At the time of being cast as sister Frances in Call The Midwife, Ella told the BBC that she feels socially awkward like her character. She speaks French fluently. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed First look at Call The Midwife's Christmas special of on Children in Need In the same year she played Ines the Maid in Genius: Picasso and had a role as a young nun in The Last Kingdom. Meghan & Harry 'forced' to dismiss Archie's night nurse on second night shift Ed Sheeran and wife expecting baby after keeping pregnancy secret in lockdown Ryan Tubridy complains 'masks are really irritating' and is glad not to wear PPE Irish star Troy Parrott snapped driving with Kinahan cartel associate Remains of man, 54, who vanished from hospital in 1991 found in Derry river©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Ella plays Sister Frances in … We’re sorry, we are not able to process your request because of following errors. "I didn’t know what I believed in so I would figure it out along the way. "The star went on to insist that she has "so much respect" for religion - and that she returned to church after landing her role in Call The Midwife in order to carry out research.However, she ruled out returning to the Catholic faith.Ella joined the series eight cast of Call The Midwife, with the BBC show being the actress' first big TV role.The eighth series follows a group of midwives working in the east end of London in the early 1960s.They are based at the fictional nursing convent Nonnatus House in Poplar district carrying out nursing and midwife duties.The show is based on the memoirs of the same name by Jennifer Worth.The popular show returned to viewers' screens last month, airing at 8pm on Sundays on BBC One. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.Ella plays God-fearing nun Sister Frances in the hit BBC One drama - but she has actively turned her back on religionCALL The Midwife star Ella Bruccoleri has revealed that she shunned religion as a rebellious teen - despite playing a nun in the BBC drama.Ella plays Sister Frances in the hit show, but has admitted that she turned her back on Catholicism because she couldn't cope with all of the rules and regulations.The Italian actress was raised a Catholic and attended Catholic schools as a child. To ensure you are a real person and not a computer please enter the following characters shown below: "I didn’t want to conform to the strict rules and in Catholicism there are a lot of rules, which is why I lapsed. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Please rectify them:

"Rebellion shouldn’t be something that constricts or constrains you. In 2018, Ella Bruccoleri was cast as Sister Frances in Call The Midwife. It should be something that opens your heart. Please rectify them:We’re sorry, we are not able to process your request because of following errors. CALL The Midwife star Ella Bruccoleri has revealed that she shunned religion as a rebellious teen – despite playing a nun in the BBC drama. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 65.1k Followers, 101 Following, 101 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Ella Lee (@ella_lee_berlin)

Ella Bruccoleri finished a one year course post graduate course at the Oxford School of Drama in 2017.We’re sorry, we are not able to process your request because of following errors. Please rectify them: To ensure you are a real person and not a computer please enter the following characters shown below:

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