India, April 18 -- Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) in season 2 of HBO's The Last Of Us is portrayed as a 19-year-old, progressing 5 years from the events of season 1, where she was a 14-year-old. This time jump is true to the video game series' timeline where the story in The Last Of Us Part II picks up five years after the first game's events. With this move, the character brings with her a new depth while being more complex emotionally.

Unlike the original video game, which sets the Cordyceps fungus outbreak in 2013, the television adaptation moves the outbreak back to the year 2003. This timeline shift means that the show's main story is set in 2023 rather than 2033. Therefore, based on the show's timeline, Ellie would have been born i...