Ella Hunt Bio
Ella Hunt is an English actress and singer-songwriter born 29 April 1998 in Westminster, London. She began her career as a child actress and expanded into television, theatre and music while receiving recognition for both film and ensemble work.
Early Life and Background
Ella Hunt was born to sculptor and actress Louise Hunt and art dealer David Grob and raised on a farm in Parracombe, North Devon, near Barnstaple. She is of Swiss descent on one side and grew up with siblings while splitting time between the family farm upbringing and later residences in London and New York.
Hunt attended Millfield Preparatory School in Somerset and then Blundell’s School in Tiverton, where she was discovered by an agent after appearing in a school production at age eleven. Her upbringing combined rural childhood experiences with early exposure to stage work through school productions and family ties to the visual and performing arts.
Path to Actress
Hunt launched her screen career as a child in feature films, appearing in the 2011 film Intruders and the 2012 film Les Misérables, followed by the independent science fiction feature Robot Overlords in 2014. Those early film appearances established her as a working child actor and provided continuity into adolescent and adult roles.
Transitioning from child parts to television roles, Hunt made her television debut at age eighteen in the ITV series Cold Feet in 2016, playing Ellie Marsden across 2016–2017, and the part helped position her for lead work in film and for casting in international streaming productions. Her theatre debut came later, demonstrating a deliberate expansion of her craft into stage performance.
Ella Hunt Career
Early Career (2011–2016)
Ella Hunt’s professional career began in 2011 with the film Intruders, followed by a role in the large-scale musical adaptation Les Misérables in 2012, where she contributed to a high-profile ensemble cast as a young performer. She continued to build screen credits with the 2014 independent film Robot Overlords, maintaining steady film work through her mid-teens and gaining experience on set across multiple genres.
During this period Hunt balanced film work with schooling and early television auditions, culminating in her casting in the ITV comedy-drama Cold Feet in 2016, a recurring television role that marked her transition from child parts into adult-character work and broadened her visibility in the UK market.
Breakthrough (2017–2021)
Hunt gained wider recognition for her lead performance as Anna Shepherd in the feature Anna and the Apocalypse, released in 2017, a role that earned her a Scottish BAFTA nomination and an ensemble award at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, underscoring her capacity to carry a lead role in a demanding genre film that combined musical and comedic elements. That lead credit became a defining screen moment and attracted attention from casting directors for both film and television.
Following Anna and the Apocalypse, Hunt expanded her range with film appearances including Summer Night in 2019 and Kat and the Band in 2020, taking on contemporary roles that showcased both dramatic and musical sensibilities and that reinforced her dual identity as an actor and singer. Her steady film work through these years demonstrated a willingness to lead smaller independent projects alongside ensemble casts.
In 2018 Hunt was cast as Sue Gilbert in the Apple TV+ period drama Dickinson, a recurring role that began with the series premiere in 2019 and continued into subsequent seasons, giving her international exposure and a profile in streaming television. The Dickinson role further established her on-screen presence in character-driven period drama and introduced her to wider audiences across the United States and beyond.
Notable Works and Milestones
Signature screen credits for Hunt include her early appearances in Intruders and Les Misérables, her lead turn in Anna and the Apocalypse, and her television work in Cold Feet and Dickinson; each contributed to her reputation as a versatile performer able to work across film, television and stage. Her professional theatre debut in 2022 in Closer at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith marked a notable milestone as she moved confidently into live performance.
Ella Hunt Award Nominations
Across her career Ella Hunt has received formal recognition for her screen work, most prominently a Scottish BAFTA nomination for her lead performance in Anna and the Apocalypse in 2017, a nomination that reflects industry acknowledgment of her capability in a leading role in a genre film. That nomination remains a central credential cited in coverage of her early breakout work.
Ella Hunt Awards Won
Hunt’s ensemble work on Anna and the Apocalypse was honored with an ensemble award at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, recognizing the collaborative achievement of the cast in a film that blends music, comedy and horror elements and that required tight ensemble performance to succeed on screen.
Ella Hunt Family
Hunt is the daughter of Louise Hunt, a sculptor and actress, and David Grob, an art dealer, and she spent her childhood on a family farm in Parracombe in North Devon. The family environment combined artistic practice and rural life and informed her early years before she moved into sustained acting work and split time between London and New York as her career developed.
Personal Life
Ella Hunt has publicly described herself as queer and divides her time between Islington in London and Brooklyn Heights in New York, reflecting a bi-coastal lifestyle aligned with film and television commitments in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She has been in a relationship with musician Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett since at least 2018, and the two were married in January 2026 according to published reports that detail their partnership timeline.
Alongside acting Hunt has pursued a parallel career in music, releasing her first single in April 2020 and following with additional singles and extended plays, including releases through 2023; her work as a singer-songwriter complements her screen roles, often reinforcing the musical aspects of projects such as Anna and the Apocalypse and other contemporary films and performances.