{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ella Edmondson | image = Ella Edmondson.jpg | caption = Edmondson in 2009 | image_size = | birth_name = Eleanor Rose Edmondson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England | instrument = {{flatlist| *Vocals *guitar}} | genre = Folk pop | occupation = Musician | years_active = 2007–present | label = Monsoon | associated_acts = The Bad Shepherds }}

'''Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson''' (born 22 January 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.<ref name="b">Interview with Judi Spiers on BBC Devon, 16 February 2009.</ref>

==Early life== Eleanor Rose Edmondson was born on 22 January 1986 in Hammersmith, London. She is the eldest of three daughters of comedians Adrian Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. She has two younger sisters, Beatrice and Freya.<ref name="c">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Sexton |title=Ella Edmondson, rising star |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5662814.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 |date=8 February 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192747/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5662814.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 |archivedate=16 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> The majority of Edmondson's childhood was spent in Richmond before her family relocated to Devon.<ref name="d">{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Scott |title=Relative Values: Adrian Edmondson and his daughter Ella |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5099803.ece |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=9 November 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615185020/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5099803.ece |archivedate=15 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> She attended Exeter School<ref name="e">{{cite news |title=Comic's Daughter Mourns Death of Soldier Pal Killed in Afghanistan |url=http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/1891588.comics_daughter_mourns_death_of_soldier_pal_killed_in_afghanistan/ |newspaper=Wandsworth Guardian |date=9 December 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609064321/http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/1891588.comics_daughter_mourns_death_of_soldier_pal_killed_in_afghanistan/ |archivedate=9 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref> where she wrote songs as part of her music GCSE.<ref name="f">[http://www.whatsonsouthwest.co.uk/article.php?id=8941&region_id=1]{{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

==Career== Edmondson became a fan of death metal because it was the only music that her father did not like.<ref name="d"/> She went through a goth phase as a teenager and became a satanist. She worked as a snowboarding instructor in Canada, a barmaid and a painter and decorator before deciding to focus on music full-time<ref name="c"/><ref name="d"/> after being encouraged by her father. She "got the bug" after supporting Jools Holland at the Plymouth Pavilions.<ref name=fabulousstart>{{cite news |first=Neil |last=McCormick |author-link=Neil McCormick |title=Ella Edmondson: off to an absolutely fabulous start |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4949913/Ella-Edmondson-off-to-an-absolutely-fabulous-start.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 March 2009 |accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref>

She received her first guitar as a Christmas present from her father and taught herself to play by copying him.<ref name="d"/> Her first gig was at 16 supporting Thousand Natural Shocks in Exeter.<ref name="h">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ellaedmondson.net/biog.html |title=Official biography |access-date=21 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208061720/http://ellaedmondson.net/biog.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She made an appearance in an episode of her mother's sitcom ''Jam and Jerusalem'' in 2006 performing "Breathe".<ref name="k">[http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5532 CD Times Review of Hold Your Horses] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217062325/http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5532 |date=17 February 2009 }}</ref> In 2007, she released her first EP, ''Blame Amy'',<ref name="i">{{Cite web|url=http://ectoguide.org/artists/edmondson.ella|title=The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Ella Edmondson|website=Ectoguide.org|accessdate=11 August 2020}}</ref> and appeared on the compilation ''Folk Rising''.<ref name="j">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Folk-Rising-Various-Artists/dp/B000S0H1LI|title=Folk Rising|date=30 July 2007|accessdate=11 August 2020|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref> Her debut album, ''Hold Your Horses'', was released on 16 February 2009,<ref name="k"/> on her father's Monsoon record label.<ref name=fabulousstart />

In 2010, she toured as the supporting act to her father's punk-inspired folk act The Bad Shepherds.

==Personal life== Edmondson married Dan Furlong on 30 September 2010 and together they have three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ellaedmondson |title=Ella Rose Edmondson (ellaedmondson) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ellaedmondson/status/433210855325700096 |title=Twitter / ellaedmondson: Well I'm now a mother of two |publisher=Twitter.com |date=11 February 2014 |accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206180100/http://ellaedmondson.net/ Official Site]

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