kat Malone in Kat and the Band (2020).

In April 2020, Hunt released her first single, "Magpie," followed by "Holding On" in November 2021 and the EP Triptych. Her professional theatre debut was as Alice in the 2022 production of Closer at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.

In the 2024 film Saturday Night, Hunt portrays comedienne Gilda Radner. She divides her time between Islington, London, and Brooklyn Heights, New York, and publicly came out as queer in March 2021.