Who is Maisy Stella, and is she really dating Bella Ramsey of The Last of Us fame? She went viral with sis Lennon Stella, is BFFs with Maddie Ziegler, and will star with Aubrey Plaza in My Old Ass
If there’s one thing actress Maisy Stella is great at, it’s going viral without even trying to. Her first brush with viral fame came at the age of eight when she and her sister Lennon Stella uploaded a cup percussion cover of Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” on YouTube.
Now, 12 years later, she’s been in headlines again for her extraordinary rapport with the queen of deadpan, Aubrey Plaza, both on and off-screen of their new movie My Old Ass – where they play younger and older versions of the same character, Elliott. In particular, a BuzzFeed Celeb video pitting the two against one another in a Gen Z vs millennial battle is doing the rounds on the internet.
Amid this buzz, Stella seemingly shared another major life update with fans: she might be dating The Last of Us and Game of Thrones actor Bella Ramsey, based on their back and forth on social media and, more evidently, Stella’s Instagram Story celebrating Ramsey’s birthday. “Beautiful beautiful beautiful happy birthday the coolest comfiest most wonderful human imaginable,” Stella wrote in honour of the Emmy-nominated Ramsey turning 21. She then posted a pic of them together, with Ramsey kissing her on the cheek.
Both young actors are shaping up to be bright rising stars. So, what else do we know about Maisy Stella?
What is Maisy Stella’s background?
Maisy Stella was born on December 13, 2003, in Oshawa, Canada, but she’s now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her parents, Brad and MaryLynne Stella, are a musical duo called The Stellas.
After going viral, she and her sister, Lennon, appeared on the TV series Nashville (2012-18), performed in award shows, and even wrote a children’s book called In the Waves. After Nashville ended, she spent the next four years enjoying life as an ordinary high school student, per Teen Vogue.
She is besties with Maddie Ziegler
Stella and Maddie Ziegler crossed virtual paths on X (formerly Twitter) when Ziegler posted Stella’s cup song, and Stella posted Sia’s “Chandelier” that starred the dancer. They went from fans of each other to pals, and are now what Stella calls “sister friends”, per Teen Vogue.
She’ll be in a movie with Anne Hathaway
Stella’s next project is the Anne Hathaway-fronted film Flowervale Street. Stella told Teen Vogue that the Princess Diaries superstar was “very motherly”, “unreal” as an actor, and that “her drive was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen”.
