Ella Grace Helton
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About
Award-winning, SAG-AFTRA affiliated screen actress, filmmaker, and multi-hyphenate performing artist who rose to fame at a young age starring in feature films such as Hubie Halloween and Chosen Family. She has also appeared in television series such as Sweet Magnolias and United We Fall, the latter earning her a Skyline Performer nomination for Best Performance in 2021.
Before fame
She enrolled in musical theater classes when she was only 2 ½ years old. She was cast as Lulu in the Broadway tour of Waitress at the age of 5. She made her television debut in 2020, when she was only 6 years old, with her portrayal of series regular Emily on ABC's United We Fall.
Trivia
She has appeared in numerous television commercials for brands including Marriott, Hasbro, and Comcast XFINITY. Outside of performing, she is also an experienced entrepreneur who launched her own brand, Ella Bella Beads, when she was only 5 years old before the brand later adopted the name Everything Ella. In 2019, she shared her brand's mission to combat child hunger in a national ad campaign for American Family Insurance alongside Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter.
Family life
Her father works in cyber security while her mother, Lee Nessel, is a career journalist and junior publicist.
Associated with
She starred opposite Will Sasso, Christina Vidal, and Jane Curtin on the ABC comedy series United We Fall. She also portrayed Clara, the daughter of Matthew McConaughey on the Apple TV+/Skydance comedy series Brothers from Another Mother.
