Ellie Kendrick

Ellie Kendrick
Ellie Kendrick in July 2016
Born	Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (1990-06-06) 6 June 1990 (age 26) London, England, UK
Education	Benenden School University of Cambridge
Occupation	Actress, stage performer

Eleanor Lucy V. "Ellie" Kendrick (born 6 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank, Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010 revived Upstairs Downstairs, and Meera Reed in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Kendrick was born in London. She attended Benenden School in Kent and spent time with the National Youth Theatre. In October 2009, she took up a place to study English at the University of Cambridge.

Kendrick has played roles in Waking the Dead (2004), Doctors (2004), In 2 Minds (2004), Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006), Lewis (2007), and the film An Education, scripted by Nick Hornby and which premièred at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Kendrick played Anne Frank in the 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank. She said that her approach to playing Frank was to "peel back the layers of idolisation and to think of the characters just as normal people". Her performance was praised for "bringing fresh realism to an iconic role".

In 2009, she made her stage début as Juliet in a Shakespeare's Globe production of Romeo and Juliet. In December 2010, she played maid Ivy Morris in BBC One's revival of Upstairs Downstairs. She did not return for the second series, broadcast in 2012.