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So who is that star of the Fallout Amazon drama braving a post-apocalyptic Californian wasteland with a perfect American accent? It's Ella Purnell from London's Bethnal Green!


The 27-year-old displays such a flawless US accent on the series - as she has in previous shows such as the plane-crash drama Yellowjackets - that Americans were convinced she was one of their own.

As the star of hit Amazon drama Fallout, Ella Purnell is wowing viewers as an adventurous young woman full of 'all-American can-do spirit' braving the post-apocalyptic Californian wasteland. Her parents split when she was two and mum subsequently married Jon Squirrell, owner of the exclusive Vault Gym in trendy Shoreditch. Helping her cope is musician Max Bennett Kelly (pictured, with Ella, at the Fallout premiere in April), her boyfriend of three years who she describes as 'the best thing that ever happened to me'

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