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Russell Wong
Russell Wong (born 1963) is the Chinese American actor of The Joy Luck Club and Vanishing Son, distinguished from several namesake professionals by his film career and MANAA award.
Rusty Hamer
Rusty Hamer (Russell Craig Hamer, 1947–1990), American child actor who played Rusty Williams, Danny Thomas's TV son, on Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show 1953–1964; later unemployment and suicide at 42 prompted A Minor Consideration.
Rusty Schwimmer
Rusty Schwimmer (Deborah Schwimmer, born 1962, Chicago) is an American character actress known for A Little Princess, The Perfect Storm, Runaway Jury, North Country, and TV roles on ER, Heroes, and The Guardian.
Ruta Gedmintas
Ruta Gedmintas (born 1983, Canterbury, England) is an English actress; Frankie in Lip Service, Dutch Velders in The Strain, Serafina Pekkala in His Dark Materials, and Belle in A Street Cat Named Bob.
Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee (Ruta Mary Kilmonis, born May 30, 1935, Montreal) is a Canadian-born American actress of Lithuanian descent known for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, Witness for the Prosecution, co-hosting High Rollers with Alex Trebek, and leading the Thalians charity.
Rutanya Alda
Rutanya Alda (Rutanya Skrastina), born 1942 in Riga, Latvia, is a Latvian-American actress known for The Deer Hunter, Mommie Dearest, and Amityville II, with a five-decade career of supporting film and TV roles.
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor of Floris and five Paul Verhoeven films, internationally known as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982) and its tears-in-rain monologue; Golden Globe winner 1988 for Escape from Sobibor.
Ruth Bradley
Ruth Bradley (born 1987, Dublin) is an Irish actress, IFTA winner for Stardust, Grabbers, and Rebellion, known for Love/Hate, Humans, Ted Lasso, and as MI5's Emma Flyte in Slow Horses.
Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Buzzi (Ruth Ann Buzzi, 1936–2025) was an American comedian and actress who played purse-wielding Gladys Ormphby on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, winning a 1973 Golden Globe.
Ruth Connell
Ruth Connell (born 1979, Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish actress and producer, best known as Rowena MacLeod, the Queen of Hell, on CW's Supernatural (2014–2020), and as the Night Nurse in Dead Boy Detectives; also the voice of Disney's Merida.
Ruth Gemmell
Ruth Gemmell (Ruth Katrin Gemmell, born 1967) is a British actress trained at Webber Douglas, best known as Lady Violet Bridgerton in Netflix's Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte, and as Sarah Hughes in the 1997 film Fever Pitch opposite Colin Firth.
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon (Ruth Gordon Jones, 1896–1985) was an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter, Oscar winner for Rosemary's Baby, co-writer of Adam's Rib with Garson Kanin, and star of Harold and Maude, distinct from the Welsh singer Ruth Gordon and the Canadian Ruth Gorman.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey (1911-2005), American actress, Oscar-nominated as Liz Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story (1940), star of The Uninvited and Broadway's State of the Union, MGM contract player 1937-1942.
Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones (Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, born 1966) is a Welsh actress, writer and producer, co-creator and star of Gavin & Stacey as Nessa, creator of Stella, MBE, and Sunday Times bestselling novelist.
Ruth Kearney
Ruth Kearney (Ruth Delia Kearney) is an Irish actress born in London, raised in Dublin, known for Jess Parker in Primeval, London in Netflix's Flaked, Daisy Locke in The Following, and Eliza Campion in Sanditon; married to Theo James.
Ruth Lee
Ruth Lee (1895–1975), American stage and film actress born Ruth Margaret Lee in Minneapolis; Broadway from Apple Blossoms (1919) to Your Loving Son (1941), over 80 films including The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair; distinct from the British actress, Venezuelan performer, and artist Maia Ruth Lee.
Ruth Madeley
Ruth Madeley (born 1987, Westhoughton, Bolton) is a British actress and screenwriter with spina bifida. BAFTA-nominated for Don't Take My Baby (2016), a 2016 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, known for Years and Years, Then Barbara Met Alan, Doctor Who, and starring as Judy Heumann in Being Heumann.
Ruth Madoc
Ruth Madoc (Margaret Ruth Llewellyn Baker, 1943–2022) was a Welsh actress best known as Gladys Pugh, chief yellowcoat in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988), with film roles in Fiddler on the Roof and Under Milk Wood.
Ruth McCabe
Ruth McCabe is an Irish actress known for Mary Carr in My Left Foot (1989), Kay Curley in The Snapper, and Wyn Ryan in Silent Witness; two-time IFTA winner (2003, 2011).
Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga (born 1982, Addis Ababa) is an Irish-Ethiopian actress, Oscar-nominated for Loving (2016), known for Passing, Preacher, Hamlet at the Gate Theatre, and a Tony-nominated Macbeth on Broadway.
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman (Norma Roman, 1922-1999), American film and TV actress of Boston's West End; star of Champion and Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951), Andrea Doria survivor, Warner Bros contract player.
Ruth Sheen
Ruth Sheen (born 1952, London) is an English character actress trained at East 15, known for six Mike Leigh films from High Hopes to Mr. Turner, Bramwell, C.B. Strike, and The Thursday Murder Club (2025).
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson (born 1982) is a British actress known for Jane Eyre, Luther's Alice Morgan, The Affair (2015 Golden Globe), Mrs Coulter in His Dark Materials, and Olivier-winning stage roles including Anna Christie and Hedda Gabler.
Rutina Wesley
Rutina Wesley is an American actress known for Tara Thornton in HBO's True Blood, Nova Bordelon in OWN's Queen Sugar, and Maria Miller in The Last of Us; Juilliard-trained, from Las Vegas.
Rya Kihlstedt
Rya Kihlstedt (Rya Ingrid Kihlstedt) is an American actress from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known for Home Alone 3, Deep Impact, Heroes Reborn, Superman & Lois, the Fourth Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025).
Ryan Corr
Ryan Corr (born 1989) is an Australian actor known for Ser Harwin Strong in House of the Dragon, the lead in Holding the Man, Packed to the Rafters, Wolf Creek 2, and the 2025 film Kangaroo.
Ryan Destiny
Ryan Destiny Irons (born 1995, Detroit) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, formerly of the group Love Dollhouse, known as Alexandra Crane on Star, Jillian on Grown-ish, and Claressa Shields in The Fire Inside (2024).
Ryan Dorsey
Ryan Keith Dorsey, American TV and film actor born 1983 in West Virginia, known for recurring roles on Justified, Pitch, Ray Donovan, Yellowstone, and Palm Royale, and as Naya Rivera's ex-husband.
Ryan Eggold
Ryan Eggold (born 1984, Lakewood, California) is an American actor known as Tom Keen on The Blacklist and Dr. Max Goodwin on New Amsterdam, and director of Literally, Right Before Aaron.
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling (born 1980) is a Canadian actor, a three-time Oscar nominee for Half Nelson, La La Land, and Barbie, ex-Mickey Mouse Club member, Dead Man's Bones musician, and director of Lost River, with Star Wars: Starfighter and Ghost Rider upcoming.