Bella Ramsey reveals their one regret after coming out as non-binary
The actor admits it's been a 'mixed bag'.
Bella Ramsey has candidly admitted that they regret coming out as non-binary so publicly.
The Nottingham-born actor, 21, first made their name as Game of Thrones pocket rocket Lady Lyanna Mormont, starring in nine episodes between 2016 and 2019.
Soon after, they were cast as Ellie in the 2023 TV adaptation of 2013 video game The Last of Us, which received widespread acclaim and attention from critics and viewers alike.
The zombie apocalypse series is now back for its second season, with TV critics continuing to describe it as the gold standard for video game adaptations on-screen.
But amid the praise for Bella’s performance as Ellie, the young actor has made the sad admission that the reaction to them coming out as non-binary has made ‘part of [them] regret’ the decision.
Bella revealed in a 2021 New York Times interview that they were genderfluid and used they/them pronouns, adding: ‘Being gendered isn’t something I particularly like.’
Bella is starring alongside Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us season two (Picture: HBO/Alamy)Now, speaking to The Observer, the His Dark Materials star said that while they are still comfortable being non-binary, coming out so publicly is something they wish they could take back.
‘Part of me looks back and I wish that I didn’t,’ they began. ‘I didn’t want it to become a headline and a big thing. Obviously it was going to [but] I didn’t really understand that at the time.
‘I wasn’t really prepared for [the reaction]. But on the other hand, people have said to me that it’s been very helpful for them seeing some representation.’
