00:00L'unconventional beauty, a bratty edge, and a tough-as-nails attitude,
00:03with a screen presence made for the movies.
00:06Ella Beatty has good genes, as the daughter of actor Warren Beatty and actress Annette Bening.
00:10You might think carrying on the family legacy comes naturally,
00:13but without talent, you don't get far.
00:15Beatty trains at the prestigious Juilliard School,
00:18gaining valuable skills to draw on in an acting career.
00:21She starts out on stage, making her Broadway debut in the play Appropriate,
00:25opposite Sarah Paulson, a performance that gets noticed.
00:28Later, the psychedelic Ryan Murphy casts her in the series Feud,
00:32Capote vs. the Swans, playing Carrie O'Shea, Truman Capote's adopted daughter.
00:37She's no longer seen as just the Beatty couple's daughter,
00:40but as a real actress finding her footing in an emerging career.
00:43The world of cinema opens its doors to her with a 24's independent film,
00:47If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, opposite Rose Byrne.
00:50Her resume continues to grow with each performance,
00:53and Ryan Murphy, who sees her as a true acting chameleon,
00:56casts her in her first major television role,
00:59Lizzie Borden, in the fourth season of Monster on Netflix.
01:02The figure is famous as she is disturbing in American criminal history.
01:05A dark, intense role that puts her squarely in the spotlight,
01:09and opens her up to criticism.
01:11Enough to make her one of the breakout talents to watch,
01:13with plenty more surprises likely to come.
