Meet Ella Purnell: The vibey Brit playing Lucy in Fallout who everyone’s obsessed with

She has the coolest Instagram on the planet

8 months ago | UPDATED 4 weeks ago

Taking the lead for Amazon’s much awaited and much acclaimed TV adaptation of the video game series Fallout is Ella Purnell, who is an absolute star in the driving seat of the show as Lucy Maclean. As soon as she comes on screen, Ella Purnell and Lucy as a character just feel instantly iconic. You might have seen her in a few things before, but here’s all you need to know about Ella Purnell before she became huge starring in Fallout on Amazon.

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Despite Lucy being from California, she’s actually British

Ella Purnell was born in Whitechapel and grew up in Bethnal Green – where she trained at Sylvia Young as a kid and was always performing. She got her first few roles when she was a kid. She now lives in LA, which I’m sure helped with the accent she needs for Fallout!

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How old is she?

Ella’s 27. She’s my exact age, if you care.

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What else has she been in?

Ella Purnell has actually got a lot of good credits to her name before Fallout. She was in Kick-Ass 2, and she got a lead role in Yellowjackets which she’s now departed. She also played a main role in Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and the lead in Zack Snyder’s zombie Netflix film Army of the Dead.