Before they were ruling over House Mormont at the tender age of 11 or surviving the apocalypse with Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey was just a kid in Nottingham who loved to act. Now, at 19 years old, they’re the star of what’s already being referred to as one of the biggest shows of 2023.
Despite their age, Ramsey seems to have cracked the code on having a career that appeals to even the hardest-to-please of audiences. Maybe it was their epic death as Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones; witty toe-to-toe repartee with Andrew Scott as Catherine Called Birdy’s sharp-tongued titular lead; or their latest role in The Last of Us as Ellie, a foul-mouthed 14-year-old desperate to get her hands on a gun. Or, maybe it’s the fact that, like the characters they play, Ramsey is blazing the trail that feels right for them.
While Zooming in from, Ramsey spoke candidly on everything from using music in building a friendship with Pascal to their secret obsession with Irish Spring soap.
