Michaella Russell

Russell was born in South Africa. Her father was a fighter-jet pilot who survived a plane crash but was left with a spinal fracture and memory loss due to brain damage.^{[citation needed]} She has one sister. Her uncle is a jazz guitarist. She studied a double major in Neuropsychology and Economics. She suffered from an eating disorder from the age of 15 until she was 22.^[2]

Russell's first theater performance was at the age of eight or nine.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, she joined the cast of popular South African soapie Isidingo where she played the supportive role 'Charlie Holmes'.^[1] In 2016, she became a television presenter of the television program Funatix.^[3] In 2017, she starred in the American feature film Next Assignment Code Blue.