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Ruaridh Mollica

Scottish-Italian actor Ruaridh Mollica (Ruaridh Silvio James MacGillivray-Mollica), born 1999 in Prato, Italy, raised in Edinburgh; lead of Sebastian (Sundance 2024), The Franchise, Sexy Beast, Marvel's VisionQuest.

Rubber (2010 film)

Rubber is a 2010 absurdist horror-comedy film by Quentin Dupieux about a sentient tire in the California desert that kills people by making their heads explode.

Rubber hose animation

Rubber hose animation, also called rubber hose art, is the jointless, elastic-limbed cartoon style dominant in 1920s and early 1930s American animation, credited to Bill Nolan, exemplified by Steamboat Willie and Fleischer's Betty Boop, and revived in Cuphead.

Rubber Hut

Rubber Hut is an upcoming American drama film written and directed by Hanna Gray Organschi, starring Grace Van Patten as a drive-thru condom seller in 1992 Rhode Island.

Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Fleischer (born 1974 in Washington, D.C.) is an American film director and producer best known for directing Zombieland (2009), Venom (2018), which earned over $850 million, and Uncharted (2022).

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund (born 1974, Styrsö, Sweden) is the Swedish director of Force Majeure, The Square, and Triangle of Sadness, twice consecutive Palme d'Or winner known for long-take social satire, now working on The Entertainment System Is Down.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright and director; Tony winner for Seven Guitars (1996); Tony-winning director of Jitney (2017); wrote, directed and starred in Lackawanna Blues; screenwriter of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Ruben Sim

Ruben Sim (Benjamin Robert Simon, born 1997) is an American YouTuber with 1.35 million subscribers known for Roblox criticism, the 2021 Roblox lawsuit settled for $150,000, and EASI moderation tools.

Rubí (2004 TV series)

Rubí (2004) is a Mexican Televisa telenovela, aired on Canal de las Estrellas from May 17 to October 22, 2004, in 115 episodes, starring Bárbara Mori as the ambitious antiheroine Rubí Pérez Ochoa, adapted by Ximena Suárez from Yolanda Vargas Dulché's comic, and remade in 2020 with Camila Sodi.

Rubina Dilaik

Rubina Dilaik, Indian television actress from Shimla, played Radhika in Chotti Bahu and transgender character Soumya in Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, won Bigg Boss 14 in 2021, and competed in Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 and 15.

Ruby (Supernatural)

Ruby (Supernatural) is a demon in the TV series Supernatural, played by Katie Cassidy (season 3) and Genevieve Cortese/Padalecki (season 4, 15.13), who manipulated Sam into killing Lilith to free Lucifer and was killed by Dean.

Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence

Four-part 2025 Investigation Discovery docuseries, directed by Olivia Crist and streaming on HBO Max, examining Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt's child abuse case, ConneXions, and the December 2023 guilty pleas.

Ruby Allen

Ruby Allen, EastEnders soap opera character, daughter of crime boss Johnny Allen, played by Louisa Lytton (2005–2006, 2018–2021, 2024–2025); known for the Rape Crisis consent storyline, marriage to Martin Fowler, and Stacey Slater feud.

Ruby Barker

Ruby Barker (born 1996, Islington, London) is a British actress who played Marina Thompson in Bridgerton seasons 1-2 and won a British Urban Film Festival Best Actress award for How to Stop a Recurring Dream; distinct from Ruby Stokes and other namesakes.

Ruby Bentall

Ruby Bentall (born 1988, London) is an English actress, daughter of Janine Duvitski and Paul Bentall, known for Minnie in Lark Rise to Candleford, Verity in Poldark, Angelica in The Serpent Queen, and Globe and National Theatre stage work.

Ruby Cruz

Ruby Cruz (born 2000) is an American actress known for Jess Riley in Mare of Easttown, Kit Tanthalos in Disney+'s Willow, Hazel in Bottoms, and Ash in The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (born Ruby Ann Wallace, 1922-2014), American actress, playwright, and civil rights activist; originated Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, won Emmy, Grammy, and SAG awards, Oscar-nominated for American Gangster, and partnered with Ossie Davis.

Ruby Franke

Ruby Franke, Utah family vlogger behind the 8 Passengers YouTube channel (2.5 million subscribers), was convicted of aggravated child abuse with counselor Jodi Hildebrandt and sentenced in 2024 to up to 30 years in prison.

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a 2023 DreamWorks Animation action-comedy, formerly titled Meet the Gillmans, directed by Kirk DeMicco with Faryn Pearl. A teenage kraken heir discovers her royal lineage; first titular female lead in a DreamWorks animated feature.

Ruby Hartley

Ruby Hartley (born 1998) is a British actress, a 2019 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama graduate, best known as Stiorra in Netflix's The Last Kingdom seasons 4–5, with credits in Oh Rats and The Vicar's Wife.

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler (Ethel Hilda Keeler, 1909–1993), Canadian-born American tap dancer and actress, star of Warner Bros. musicals 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade opposite Dick Powell, wife of Al Jolson, and 1971 No, No, Nanette comeback star.

Ruby Lin (林心如)

Ruby Lin (林心如, born 1976, Taipei) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer famous as Xia Ziwei in Princess Returning Pearl (1998); she founded Ruby Studio in 2009 and produced Golden Bell winners 16個夏天 and 有生之年.

Ruby O. Fee

Ruby O. Fee (Ruby Moonstone Camilla Willow Fee, born 1996, San José, Costa Rica) is a German actress known for Allein gegen die Zeit, Tatort: Happy Birthday Sarah, Polar, Army of Thieves, and Netflix's Brick (2025), a multiple Jupiter Award winner.

Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose (Ruby Rose Langenheim, born 1986, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, MTV VJ, model, and DJ known for Orange Is the New Black, Batwoman, and gender-fluid advocacy.

Ruby Rose Turner

Ruby Rose Turner (born 2005), American actress and dancer; also known for Cami Wrather in Disney Channel's Coop & Cami Ask the World. Distinct from singer Ruby Turner and actor Ruby Rose; starred as Bridget in Descendants: The Rise of Red.

Ruby slippers

Ruby slippers: the sequined red shoes Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in MGM's 1939 Wizard of Oz, changed from Baum's silver to show off Technicolor; several pairs survive, including the Smithsonian's stolen-and-recovered twin, which sold for $32.5 million in 2024.

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks is a 2012 American romantic comedy-fantasy film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, written by and co-starring Zoe Kazan opposite Paul Dano.

Ruby Stokes

Ruby Stokes (Ruby May Stokes, born 2000, Hackney, London) is a British actress known for Francesca Bridgerton in Bridgerton seasons 1–2, Lucy Carlyle in Lockwood & Co., and films Una, Rocks, and A Banquet.

Ruby Sunday

Ruby Sunday is a fictional Doctor Who companion, the Fifteenth Doctor's first companion, played by Millie Gibson; a foundling left at a church on Christmas Eve 2004, debuting in The Church on Ruby Road (2023).

Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax (Ruby Wachs), American-born comedian and mental health campaigner based in the UK; host of The Full Wax and Ruby Wax Meets..., script editor of Absolutely Fabulous, Oxford mindfulness master's, OBE 2015, founder of Frazzled Cafe.