She portrayed Amy Winehouse in the biographical drama film Back to Black (2024).

[5][6] She initially intended to study History and Law at UCL and become a human rights lawyer, but changed her mind last minute and decided to pursue acting instead.

[9][10] Abela first appeared aged 11 as the character Alice in the thriller Man in a Box (2008).

After graduating from RADA, Abela made her television debut in 2020 with main roles in the Sky One political thriller COBRA as Ellie Sutherland and the BBC Two and HBO office drama Industry as Yasmin Kara-Hanani.

[13] She next starred as Amy Winehouse in Back to Black (2024), a biopic about the late singer by Sam Taylor-Johnson.