Bella Ramsey

Isabella May Ramsey is an English actor born on 25 September 2003 in Nottingham, England. They gained widespread recognition for their breakthrough roles as Lyanna Mormont in the fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2016–2019) and as Ellie in the post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023–present). For their work in The Last of Us, Ramsey received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Television Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Raised in Leicestershire, Ramsey grew up in a creative family alongside an older sister. At age 12, they transitioned to the online school King's InterHigh to accommodate their neurodivergence and balance studies with acting. During their youth, Ramsey performed with local amateur theatre groups, including Stagecoach in Loughborough. At age 10, they joined the Television Workshop in Nottingham, which provided training and support for early auditions.

Ramsey made their professional acting debut at age 11 in Game of Thrones, where praise for their performance led to an expanded recurring role through the show's eighth season. They landed their first leading television role as Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch (2017–2019), winning a BAFTA in the Young Performer category. During this period, Ramsey also appeared in films such as Two for Joy (2018), Holmes & Watson (2018), Judy (2019), and Resistance (2020), and voiced the title character in the Netflix animated series Hilda (2018–2023).

Ramsey continued building their career with appearances in the fantasy series His Dark Materials (2020), short films such as Requiem (2021) and Villain (2023), and as Lady Jane Grey in Becoming Elizabeth (2022). In 2022, they starred in the medieval comedy film Catherine Called Birdy, earning a nomination for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer. Ramsey subsequently earned the Royal Television Society Award for Female Supporting Actor for playing Kelsey Morgan in the prison drama series Time (2023).

Ramsey achieved international acclaim starring as Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us. Their performance in the first season led to selection for the 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough programme, as well as features on the 2023 Time 100 Next list and the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. They reprised the role in the show's second season in 2025, earning additional Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics' Choice nominations.

Ramsey's other projects include voicing Molly in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023), playing Ivy in the coming-of-age film Sunny Dancer (2026), appearing in the psychological drama The Liberation (2026), and voicing Zora in the mystery comedy film The Sheep Detectives (2026). Outside of acting, Ramsey has also collaborated musically under the alter ego Bello with singer-songwriter Matt Maltese.