Ellie Bamber

Bamber in 2016

Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellie" Bamber (born 2 February 1997) is an English actress.

Early life

Bamber was born in Surrey, England, and has a younger brother, Lucas. She attended Hawley Place School and Wellington College having been awarded Drama Scholarships at both and although a strong academic student, left education before going to university to pursue her career.

Theatre

From her earliest school days she found herself taking the lead in plays and musicals and, at the age of 12, she became the youngest member of the London Player’s Theatre Company. At the age of 13 she was chosen from numerous young candidates by Sir Trevor Nunn to play the role of ‘Young Jenny’ in his production of Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory. After roles in TV and films, she returned to musical theatre when she was selected for a lead role as the disruptive teenager ‘Dinah Lord’ in High Society at The Old Vic, London. Directed by Maria Friedman, this was the last production under Kevin Spacey’s tenure as Artistic Director. Following the run, in November 2015, Ellie was nominated for the ‘Evening Standard Theatre Award’ for ‘Best Newcomer in a Musical’.

TV and film

Her TV debut in 2012 was in the ITV two-part miniseries A Mother's Son, where she played alongside Martin Clunes and Hermione Norris. In 2015, she appeared in the BBC costume drama The Musketeers. Her film debut was in The Falling (2014). In the same year she starred as Lydia Bennett, the youngest of the Bennett sisters in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, starring alongside Lily James, Douglas Booth, Sam Riley and Matt Smith. In 2015, she was chosen as one of the British Film Institute and Screen Daily – Screen Stars of Tomorrow.

In 2016, she appeared in Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals, playing the daughter of Jake Gyllenhaal and Isla Fisher's characters, in a film also starring Amy Adams. Also that year, she filmed the feature film Extracurricular Activities, in which plays a lead role alongside Timothy Simons and Colin Ford. In 2017 she also filmed Taipei by Tao Lin and directed by Jason Lester also starring Justin Chon. In parallel with her musical theatre, TV and film career she has collaborated in the creation of the band Annoy the Boy, co-writing original numbers and releasing an EP on Union Records.

In 2017, Bamber appeared in the music video for Shawn Mendes' song "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back".

Filmography

List of film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Falling	Dreamy Girl
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Lydia Bennett
2016	Nocturnal Animals	India Hastings	Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2016	Bring Back the Cat	Tittie	Short film
2017	Extracurricular Activities	Mary-Alice	Post-production
2017	Taipei	Erin	Post-production
2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Louise	Post-production

List of television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	A Mother's Son	Olivia	Television miniseries
2015	The Musketeers	Martine	Episode: "The Prodigal Father"
2016	The Fashion Fund	Herself	Episode: "Winner Announced"

Theatrical plays

Year	Title	Role
2009	Players Theatre	Betty
2010	Aspects of Love	Young Jenny
2015	High Society	Dinah Lord
2017	The Lady From The Sea	Hilde

External links

• Ellie Bamber at IMDb