She is portrayed by Holly Marie Combs. Ella Jane was born to Judy and Jack Rose sometime in Ella married Byron on November 22, , and gave birth to both of her children in the mid to late s.
She cares dearly for her kids and respects their privacy. Ella and Byron separated after finding out about his affair with Meredith Sorenson from " A " and then her daughter , and later got divorced due to irreconcilable differences.
Ella began dating Zack , and later became engaged while the two were living in Austria. Ella ended her engagement when she found out from her daughter that Zack had flirted heavily with Hanna , going as far as giving her his number.
In " Do Not Disturb ", it was revealed that she was seeing Byron again and that he had proposed to her. Ella returns home with her family from her husband's sabbatical in Iceland. She and Aria discuss the anniversary of Alison's disappearance and how it feels to be back after a year away.
Mike passes by and says he needs a ride to lacrosse, to which Aria offers to take him. Ella and Aria go downstairs and find Mike searching in boxes for his stuff. Ella suggest that they look in the basement so she and Mike go to find it.
