Ella Beatty

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Ella Beatty
Born
Ella Corrine Beatty

(2000-04-08) April 8, 2000 (age 24)
OccupationActress
Parents
Relatives Shirley MacLaine (paternal aunt)
Sachi Parker (cousin)

Ella Corrine Beatty (born April 8, 2000) is an American actress. The daughter of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, she made her screen debut in 2024 with a recurring role in the FX on Hulu anthology series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans . [1] She made her film debut in the A24 drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025). On stage, she made her Broadway debut in a replacement role in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Appropriate (2024). She returned to theater in an off-Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (2025).

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Early life and education

Beatty was born in 2000 to Annette Bening and Warren Beatty; she is the youngest of the pair's four children. In 2022, she graduated from the Juilliard School, where she studied drama. [1]

Career

In 2024, Beatty portrayed Kerry O'Shea, the surrogate daughter of Truman Capote, in the Ryan Murphy series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans . That same year, she replaced Elle Fanning as River Rayner in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Appropriate on Broadway. [2] The following year she returned to theater playing a flirtatious maid, Regina Engstrand in the Lincoln Center Theater production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (2025) at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater off-Broadway. [3]

Beatty appeared A24 film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You , directed by Mary Bronstein which had it's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. [4] [5]

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2025 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You KateFeature film debut [4]
Key
Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans Kerry O'Shea4 episodes [2]

Theatre

YearTitleRolePlaywrightVenueRef.
2024 Appropriate River Rayner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Belasco Theatre, Broadway debut [4]
2025 Ghosts Regina Engstrand Henrik Ibsen Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off-Broadway [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Aizin, Rebecca. "All About Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's Daughter Ella Beatty". People. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Elise. "Meet Ella Beatty, the Breakout Star of Feud Who's Now Heading to Broadway". Vogue. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. "'Ghosts' Off Broadway Review: Billy Crudup and Lily Rabe Lead a Fierce Ensemble". TheWrap . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ella Beatty to join 'Appropriate' Broadway cast". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. Wiese, Jason. "Upcoming A24 Movies: Sing Sing, Talk 2 Me, And More". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  6. "Henrik Ibsen's Ghost". Lincoln Center Theater . Retrieved March 28, 2025.