Ella Hunt

Hunt was born in London on 29 April 1998 to sculptor and actress Louise Hunt and art dealer David Grob. She grew up on a farm in Parracombe, North Devon near Barnstaple.^[4][5][6] She is of Swiss descent on one side.^[7] She has an older brother William, a younger brother Arthur, as well as three older half-siblings from her father's first marriage.^[8]

Hunt attended Millfield Preparatory School in Somerset and then Blundell's School in Tiverton.^[9][10] She was discovered by an agent when she was in a school production at Millfield at the age of 11.^[11][12]

Beginning as a child actress, Hunt appeared in the 2011 film Intruders, the 2012 film Les Misérables, and the 2014 independent film Robot Overlords.^[13] She made her television debut at 18 in 2016 as Ellie Marsden alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones as her twin Olivia in the ITV series Cold Feet.^[14]

Hunt starred as Anna Shepherd in the 2018 film Anna and the Apocalypse,^[15][16] which earned her a Scottish BAFTA nomination as well as an ensemble award at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. She also appeared in the 2019 film Summer Night and starred as Kat Malone in the 2020 film Kat and the Band.^[17] In 2018, Hunt was cast as Sue Gilbert in the 2019 Apple TV+ period drama Dickinson.^[18]

In April 2020, Hunt released her first single, "Magpie". In November 2021, Hunt released the single "Holding On," followed by the EP Triptych a month later.^[19]

Hunt made her professional theatre debut as Alice in the 2022 production of Closer at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith alongside Jack Farthing, Sam Troughton, and Nina Toussaint-White.^[20]

In 2023, Hunt released two extended plays: Motel Blues and Fair Weather Lover. ^[21]

Hunt portrayed comedienne Gilda Radner in the 2024 film Saturday Night, a comedy drama based on Saturday Night Live's first broadcast.^[22]

In 2025, she released the singles Subway Trash and Mother's Chair. ^[21]

She was cast for Mindy Kaling's Not Suitable for Work as AJ Pascarelli.^[23]

Hunt splits her time between Islington, London and Brooklyn Heights, New York.^[24][12] In March 2021, she came out as queer.^[25]

Hunt has been in a relationship with the musician Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett since at least 2018,^[26] with the two marrying in January 2026.^[27]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Intruders	Ella Foster
2012	Les Misérables	Turning Woman
2014	Robot Overlords	Alexandra
2018	Anna and the Apocalypse	Anna Shepherd	[28]
	The More You Ignore Me	Alice	[29]
2019	Summer Night	Dana
	Kat and the Band	Kat Malone	[30]
2022	Master	Cressida
	Lady Chatterley's Lover	Mrs Flint	[31]
2024	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1	Juliette Chesney	[32]
	Saturday Night	Gilda Radner	[33]
	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2	Juliette Chesney	[32]
TBA	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3		Filming

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016–2017	Cold Feet	Ellie Marsden	Recurring role; 13 episodes
2017	Endeavour	Emma Carr	Episode: "Canticle"
2018	Lore	Lady Margit	Episode: "Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror"
2019–2021	Dickinson	Sue Gilbert	Main role[34]
2026	Not Suitable for Work	AJ Pascarelli	Main role

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