Ellie White (born 1989)[1][2] is an English comedy actress. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody, The Windsors (2016–2020), and Katia in the sitcom, Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).
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![]() Ellie White in 2016 | |
Born | 1989 (age 32–33) Oxford, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Known for | The Windsors, comedy TV series |
In 2022, Ellie co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show, Ellie & Natasia, alongside her comedy partner Natasia Demetriou.
Ellie White is from Oxford, England.[3] Her father is journalist Jim White.[4] She attended the University of Bristol, and was a member of the Bristol Revunions, graduating in 2010.[3][5]
White's career started in comedy stand-up, appearing in the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where the comedy line up also included Aisling Bea and Romesh Ranganathan.[2] After the festival, White landed her first TV appearance on the Channel 4 TV series Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps and on BBC3's Live at the Electric as well as BBC Radio 4 Show Fresh From the Fringe.[6][7] In 2015, White landed a regular role in series 2 of House of Fools. [8]
In 2019, White teamed up with long-time stand-up comedy partner Natasia Demetriou[9][3] to make critically acclaimed comedy sketch pilot Ellie & Natasia for the BBC.[10] Since 2016, White has portrayed the character of Princess Beatrice of York for 3 seasons of the spoof royal comedy The Windsors, alongside actress Celeste Dring, who plays her royal sister Princess Eugenie.[11][1]
In 2020, White played the main role of Cathy in the BBC comedy series The Other One,[12] and starred alongside Lee Mack in the BBC sitcom Semi-Detached,[13][14] and in 2021, played a voice only role as "Radio" in the Sky One television comedy series Bloods about two paramedics.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Film genre |
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2015 | Aaaaaaaah! | Sitcom Margaret (Credited as Eleanor White) | Comedy Horror |
2016 | Intervention | Sarah | Short film |
BIN | Honey (voice) | Short film | |
2018 | Plankton | Lois (voice) | Short film |
2019 | Luger | Helen | Short film |
2023 | Wonka | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Jamie Demetriou: Channel 4 Comedy Blaps | herself[6][7] | 1 episode |
Live at the Electric[6][7] | herself | Series 3, Episode 3.3 Techie | |
2015 | Funeral (TV short) | mourner | 1 episode |
House of Fools[8] | Rachel | Series 2 - 6 episodes | |
Horrible Histories | Various characters | - | |
2015–2016 | Comedy Feeds (BBC3 iPlayer series) | Alice / Various | 2 episodes |
2016 | Year Friends | Ellie | 12 episodes |
Halloween Comedy Shorts | Rose | "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God" | |
2016–2017 | Class Dismissed | Various characters | 15 episodes |
2016–2017 | Murder in Successville | Cara Delevigne / Bjork / Cara Delevingne | 3 episodes |
2016–2018 | Damned | Telephone caller | 10 episodes |
2016–2020 | The Windsors[1] | Princess Beatrice | 20 episodes |
2017 | The Other One | Cathy | Episode #1.1 |
Carters Get Rich | Shauna | Episode - "Trent vs Tony" | |
Inside No. 9 | Anya/Karen | 1 episode - "The Bill" | |
Summer Comedy Shorts | Anne | "Ellie White & Vicki Pepperdine's Summer" | |
2018 | Temp | Diane | - |
Pls Like | Polly Sprong | 2 episodes | |
2018–2021 | Stath Lets Flats | Katia | 11 episodes |
2019 | Timewasters | Janice | 6 episodes |
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Mum's The Word with Natasia Demetriou | Series 17 - Episode 4 | |
This Time with Alan Partridge | Dee Gilhooly | Series 1 - Episode 5 | |
Ellie & Natasia[10] | Ellie | Pilot episode | |
Drifters | Lois | Episode - "Got to Get Back" (voice) | |
2019–2020 | Semi-Detached[13] | April | 6 Episodes |
2020 | Webidate | Tessa | 1 episode |
Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas | Lemily | Episode 1.4 - Lemily | |
2020, 2022 | The Other One [12] | Cathy | 12 episodes |
2021 | Bloods [15] | Radio (Voice only) | 5 episodes |
Black Death | Lady Orella / Malkyn | 2 episodes - The Flag of Snakesboroughand and The Maiden and The Robin | |
2022 | The Dumping Ground | Jen | 1 episode - "Face to Face" |