Isabella May Ramsey (born 25 September 2003 in Nottingham, England), better known as Bella Ramsey, is an English actor and singer.
They gained much notice as the very young but smart and tough-as-nails House leader Lyanna Mormont in HBO's hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, debuting in the show's sixth season. They went on to play Mildred Hubble in the Netflix adaptation of The Worst Witch.
After voluntarily leaving The Worst Witch after the third season, due to mental health issues and other projects, they voiced the titular blue-haired girl on the animated series Hilda.
They star as Ellie in the HBO live-action series adaptation of The Last of Us, and earned an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award nomination after the first season.
Ramsey came out as nonbinary in January 2023, and used any pronouns interchangeably until choosing "they/them" that June
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Their works include:
- Game of Thrones (2016-2019) as Lyanna Mormont
- The Worst Witch (2017-2020) as Mildred Hubble
- Hilda (2018-2023) as Hilda (voice)
- Holmes & Watson (2018) as Flotsam
- Judy (2019) as Lorna Luft
- Resistance (2020) as Elsbeth
- Requiem (2021) as Evelyn
- Hilda and the Mountain King (2021) as Hilda (voice)
- Becoming Elizabeth (2022) as Lady Jane Grey
- Catherine Called Birdy (2022) as Catherine "Birdy"
- The Last of Us (2023-present) as Ellie Williams
- Time (2023) as Kelsey Morgan
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) as Molly (voice)
Tropes include:
- Action Girl: Their roles as Lyanna Mormont and Ellie.
- Break the Cutie: Put Ramsey in a few emotional scenes, such as Lyanna killing a giant in a heroic sacrifice, Hilda letting a loved one go, only for it to come back to her, or Ellie discovering that she and her girlfriend were unexpectedly bitten by a zombie, and they will let their raw emotions speak for itself.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: "The Life of Hilda" performed by Bella Ramsey. It was not only adorable, but it was also their first debut song!
- Fake American: As Lorna Luft in Judy (2019) and Ellie Williams in The Last of Us.
- Friendship on the Set: With Pedro Pascal, who played Joel Miller (Ellie's protector and eventual surrogate father) in The Last of Us. The two of them and their fans even refer to them as a real-life Joel and Ellie.
- Queer Character, Queer Actor: They're nonbinary and thus far they've played two lesbians, both lead roles.
- Evelyn in Requiem.
- Ellie in The Last of Us.
- Star-Making Role: Their enormously popular performance as Lyanna Mormont launched their career.
