The smart set’s talking about... Ella Balinska
HER mother, Lorraine Pascale, was the first black woman to star on the cover of American Elle magazine before going on to become a television chef. But Ella Balinska is making her mark on the big screen.
The 22- year- old, whose father is Pascale’s aristo ex-husband, the Polish musician Count Kaz Balinski- Jundzill, has been cast as one of Charlie’s Angels in the new instalment of the film series alongside Twilight star Kristen Stewart.
‘I’ve always wanted to do [an] action [ movie], but I thought that at 5ft 11in, I was too tall,’ says Ella, who was educated at the £ 18,000- a- year James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, South London.
‘ I’m qualified in 12 types of stage combat, so it’s safe to say the brief for my character was very familiar.’
Ella, who describes Vogue editor Edward Enninful as a ‘godfather’ figure and supermodel Naomi Campbell as a family friend, could have become a sportswoman, having thrown the javelin for Team London.