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Ellie White
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Ellie White in 2016
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Born | Oxford, England
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14 June 1989
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Known for | The Windsors |
Ellie White (born 14 June 1989) is an English comedy actress. 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.
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Early life
Ellie White is from Oxford. Her father is journalist Jim White. She attended the University of Bristol, and was a member of the Bristol Revunions, graduating in 2010.
Career
White's career started in 2013, doing comedy stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. After the festival, White landed her first TV appearance on the Channel 4 TV series Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps, and on BBC Three's Live at the Electric, as well as BBC Radio 4's Fresh From the Fringe. In 2015, White landed a regular role in series 2 of House of Fools.
In 2019, White teamed up with long-time stand-up comedy partner Natasia Demetriou to make critically acclaimed comedy sketch pilot Ellie & Natasia for the BBC. 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.
In 2020, White played the main role of Cathy in the BBC comedy series The Other One, and starred alongside Lee Mack in the BBC sitcom Semi-Detached.
In 2021, White played a voice only role as "Radio" in the Sky One television comedy series Bloods about two paramedics. In 2022, she appeared in The Dumping Ground, We Are Not Alone and The Witchfinder (TV series).
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Film genre |
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2016 | Intervention | Sarah | Short film |
BIN | Honey (voice) | Short film | |
2018 | Plankton | Lois (voice) | Short film |
2019 | Luger | Helen | Short film |
2022 | We Are Not Alone | Sredstev | film |
2023 | Wonka | Gwennie | film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Jamie Demetriou: Channel 4 Comedy Blaps | herself | 1 episode |
Live at the Electric | herself | Series 3, Episode 3.3 Techie | |
2015 | Funeral (TV short) | mourner | 1 episode |
House of Fools | Rachel | Series 2 - 6 episodes | |
Horrible Histories | Various characters | - | |
2015–2016 | Comedy Feeds (BBC3 iPlayer series) | Alice / Various | 2 episodes |
2016 | Year Friends | Ellie | 12 episodes |
Halloween Comedy Shorts | Rose | "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God" | |
2016–2017 | Class Dismissed | Various characters | 15 episodes |
2016–2017 | Murder in Successville | Cara Delevigne / Bjork / Cara Delevingne | 3 episodes |
2016–2018 | Damned | Telephone caller | 10 episodes |
2017 | The Other One | Cathy | Episode #1.1 |
Carters Get Rich | Shauna | Episode - "Trent vs Tony" | |
Inside No. 9 | Anya/Karen | 1 episode - "The Bill" | |
Summer Comedy Shorts | Anne | "Ellie White & Vicki Pepperdine's Summer" | |
2018 | Temp | Diane | - |
Pls Like | Polly Sprong | 2 episodes | |
2016–present | The Windsors | Princess Beatrice | 20 episodes |
2018–2021 | Stath Lets Flats | Katia | 11 episodes |
2019 | Timewasters | Janice | 6 episodes |
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Mum's The Word with Natasia Demetriou | Series 17 - Episode 4 | |
This Time with Alan Partridge | Dee Gilhooly | Series 1 - Episode 5 | |
Drifters | Lois | Episode - "Got to Get Back" (voice) | |
2019–2020 | Semi-Detached | April | 6 Episodes |
2020 | Webidate | Tessa | 1 episode |
Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas | Lemily | Episode 1.4 - Lemily | |
2021 | Black Death | Lady Orella / Malkyn | 2 episodes - The Flag of Snakesboroughand and The Maiden and The Robin |
2022, 2023 | The Dumping Ground | Jen | 2 episodes - "Face to Face", "Life Is What You Bake It" |
2022 | The Witchfinder | Karen | 1 episode - 1.5 |
2020, 2022 | The Other One | Cathy | 12 episodes |
2019-2022 | Ellie & Natasia | Ellie | 7 episodes |
2021-2022 | Bloods | Radio (Voice only) | 11 episodes |
2022 | live at the Moth Club | Jen | 4 episodes |
2023 | A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Jen | 1 pilot episode |
Black Mirror | Kate Cezar | Episode: "Loch Henry" | |
2024 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | Nicholas “Nell” Fraser | Recurring character in all episodes |