Ella Bright

Ella Bright is an American-born British actress with a decade of experience in television, theater, and film. She was born on Monday 27th of November 2006 in New York City, New York, United States, and has been active in the industry since 2015. That means she's been acting for over a decade, despite being only 19 years old.

Bright made her television debut in a 2015 episode of the TNT crime drama Legends. She then appeared on the West End in The Cursed Child in 2017 at the Palace Theatre, and made her feature film debut in the 2018 mystery comedy Holmes & Watson. In 2020, she took on the lead role of Darrell Rivers in the CBBC adaptation of Enid Blyton's Malory Towers. For that performance, she received nominations for the 2022 British Academy Children's Award for Young Performer and for Outstanding Lead Performer at the 2023 and 2024 Children's and Family Emmy Awards.

In 2023, Bright played a young Kate Middleton in a fictional flashback episode of the final season of Netflix's The Crown, opposite Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana Spencer. More recently, she was cast as co-lead in the Amazon Prime series Off Campus in 2025. With brown hair and grey eyes, she stands 5'5" and has a natural look. HerInstagram following of 274k reflects her growing popularity. Bright's career trajectory shows a rare blend of stage and screen work at a young age.