Bella Ramsey

Leicestershire actor is widely praised for her part in the much-anticipated game adaptation.

She hailed Ramsey and Pascal as both “fantastic” and “well-suited to their roles”. She said: “As a general rule, video games don't usually make for good TV, but [The Last of Us] brings the visceral, intimate quality of a video game without feeling like you're stuck in an uncanny valley playing one.” [The Guardian’s](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/11/the-last-of-us-tv-finally-has-the-perfect-video-game-adaptation) Joel Golby was similarly in awe of The Last of Us’ main cast. He believes her gifted acting adds some lightness to what could easily have been “quite a bleak watch”. The much-anticipated drama is adapted from the video game of the same name and has been widely acclaimed by critics. Ramsey, meanwhile, does an excellent line in precocious but endearing teenagers.” [Pascal] has a reliable magnetism as grizzled men who’d rather punch than talk. The Leicestershire actor, already known for her role of Lyanna Mormont in That balance was also praised by Empire Magazine’s John Nugent. [five-star review](https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/the-last-of-us/) of the show, he said Bella “convincingly balances wide-eyed innocence with intense grit”. [The Washington Post's](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/the-last-of-us-hbo-season-1-review/) Gene Park found the 19-year-old’s Game of Thrones experience had given her “great practice” for the role of Ellie, who he said was a “young girl born into a world that doesn’t nurture innocence”. [Game of Thrones](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/game-of-thrones), has been widely praised for her part in the new “landmark” show.

Bella Ramsey, the star of The Last of Us, has come out as non-binary and gender fluid in a recent interview. The 19-year-old plays Ellie Williams in the ...

Bella Ramsey, the star of The Last of Us, has come out as non-binary and gender fluid in a recent interview. “I guess my gender has always been very fluid,” they said, adding that they're a non binary individual. The Brit Awards introduced gender-neutral categories for the first time last year, giving out a single award for Best Artist instead of for Best Male and Best Female. A number of awards shows across the world of entertainment have introduced non-gender specific categories in recent years. [to rave reviews](https://cms.joe.ie/movies-tv/last-of-us-tv-review-764316) and has been labelled by many as the best adaptation of a video game for television ever. [much-anticipated HBO Max series](https://cms.joe.co.uk/entertainment/television/last-of-us-tv-review-373623), which is a live-action adaptation of the critically-acclaimed 2013 video game of the same name.

The actress tackling one of video games' most beloved characters talks about her experience playing Ellie Williams, her struggles with mental health and ...

Lena Dunham, who directed Ramsey in the excellent 2022 comedy Catherine Called Birdy, told me in an email interview, “I know every director who works with Bella never wants to let her go.” She added, “I consider Bella a true lifelong friend, and was amazed because I went in determined to be a force for good in her life as the older and ‘wiser’ one, and Bella quickly proved to me that her own wisdom was all-encompassing.” “They can do as many games as they like, as many series as they like, and I’ll be here, flying back out to Canada.” She’s already watched gameplay from Part II, which features an older, more violent version of the Ellie we meet in the original. “Forever,” she tells me, when I ask how long she’d be willing to commit to The Last of Us. Despite the genuine joys of self-discovery she experienced on the set of The Last of Us, Ramsey, who uses she/her and they/them pronouns interchangeably, is still hesitant to affix herself with labels. “All the fear goes away; all the panic goes away; all the stress goes away,” he says. (Today, she says her faith has transformed into something less church-directed and into “one that [is] totally my own,” though it is still “a fundamental part of my life.”) But she knew the time had come to stop denying herself. “It took a long time, actually, for me to accept that I was Ellie, and that I could be her and that I was the right fit. In interviews and at work, she exudes an energy that one of her Last of Us scene partners, Euphoria's Storm Reid, calls “cool, calm, and collected.” Mazin says it’s something of a vanishing act. It was during production in Canada that Ramsey turned 18—on a day off, much to her chagrin—and it was while making The Last Of Us that she underwent a diagnosis process to learn she’s neurodivergent. “I guess that’s the first time that I ever felt something was shifting in my life.” She started online homeschooling soon after, and continued to film two additional seasons of Thrones, far more screen time than showrunners David Benioff and D. “I never really was an anxious kid,” she says of her youth in Leicestershire, England, where she joined an amateur theater group at the age of 3. Mazin and Druckmann met with Ramsey over a Zoom callback, for which Ramsey says she prepared with a vicious treadmill walk, during which she repeatedly muttered one of Ellie’s beloved curse words—in this case, “Motherfucker.” From there, Ramsey officially clinched the role, and Mazin had his Ellie.

Bella Ramsey has revealed that she is not phased by pronouns and that her gender has "always been very fluid"

The shooting schedule for The Last Of Us was a year-long process. Ramsey said this made it “ Unphased by gender norms, she found a thrill in being accidentally misgendered as a child on occasion. This year Ramsey was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for best young actor/actress. [immediately drawn to the role”, feeling attached to Ellie “for reasons [she] couldn’t describe.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/television/bella-ramsey-the-last-of-us.html) [profile for The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/television/bella-ramsey-the-last-of-us.html) that she is not phased by pronouns and her gender has “always been very fluid.”

The 19-year-old actor, who shot to fame as young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series, reflected on the show's controversial ending ...

And I ask them back, “What did you think of it?”‘ The Last of Us is based on a game of the same name, which sold more than 4 million copies in its first weekend of its arrival. Bella takes on the role of Ellie in the nine-part show, a 14-year-old, who struggles to come to terms that she may have a big role to play in saving the world as she knows it. [Bran Stark](https://metro.co.uk/tag/bran-stark/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK1) ( [Isaac Hempstead Wright](https://metro.co.uk/tag/isaac-hempstead-wright/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK2)) become the new king of the Seven Kingdoms. [ launch a campaign calling for creators to re-write the season in its entirety](https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/19/game-thrones-petition-remake-season-8-one-million-signatures-counting-9598723/). [Bella Ramsey](https://metro.co.uk/tag/bella-ramsey/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) continues to get flack for the Game of Thrones finale nearly four years on.

The actor told The New York Times being gendered “isn't something I particularly like.”

In the games, we discover she is also a lesbian. “I’m very much just a person.” [The Last of Us Has an Entire Episode Focused on Its Gay Characters](https://www.out.com/television/2023/1/10/last-us-has-entire-episode-focused-its-gay-characters) [described as “beautifully written.”](https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/10/the-last-of-us-episode-3-murray-bartlett-bill-frank-gay-story/) [the long-awaited HBO adaptation of The Last of Us](https://www.out.com/television/2023/1/06/last-us-gay-character-getting-major-change-show), a post-apocalyptic drama series based on a 2013 video game of the same name. [Ramsey sat down for an interview with The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/television/bella-ramsey-the-last-of-us.html) where they said their gender has “always been very fluid.”

Bella Ramsay, who is playing Ellie on HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us, discusses her gender identity and talks about her pronouns.

The actor explained that the show follows the emotional beats of the game and [honors the legacy of The Last of Us](https://www.cbr.com/the-last-of-us-bella-ramsey-hbo-honors-game/). She also needs to make us believe that she's going to have this connection with Joel, so it took longer." "Plus, she needs to be funny, tough, violent and protective of herself. After that show concluded, she earned the role of Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us, an adaptation of the immensely popular Naughty Dog video game. "Being gendered isn't something that I particularly like, but in terms of pronouns, I really couldn't care less." "Someone would call me 'she' or 'her' and I wouldn't think about it, but I knew that if someone called me 'he' it was a bit exciting."