On-stage, Purnell starred opposite Fionn Whitehead in Natives, an original play by Glenn Waldron. The production was directed by Rob Drummer and played at the Southwark Playhouse in London in 2017. Purnell launched her acting career with a role in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane when she was 12 years old.

“Sweetpea” has earned a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes after the season dropped. This rating does come from seven reviews at the time of writing, so it’s likely to change once more reviews go live over the next few days. For now, I think this is really impressive.

The 'Fallout' star takes us behind-the-scenes of playing a sidelined receptionist who develops an intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder in the Starz dark comedy.

Fallout' star Ella Purnell discusses how she became a producer for the Sky/Starz serial killer comedy 'Sweetpea' and developing her character.

Exactly how far do you have to push a wallflower before she turns into a Venus flytrap? That’s the question at the center of Starz’s Sweetpea, the dark comedy starring Ella Purnel (Yellowjackets, Fallout) that premiered Thursday.

But Sweetpea protagonist Rhiannon Lewis, played by none other than Yellowjackets alum Ella Purnell, might be a rare exception. Maybe then, she would have had the chance to confront her teenage angst head-on,