Ellie White
Ellie White | |
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 Ellie White in 2016 | |
| Born | 14 June 1989 Oxford, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | The Windsors |
Ellie White (born 14 June 1989)[1] is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody The Windsors (2016–2020) and Katia in the sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).
In 2022, Ellie co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show Ellie & Natasia, alongside her comedy partner Natasia Demetriou. The show won Best TV Sketch Show at the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022.[2]
Early life
[edit]Ellie White is from Oxford.[1] Her father is journalist Jim White.[3] She attended the University of Bristol,[4] and was a member of the Bristol Revunions, graduating in 2010.[4]
Career
[edit]White's career started in 2013, doing comedy stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[5] After the festival, White landed her first TV appearance on the Channel 4 TV series Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps,[6] and on BBC Three's Live at the Electric,[6] as well as BBC Radio 4's Fresh From the Fringe.[6][7] In 2015, White landed a regular role in series 2 of House of Fools.[8]
In 2019, White teamed up with long-time stand-up comedy partner Natasia Demetriou[9] to make critically acclaimed comedy sketch pilot Ellie & Natasia for the BBC.[10] Since 2016, White has portrayed the character of Princess Beatrice of York for three seasons of the spoof royal comedy The Windsors, alongside actress Celeste Dring, who plays her royal sister Princess Eugenie.[11][12]
In 2020, White played the main role of Cathy in the BBC comedy series The Other One,[13] and starred alongside Lee Mack in the BBC sitcom Semi-Detached.[14][15]
In 2021, White played a voice only role as "Radio" in the Sky One television comedy series Bloods about two paramedics.[16] In 2022, she appeared in The Dumping Ground, We Are Not Alone and The Witchfinder.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Intervention | Sarah | Short films |
| 2016 | Bin | Honey (voice) | |
| 2018 | Plankton | Lois (voice) | |
| 2019 | Luger | Helen | |
| Anima | Dancer | ||
| 2022 | We Are Not Alone | Sredstev | |
| 2023 | Wonka | Gwennie, Mistress of the Keys |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Children of Herne | Girl | Mini-series |
| 2013 | Jamie Demetriou: Channel 4 Comedy Blaps | Herself[6][7] | Mini-series; Episode: "Jamie Demetriou: Colin" |
| Live at the Electric [6][7] | Techie | Series 3, Episode 3 | |
| 2015 | Funeral | Mourner | TV short film |
| House of Fools [8] | Rachel | Series 2; 6 episodes | |
| Glitchy | Various characters | ||
| Horrible Histories | Various characters | ||
| 2015–2016 | Comedy Feeds | Various characters / Alice | 2 episodes: "People Time" (also writer) and "Limbo" |
| 2016 | Halloween Comedy Shorts | Rose | Episode: "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God" |
| Year Friends | Ellie | 12 episodes (also writer) | |
| Revived | Dani B. | TV film (also writer) | |
| 2016–2017 | Murder in Successville | Cara Delevigne / Björk | 3 episodes |
| Class Dismissed | Various characters | Series 2 & 3; 15 episodes | |
| 2016–2018 | Damned | Phone Caller (voice) | Series 1 & 2; 10 episodes |
| 2016–2023 | The Windsors [12] | Princess Beatrice | 21 episodes |
| 2017 | The Other One | Cathy | Pilot episode of later series |
| Inside No. 9 | Anya | Episode: "The Bill" | |
| Carters Get Rich | Shauna | Episode: "Trent vs Tony" | |
| Summer Comedy Shorts | Anne | Mini-series; Episode: "Ellie White & Vicki Pepperdine's Summer" (also writer) | |
| 2017–2018 | Pls Like | Polly Sprong | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Temp | Diane | Mini-series |
| 2018–2021 | Stath Lets Flats | Katia | 11 episodes |
| 2019 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | 'Mum's The Word' (with Natasia Demetriou) | Series 17; Episode 4 (in Dictionary Corner) |
| This Time with Alan Partridge | Dee Gilhooly | Series 1; Episode 5 | |
| Timewasters | Janice | Series 2; 6 episodes | |
| Drifters | Lois (voice) | Episode: "Got to Get Back" | |
| 2019–2020 | Semi-Detached [14] | April | 6 episodes |
| 2019, 2022 | Ellie & Natasia [10] | Ellie / Various characters | 7 episodes (including 2019 Pilot) (also writer) |
| 2020 | Webidate | Tessa | Mini-series |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas | Lemily | Mini-series; Episode 4 | |
| 2020, 2022 | The Other One [13] | Cathy | Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes (including 2017 Pilot) |
| 2021 | Beings | (unknown) | Episode: "Owlman" (also writer) |
| Petrichor | Argentina | Mini-series; Episode 4 | |
| Black Death | Malkyn / Lady Orella | Mini-series; 2 episodes | |
| 2021–2022 | Bloods [16] | Radio (voice) | Series 1 & 2; 11 episodes |
| 2022 | The Dumping Ground | Jen | Series 9; Episode 13: "Face to Face" |
| The Witchfinder | Karen | Series 1; Episode 5 | |
| Live at the Moth Club | Cress | 4 episodes (also writer for 2 episodes) | |
| 2023 | A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Chesha / Ellin | Pilot episode |
| The Great | Merchant | Episode: "You the People" | |
| Black Mirror | Kate Cezar | Episode: "Loch Henry" | |
| Smothered | Melissa | Series 1; Episode 2 | |
| 2024 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | Nell | 6 episodes |
| Richard Osman's House of Games | Herself - Contestant | Series 8; 5 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Katre, Ajay (7 July 2022). "Ellie White". marvelousvideos.com.
- ^ "Comedy.co.uk Awards Winners 2022". Comedy.co.uk. 8 February 2023.
- ^ White, Jim [@jimw1] (25 March 2019). "Appreciate I am qualifying for the Champions League of parental preening with this, but still. Ellie White makes an appearance on Alan Partridge's sofa tonight. She plays a radical feminist. Can't see how it could go wrong..." (Tweet). Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Bristol Revunions - Our Alumni 1953 - 2015". bristolrevunions.com. 2016.
- ^ "Fresh from the Fringe". bbc.co.uk. 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Ellie White: Humans - Edinburgh Fringe". broadwaybaby.com. 2013.
- ^ a b c "The Ellie White Three Minute Interview". broadwaybaby.com. 2013.
- ^ a b "Ellie White's favourite TV". theguardian.com. 2015.
- ^ "Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin' Big". sohotheatre.com. 2018.
- ^ a b "New British comedy TV series from 2019: BBC, Sky, Channel 4, E4, Dave, Gold". denofgeek.com. 2019.
- ^ "Onion Talking: Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors". thevelvetonion.com. 2017.
- ^ a b "Get to know Ellie White: The Windsors' Beatrice has fans in hysterics!". hitc.com. 2020.
- ^ a b "The Other One star Ellie White has a special royal link – find out here". hellomagazine.com. 19 June 2020.
- ^ a b "This week's home entertainment: from Little Birds to Ramy | Television & radio |". The Guardian. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Semi-Detached". bbc.co.uk. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Bloods - Cast and Crew". comedy.co.uk. 2021.