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).

Ellie White
Ellie White in 2016
Born (1989-06-14) 14 June 1989 (age 35)
Oxford, England
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Years active2009–present
Known forThe Windsors

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

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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

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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

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Film

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Katre, Ajay (7 July 2022). "Ellie White". marvelousvideos.com.
  2. ^ "Comedy.co.uk Awards Winners 2022". Comedy.co.uk. 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Bristol Revunions - Our Alumni 1953 - 2015". bristolrevunions.com. 2016.
  5. ^ "Fresh from the Fringe". bbc.co.uk. 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Ellie White: Humans - Edinburgh Fringe". broadwaybaby.com. 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "The Ellie White Three Minute Interview". broadwaybaby.com. 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Ellie White's favourite TV". theguardian.com. 2015.
  9. ^ "Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin' Big". sohotheatre.com. 2018.
  10. ^ a b "New British comedy TV series from 2019: BBC, Sky, Channel 4, E4, Dave, Gold". denofgeek.com. 2019.
  11. ^ "Onion Talking: Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors". thevelvetonion.com. 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Get to know Ellie White: The Windsors' Beatrice has fans in hysterics!". hitc.com. 2020.
  13. ^ a b "The Other One star Ellie White has a special royal link – find out here". hellomagazine.com. 19 June 2020.
  14. ^ a b "This week's home entertainment: from Little Birds to Ramy | Television & radio &#124". The Guardian. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Semi-Detached". bbc.co.uk. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Bloods - Cast and Crew". comedy.co.uk. 2021.
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