Background

Kendrick was born on June 8, 1990, in London. Her father is a law officer and mother is involved in several jobs including law and advertising.

Education

Kendrick attended Benenden School in Kent and spent time with the National Youth Theatre. In October 2009, she took up a place to study English at the University of Cambridge.

Career

Kendrick has played roles in Waking the Dead (2004), Doctors (2004), In 2 Minds (2004), Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006), Lewis (2007), and the film An Education, scripted by Nick Hornby and which premièred at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Kendrick also played Anne Frank in the 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank. Her performance was praised for "bringing fresh realism to an iconic role".

In 2009, she made her stage début as Juliet in a Shakespeare's Globe production of Romeo and Juliet. In December 2010, she played maid Ivy Morris in BBC One's revival of Upstairs Downstairs. She did not return for the second series, broadcast in 2012.

In 2011, Kendrick appeared in the BBC Radio 4 production of Life and Fate. She also played the character Allison in Being Human in the episode "Puppy Love" in 2012. She returned to the role in the ultimate episode of the series "The Last Broadcast" in 2013.

In 2012, Kendrick was cast in the role of Meera Reed in season 3 of Game of Thrones. In 2013, she returned to the in In the Republic of Happiness and The Low Road at the Royal Court Theatre; she is also playing the character Constance on Sky1's Chickens. Kendrick also played the part of Helen in Misfits. In 2016, Kendrick performed her first lead film role in The Levelling.

Achievements

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  Ellie Kendrick gained fame for her role as Anne Frank in BBC’s 2009 miniseries ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’. She is also widely recognized for her role as Ivy Morris in ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ and as Meera Reed in ‘Game of Thrones’. She was nominated for Satellite Award in the category Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in 2010.
  
  Ellie was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
  
  

Works

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  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    (A diary discovered in the attic of an Amsterdam factory r...)

    2009
  • Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

    (In this lighthearted and steamy romantic comedy, bride-to...)

    2012
  • Whisky Galore

    (Islanders off the coast of Scotland compete with a stuffy...)

    2016
  • The Levelling

    (Trainee veterinarian Clover Catto (Game of Thrones' Ellie...)

    2016
  • Love Is Thicker Than Water

    (Vida and Arthur are passionately in love, but come from v...)

    2016
  • An Education

    (Three-time Academy Award Nominated Film. A coming-of-age ...)

    2009

• TV series

  • Game of Thrones: The Complete Seasons

    (Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical l...)

    2011
  • Waking the Dead

    (Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd is the leader of a po...)

    2004
  • Misfits

    (A group of young offenders doing community service get st...)

    2013
  • Prime Suspect: The Final Act

    (Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the mu...)

    2006
  • Upstairs Downstairs: The Ultimate Collection

    (The trials of the British aristocratic Bellamy family and...)

    2010
  • Being Human

    (A werewolf, a vampire and a ghost try to live together an...)

    2012

Views

Ellie Kendrick works with The Arts Emergency charity, which seeks to provide mentoring and networking for underprivileged budding artists.

Quotations: "It was fantastic returning to 'Being Human'. When I got cast in the role, at first I just thought it was for one episode, and the fans were really great about it, and it was really nice having that reaction."

"My parents are big Shakespeare fans."

"I was really attracted to doing 'Game of Thrones' because I thought the character of Meera was absolutely amazing."

"I'd been going up for things, but I hadn't got anything, and then 'Anne Frank' came out, and there was a sudden flurry. I got a call saying they wanted to see me at the Globe, which was incredible because I'd been coming here since I was 12."

"Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of 'Upstairs Downstairs' is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created."

"There's no point starting something you don't intend to finish."

"I never thought I'd be right to play a Juliet-like character."

"In an ideal world, I'd like to carry on acting, but I don't want it to interfere with my studies."

Membership

She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre.

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  Arts Emergency

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  National Youth Theatre

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Height: 5 feet 1 inches (1.55m)

Weight: 45 Kg

Hair color: dark brown

Eye color: dark brown

Waist size: 25 inch

Bra size: 34 inch

Hip size: 34 inch

Interests

• Writers

  Shakespeare

• Music & Bands

  Guitar

Connections

Ellie Kendrick is not married.

colleague:

Art Parkinson

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colleague:

Kristian Nairn

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colleague:

Isaac Hempstead-Wright

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