"I can get inside anyone's head and I can justify anything. And it's hard in a situation like this to do it,” says Purnell of playing an unsuspecting murderer in the Starz series.

In a recent interview, Ella Purnell spoke about her character in the dark comedy Sweetpea where she plays a wallflower turned psychotic killer, and explained how she justifies her actions. Check out ...

Sky (tries) to interview Ella Purnell while she's surrounded by Chihuahuas in a nod to her character's furry friend Tink. Find out how Ella approached playing Rhiannon Lewis, a quiet wallflower turned ...

It begins with our lead (Ella Purnell), who seems to be moving through life like a ghost. Her boss doesn’t notice her (Jeremy Swift, who also coins her name, Sweetpea); she has a sister who ...

Ella Purnell has grown very comfortable with copious amounts of blood onscreen. Earlier this year, the actor starred in the first season of Prime Video’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic video ...

Based on CJ Skuse’s bestselling 2017 novel, Sweetpea follows Rhiannon (Ella Purnell), a newspaper receptionist desperate to be seen. Seemingly a “sweetpea,” this wallflower embarks on a ...

After her breakout role as the doomed queen bee Jackie Taylor in the survival thriller Yellowjackets, it seemed like only a matter of time that Ella Purnell and her eyes would take over the world.

In a cultural landscape that has inundated, if not altogether walloped us over the head, with content about male murderers, Ella Purnell finds herself in a decidedly unique position. She stars as ...

LONDON, ENGLAND: When Ella Purnell starrer 'Sweetpea' debuted on Starz, I had no expectations. Despite being a die-hard fan of the crime genre, I had grown tired this year, with only a handful of ...

Speaking on YouTube channel Mythical Kitchen, she recalled a recent near-death experience that made her undergo some serious life changes.