Attention, because a new face is stepping into Hollywood. At the moment, Ella Loudon (34) is not well-known, but experts claim she is one of the young promises of the industry. However, her father is one of the most renowned actors, especially since he took on the role of James Bond. We are talking about Daniel Craig (58).
Ella is the only daughter the actor had with his first wife, also an actress, Fiona Loudon, with whom he was married from 1992 to 1994. Despite their separation shortly after Ella's birth, they have continued to maintain a beautiful friendship.
However, their paths ended up being different, as Daniel became a star and Fiona left acting, changed her name to Harley, and according to her LinkedIn profile, after obtaining a master's degree in music therapy, for a little over two decades she has been a creative psychotherapist, music therapist, and counselor for children and adolescents.
Interestingly, at the age of 11, Ella was fascinated with acting after participating in the school musical Bugsy Malone. After growing up in London, at 17, she decided to study at a boarding school in Massachusetts and, after graduating, enrolled at the Atlantic Acting School at New York University, where Alec Baldwin and Kristen Bell also attended, but she dropped out after a year due to depression.
"My head wasn't in the right place at that time," she stated in some interviews and specified in The Berkshire Eagle that "you can have wonderful people around you who love you very much, but still not realize it. I didn't realize it. I felt very lonely and isolated, but my family noticed it and helped me get what I needed."
Although she continues to deal with the illness, and despite the dyslexia that makes learning lines difficult for her, Ella did not give up. "It's amazing how the brain can compartmentalize naturally," she has emphasized several times.
One of the activities that has helped her the most in overcoming her mental health issues has been drawing, through which she has been able to express herself freely to overcome her traumas. She began posting her works on the Facebook page Ella Loudon Art, where she wrote: "When I started to heal. And the art began to flow."
After interrupting her academic training, Ella returned to the fold, as she stated to The Berkshire Eagle: "I have attended several drama schools; I may have left a couple and enjoyed others. This is the only place where I have received the best training and a clear understanding of what I do." She finally found her place at Shakespeare & Company: "The people are amazing... There is a great teacher-student relationship; it seems like everyone is a teacher and everyone is a student."
So far, her most notable works have been in Off-Broadway with the play Women of Will and in the film One Night a Year, released in August, starring Callum Turner (36), who has become a tabloid character due to his marriage to Dua Lipa (31).
She has also tried her luck in the fashion world where she has participated in New York Fashion Week and has appeared in L'Officiel and Vogue.
On a more personal note, she is not married and does not have children, and she gets along very well with Rachel Weisz (56), whom her father married in 2011 and with whom he has a daughter, Grace (8).
In an interview with the fashion magazine Achtung, Ella revealed that Rachel has not only given her wise advice on style, but has introduced her to "the world of designer Ossie Clark, and now I have some of his most iconic pieces. Floral prints and crepe fabric are a delight; they make me feel sexy, confident, and make me smile from within."