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 on Feud: Capote vs. The Swans . [1]

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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]

Beatty is set to appear in the upcoming A24 film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You , directed by Mary Bronstein. [3] [4]

Filmography

Film

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleRef.
TBA If I Had Legs I'd Kick You TBA [3]

Television

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

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2024 Appropriate River Rayner Belasco Theatre [3]

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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. 1 2 3 "Ella Beatty to join 'Appropriate' Broadway cast". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. Wiese, Jason. "Upcoming A24 Movies: Sing Sing, Talk 2 Me, And More". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 25 July 2024.