Star of record-breaking Pride and Prejudice spin-off ‘thought BBC had f***ed it’

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The performer has been named in the prestigious Bafta Breakthorugh 2026 cohort.

For many Jane Austen fans, Elizabeth Bennet has always been their ultimate Pride and Prejudice heroine.

But since Ella Bruccoleri starred as the lead in the BBC’s massive hit The Other Bennet Sister, which focused on one of the most overlooked members of the family, preferences have shifted in the Austen fanbase.

When The Other Bennet Sister aired in March this year, viewers met Ella’s take on the quirky, previously sidelined middle sibling Mary Bennett.

Fresh allegiances were drawn as everyone raved about the charming 10-part drama, which also starred Ruth Jones as Mrs Bennet, Richard E. Grant as Mr Bennet, and Dónal Finn and Laurie Davidson as Mary’s potential suitors.

Ella has been working professionally since 2018, popping up in films including Polite Society, Paddington in Peru and Wicker, as well as on TV shows Bridgerton, Down Cemetery Road and playing Sister Frances on Call the Midwife.

This, however, was her first named lead role, and it’s led to her inclusion in the 2026 Bafta Breakthrough UK cohort, the organisation’s flagship new talent programme supported by Netflix.

It’s also a very special show to her personally, and she welcomes the praise when I tell her how much I and my colleagues loved it.

She admits, though, she initially feared the adaptation of the Janice Hadlow’s novel would flop.

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