Ella Newton

Newton was born in Melbourne on 7 December 2000.^{[citation needed]} She graduated from Wesley College, Melbourne in 2018.^[1] She completed a seven-month course at The Australian Film & Television Academy (TAFTA) as well as short courses.^[2] While still at Wesley, she appeared on stage in Shakespeare's Mid Summer Nights Dream as Hermia under the college's Adamson Theatre Company in 2013.^[3]

Newton had a minor role in the stage production, Rules for Living, at Red Stitch Theatre, St. Kilda East in March–April 2017.^[4] Her early television role was portraying Lydia, the daughter of lawyer Josephine Newton (Claudia Karvan) in Newton's Law (2017). Newton's breakthrough role was playing Fern Harrow in the forensic drama series, Harrow (2018–2021).^[5] Fern is the titular pathologist's wayward daughter.^[6][7]

Newton's first big movie was Girl at the Window (2022) where she undertook the main role of Amy. Amy is a troubled student whose dad had just died; she suspects her neighbour is a serial killer.^[8] She also starred in the theatre production of A Play About Ivy, That Is Really About June as June, which premiered at Theatre Works, St. Kilda in October 2022.^[9][10]

Newton appeared as Heather in the horror film Dangerous Animals (2025) alongside Jai Courtney and Hassie Harrison.^[11] In January 2026, the actress was cast in another horror film, Evil Dead Wrath, from director Francis Galluppi.^[12] Filming began in the following month in New Zealand.^[13][14]