Ellie Downie

Elissa "Ellie" Downie (born 20 July 1999 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast and sister of Olympian Becky Downie. She represented Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. A prodigious junior, Downie, at the age of 15, became the first female gymnast ever to win an individual all-around medal for Great Britain at the European Championships, with a bronze at the 2015 Championships in Montpelier, France Later in the same year, Downie was part of the Great Britain women's team that won her country's first ever global team medal, a bronze, at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Junior career

2014

Downie competed at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won a gold on vault, a team silver and a bronze in the all-around competition.

Youth Olympics

Ellie was selected to compete at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China through her performances at the European Championships. At the Summer Youth Olympics, she earned four medals: silver on vault behind Wang Yan and bronze in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise.

Ellie

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Ellie (The Last of Us)

Ellie is a fictional character in The Last of Us, a video game by Naughty Dog. She is controlled by the artificial intelligence for most of the game, later becoming playable for a portion, which is then repeated in the downloadable content campaign The Last of Us: Left Behind. She is played by Ashley Johnson, who provided the voice and motion capture for the character. Ellie also appears in the comic book prequel The Last of Us: American Dreams.

Naughty Dog based Ellie's appearance on Johnson's physical appearance. Johnson also inspired Ellie's personality, prompting creative director Neil Druckmann to give her a more defensive role. In the game, the character Joel is tasked with escorting Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States, in an attempt to create a potential cure against an infection to which Ellie is immune. Throughout the game's development, the relationship between Ellie and Joel was the central focus, with all other elements developed around it.

Ellie has been well received by critics, who particularly praised her relationship with Joel. Her role in Left Behind received great social commentary, particularly focusing on a scene depicting LGBT themes. Both the character and Johnson's performance received recognition, being awarded various year-end accolades.