In Sweetbitter, Ella Purnell played Tess, a 22-year-old who spontaneously moves to New York City and lands a job as a backwaiter at one of the city’s most exclusive restaurants. As Tess learns ...

Ella Purnell has, in a lot of ways, filled the same actorly slot that Christina Ricci filled 20-plus years ago: Beautiful but nerdy, with huge expressive eyes that do a lot of the acting work for her.

At an unspecified location, the 28-year-old tumbled down a flight of stairs and only narrowly missed out on losing an eye. Ella Purnell attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on ...

Thanks to "Yellowjackets" and "Fallout," Ella Purnell's star has risen exponentially, but "Sweetpea" represents a step forward for the actor: It's the first series she's executive produced.

With her huge doll-like eyes, Ella Purnell doesn’t exactly have the face of a killer. But that fact was exactly what drew her to Starz’s Sweetpea, an adaptation of CJ Skuse’s 2017 novel ...