Bella Ramsey
British actor
Isabella May Ramsey (born 30 September 2003) is an English actress.
Quotes
edit- Buzzing to be baptised tonight!! My faith is such a massive part of my life and so now I’m ready to be dunked (yep it’s a full immersion baptism) and say publicly that Jesus is my Saviour.
- Twitter (20 May 2018).
- There isn’t always an answer but let me tell you this — there’s always a way out. There’s always light at the end of the tunnel no matter how dim it might seem. I am fortunate to have reached that light, at moments it felt non existent. But it was always there.
For me that light was Jesus.
My faith played a huge part in my recovery [from anorexia] and so did my family. I don’t know your stories but I felt compelled to share mine. Keep on speaking, do not be silent. Let’s continue to break the silence around mental health.- Twitter (10 October 2018).
- I seriously considered that maybe I don’t want to be famous so I’m not going to do this show [The Last of Us] because it’s going propel me to a place I don’t want to go to in terms of being seen and being known. I like to blend in and hide.
- "How ‘The Last of Us’ Plans to Bring the Zombie Genre Back to Life" by James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter (4 January 2023).
- It’s only recently that I’ve accepted I am Ellie, and I can do it, and I am a good actor. But this will last for a few weeks and then I’ll think I’m terrible again. That’s just the process.
- "In ‘The Last of Us,’ Bella Ramsey Might Save the World" by Douglas Greenwood, The New York Times (11 January 2023).
- I guess my gender has always been very fluid. Someone would call me ‘she’ or ‘her’ and I wouldn’t think about it, but I knew that if someone called me ‘he’ it was a bit exciting. … I’m very much just a person. Being gendered isn’t something that I particularly like, but in terms of pronouns, I really couldn’t care less.
- "In ‘The Last of Us,’ Bella Ramsey Might Save the World" by Douglas Greenwood, The New York Times (11 January 2023).
Quotes about Ramsey
edit- Bella felt so real. It was like Ellie realized in live action. It didn’t feel like watching an actor.
- Neil Druckmann, "How ‘The Last of Us’ Plans to Bring the Zombie Genre Back to Life" by James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter (4 January 2023).
- We were looking for a specific combination of contradictions: Someone that can be funny and quirky, and violent and rough. I didn’t see Bella acting like Ellie — I saw Ellie.
- Neil Druckmann, "In ‘The Last of Us,’ Bella Ramsey Might Save the World" by Douglas Greenwood, The New York Times (11 January 2023).
External links
editEncyclopedic article on Bella Ramsey on Wikipedia