Ella Balinska

thumb Ella Balinska (born 4 October 1996) is a British actress who starred in the action-comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019) and the Netflix original series Resident Evil (2022). Quotes I got this script from my team and I read it in one sitting over a lunch break. I absolutely flew through it. And then at that point, I was like “Okay, I need to be part of this. I need to meet the creatives. I want to do it.” But in all seriousness, it was disheartening to hear. However, I immediately jumped to how happy I was that I was able to make the fans who loved the show really proud and excited about this new little story that we told in the Resident Evil universe. I was a massive fan of the story and the character, but also of the franchise itself. I used to play the games. Who would I have been, looking at my eight-year-old self telling her that I said no to playing the lead character in Resident Evil? Charlie’s Angels was a prime example of getting thrown into the deep end. One of my mottos is “Make interesting choices.” Charlie’s Angels was an exact example of that where I was just thrown straight into the center of a blockbuster film, massive budget, flying here, flying there, incredible people that I’m working with. The fact that I can say I was in the same frame as Sir Patrick Stewart is unreal. But that was when I learned to trust myself as a creative decision maker. I went and did the audition. They loved my exact portrayal of that character, so I went on to set every single day knowing that I didn’t need to question myself. That was very freeing. You have to remind yourself you’re the person who booked this job, you are the person standing here in this scene about to do this take. Ella Balinska Is Learning to Play the Game;By Nicholas Galitzine on September 19, 2022 Yes. I recently jumped out of a plane. Well, not recently, but in the grand scheme of jumping out of a plane, it was recent. There was that moment where I’m on this guy’s lap, buckled in, at the side of the plane, about to jump, and I was like, ‘There is nothing I can do to stop this right now.’ The total lack of control was so freeing. I wasn’t the first person off the plane. I watched someone else get ripped out of the aircraft, which is quite a jarring visual. I was honestly totally relaxed. And then the guy yelled, ‘Wrap your legs under the plane!’ and then the anxiety hit. My mate had already opened his parachute, and I knew I was good. I was a very physical kid. Moving my body in space was never something I had to overly consider. I was lucky to be coordinated. It was very instinctual. I remember swimming a lot. I learned how to swim in Australia because my mum spent a fair bit of time there. Australians teaching their kids to swim is just chunking their kids in the water. ‘Enjoy!’ My mum’s attitude has had the biggest influence on me. If you tried to draw a through-line between being an actor and a chef on television, you can’t. The only thing in common is they are both on TV. It was her go-getterness, which was a massive part of my inspiration. When I was really young, I was a massive gamer. I wanted to be a video games designer. On the drive from Heathrow back into London, you go past the Sega building. There was a massive Sonic the Hedgehog, and I was like, ‘I want to be in that building!’ There’s no stopping. If you’re doing a play on stage, there’s no sitting down for five minutes. You’re constantly switched on, and other people are relying on you. It’s also a lot on the nervous system. A lot of these plays aren’t chronological. They’re emotionally not chronological. Ella Balinska: “I had to be comfortable with feeling really uncomfortable”;By MAEVE RYAN on 5th September 2025 External links Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from London Category:Women born in the 1990s