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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 Langsford

Ruth Langsford (born 1960, Singapore) is a British TV presenter, Loose Women anchor since 1999, former This Morning co-host with Eamonn Holmes, QVC fashion label owner, and Feeling Fabulous memoirist.

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.

Rutricha Phapakithi

Rutricha Phapakithi (Ciize; รัตท์ริชา ประภากิติ), born 1999 in Bangkok, Thai actress and former SIZZY singer under GMMTV, known for 23.5, Pluto, We Are, and ThamePo.

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 Buell

Ryan Daniel Buell (born 1982) is an American paranormal investigator who founded Penn State's Paranormal Research Society in 2001 and hosted A&E's Paranormal State (2007-2011); later known for a 2010 memoir and 2016 theft arrest.

Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler (born 1986) is an American filmmaker and Proximity Media co-founder, director of Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, Wakanda Forever, and the Oscar-winning original Sinners.

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 Dunn

Ryan Matthew Dunn (1977–2011), American stunt performer and original Jackass and CKY Crew member, star of Viva La Bam and Homewrecker; died in a 2011 Porsche crash in Pennsylvania.

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.

Ryan Grantham

Ryan Grantham, born 1998 in Squamish, British Columbia, is a Canadian former child actor known for Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Riverdale, sentenced in 2022 to life in prison for the second-degree murder of his mother Barbara Waite.

Ryan Guzman

Ryan Guzman (born 1987, Abilene, Texas) is an American actor and former model, the lead of Step Up Revolution and Eddie Diaz on 9-1-1 since 2018; also known for The Boy Next Door and Everybody Wants Some!!.