Ella Balinska

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Ella Balinska
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Balinska in 2019
Born Ella Pascale Balinska-Emmott
(1996-10-04) 4 October 1996 (age 28)
London, England
Alma mater Guildford School of Acting
Occupation Actress
Years active 2014–present
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Parent(s)

Ella Balinska (born 4 October 1996) is an English[1] actress. She is known for starring in the 2019 action comedy film Charlie's Angels.

Early life and education

Balinska was born on 4 October 1996 in Westminster, London to entrepreneur Kaz Balinski-Jundzill and chef Lorraine Pascale.[2][3][4] She has described her background as being a mix of "British, Polish and Caribbean".[5] Her parents divorced in 2000.[3] Her father is married to model Sophie Anderton.[6]

She played county-level netball and competed in track and field at a national level,[7] having been the javelin thrower for Team London.[8] She went to James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, London, and left in 2015. She then went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting.[9] She left during her final semester in 2018 for work and returned in 2020 to complete her degree, officially graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2021.[10] The Ella Balinska Scholarship was established in her name.[11]

Career

In 2017, Balinska obtained the lead role in The Athena (2019) as Nyela Malik.[12] She starred alongside Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott in the action comedy Charlie's Angels, a continuation of the 1976 television series of the same name and two previous theatrical films.[1] It was released in November 2019, garnering mixed critical reviews.[13][14]

Balinska starred in the thriller film Run Sweetheart Run, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[15] She will portray and voice Frey Holland, the protagonist of the action role-playing video game Forspoken.[16] Balinska is set to star in Resident Evil, a Netflix live-action television series based on the video game series of the same name, and The Occupant, a science fiction thriller film.[17][18]

Personal life

Balinska is a supporter of the nonprofit organisation the British Fashion Council.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Junction 9 Tanya Mason
2015 Thanatos Clarice Spinoza
2016 Hunted Agent A. Fox
2017 Tiers of the Tropics Orla
2017 Clover Maya Short film
2017 Room Meghan Short film
2017 10 Men & Gwen Cristina
2019 Charlie's Angels Jane Kano
2019 Ru's Angels Jane Kano Short film; cameo[20]
2020 Run Sweetheart Run Cherie
TBA The Occupant Abby

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Casualty Susie Barbour Season 32, episode 33[21]
2018 Midsomer Murders Grace Briggs Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part"
2019 The Athena Nyela Malik
2022 Resident Evil Jade Wesker Netflix Original

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Forspoken Frey Holland [22]

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Screen Nation Film and Television Awards Rising Star The Athena Nominated [16]
National Film Awards UK Best Actress Charlie's Angels Nominated [23]

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