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Ella Beatty

Ella Beatty (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actress, daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, a Juilliard graduate known for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Broadway's Appropriate, and starring as Lizzie Borden in Netflix's Monster.

Ella Bruccoleri

Ella Bruccoleri (also Ella May Bruccoleri) is a British actress from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, trained at the Oxford School of Drama. Known for Sister Frances in Call the Midwife (2018–2022) and as lead Mary Bennet in the BBC's The Other Bennet Sister (2026), plus Polite Society, Paddington in Peru, and Wicker.

Ella Enchanted (film)

Ella Enchanted (2004 film), also known simply as Ella Enchanted, is a Miramax fantasy romantic comedy directed by Tommy O'Haver, starring Anne Hathaway as a girl cursed with obedience; loosely based on Levine's 1997 Newbery Honor novel, released April 9, 2004, grossing $22.9M in the US.

Ella Hunt

Ella Hunt (born 1998) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. Known for Sue Gilbert in Apple TV+'s Dickinson, Anna and the Apocalypse, Gilda Radner in Saturday Night, Not Suitable for Work, and her debut album Blindspot.

Ella Lentini

Ella Lentini (Antonella Lucia Montes Lentini, born 1995) is an American actress, writer, and filmmaker from New York City, known for voicing Hannah and Beth in Until Dawn and directing Piece of Cake and Hemorrhage.

Ella Maisy Purvis

Ella Maisy Purvis is a British actress, an autistic performer trained at LAMDA, known for playing autistic archivist Patience Evans in Channel 4's Patience (2025), adapted from Astrid et Raphaelle, with roles in A Kind of Spark, Malpractice, Heartstopper, and Bergerac.

Ella McCay

Ella McCay is a 2025 American comedy-drama, James L. Brooks's first directed film in 15 years, starring Emma Mackey as a 34-year-old lieutenant governor who becomes governor in 2008; it flopped critically and commercially.

Ella Morgan (television personality)

Ella Morgan (full name Ella Morgan Clark) is an English television personality, model, and transgender advocate, the first openly transgender bride on Married at First Sight UK in 2023.

Ella Newton

Ella Newton (born 2000, Melbourne) is an Australian actress and filmmaker, also called Ella K. Newton. Known for Fern Harrow in Harrow (2018-2021), Amy Poynton in Girl at the Window (2022), and Heather in Dangerous Animals (2025).

Ella Purnell

Ella Summer Reed Purnell (born 1996, London) is an English actress known for Yellowjackets, Fallout's Lucy MacLean, Sweetpea, and voicing Jinx in Arcane; also an executive producer.

Ella Rae Wise

Ella Rae Wise, English reality TV personality born 2000 in Havering, Essex; TOWIE cast member since 2019, also Celebrity Ex on the Beach, The Challenge UK, and Celebrity Big Brother 2025.

Ella Raines

Ella Raines (Ella Wallace Raines, 1920-1988), American actress of 1940s film noir and Westerns, star of Phantom Lady, Tall in the Saddle, and Impact, and of the 1954 TV series Janet Dean, Registered Nurse.

Ella the Elephant

Ella the Elephant is a Canadian animated preschool TV series (2013–2014) based on the Ella books by Carmela and Steven D'Amico, produced by DHX Media with TVO Kids and FremantleMedia; it follows Ella and friends Frankie, Tiki, and Belinda on Elephant Island with a magic red hat.

Elle (film)

Elle (2016) is a French-language psychological thriller by Paul Verhoeven, adapted by David Birke from Philippe Djian's novel Oh..., starring Isabelle Huppert as a video-game executive who tracks her masked rapist; Cannes competition premiere, Oscar-nominated, César Best Film winner. Distinct from the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel series of the same name.

Elle (TV series)

Elle (TV series) is a 2026 Prime Video Legally Blonde prequel from Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, created by Laura Kittrell, starring Lexi Minetree as 16-year-old Elle Woods in 1995, moving from Bel-Air to Seattle; 8 episodes, renewed for Season 2 in 2027.

Elle Chapman

Elle Chapman (born 1999) is an American actress from Alexandria, Virginia, known for Paige McIntosh in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison (2026), Sarah in A Man Called Otto (2022), and Ashley in American Horror Story season 13.

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning, full name Mary Elle Fanning, is an American actress and producer, the younger sister of Dakota Fanning and an Oscar nominee for Sentimental Value.

Elle Woods

Elle Woods is the fictional heroine of Legally Blonde, created by Amanda Brown in the 2001 novel and played by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film, a sorority president who attends Harvard Law School, later adapted into a musical, sequels, and the 2026 Prime Video prequel series Elle.

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, Kainai (Blackfoot Confederacy) and Sámi filmmaker and actor from Cardston, Alberta; co-director of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open and director of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy.

Ellen (TV series)

Ellen (originally These Friends of Mine) is the ABC sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres as bookstore owner Ellen Morgan, 1994–1998, 109 episodes; famous for the 1997 Puppy Episode coming out.

Ellen Adair

Ellen Adair is an American actor, writer, and baseball analyst known for Bess McTeer in The Sinner, Janet Bayne in Homeland, and Bridget Saltire in The Slap; also MLB Network analyst and author of Curtain Speech.

Ellen Adarna

Ellen Adarna (Ellen Meriam Go Adarna), Filipina actress and model born 1988 in Cebu City, known for Bubble Gang, Indio, and Pasión de Amor; married Derek Ramsay in 2021, separated 2025.

Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow (1913–2015), American character actress and drama teacher; rapping granny Rosie in The Wedding Singer, Grandma Cleary in Wedding Crashers, taught 30 years at Pierce College.

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin (born 1954, Bronx, New York) is an American actress and producer known for Diner, The Big Easy, Sea of Love, and Animal Kingdom; she won a 1998 Emmy for Before Women Had Wings and a 2011 Tony for The Normal Heart.

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932, Detroit) is an American actress and Triple Crown of Acting winner: Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tony for Same Time Next Year, two Emmys, Actors Studio co-president, and 2026 Venice Golden Lion honoree.

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby (Ellen Hansen, 1911–1999), American character actress and screenwriter; Grandma Esther Walton on The Waltons, three Emmys, Oscar nominee for I Remember Mama.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian and talk-show host of Ellen (1994–1998) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2022); 1997 Puppy Episode coming out, 30 Emmys, 2020 workplace allegations, 2024 final Netflix special.

Ellen Geer

Ellen Geer (born 1941), American actress, director, and writer, daughter of Will Geer and Herta Ware; artistic director of Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon since 1978, known for Harold and Maude and UCLA classical acting teaching.

Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer, born in Brooklyn, best known as the original Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors on stage (1982) and in Frank Oz's 1986 film, with a 1977 Tony nomination for Threepenny Opera.

Ellen Hollman

Ellen Hollman (born 1983, Detroit) is an American actress, producer, and writer known for Saxa in Spartacus, Echo in The Matrix Resurrections, and Brenner Baker in Army of One, plus NCIS: New Orleans and Visual Impact Now charity work.