Many already loved Bella Ramsey for playing arguably the best Game of Thrones character, Lyanna Mormont. However, the powerhouse talent truly shined when they starred in another A+ HBO TV show, The Last of Us. Ramsey played 14-year-old Ellie, a young woman who’s immune to the infection that led to the post-apocalyptic world she lives in. Given all of the praise and Emmy attention this young actor has been getting, Ramsey's profile has risen, and they reacted to the “weird” increase in fame they've experienced as of late.
The Last of Us earned HBO's second-biggest series premiere ratings and has been nominated for numerous awards. So it was pretty much a given that increases in fame would be the result for the stars. While on the carpet of the Gotham Awards, Bella Ramsey spoke to ET about the somewhat rise in their celebrity status that came from just starring in one season of the video game adaptation series, and they were quite honest about it:
