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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 St. Denis

Ruth St. Denis (Ruth Dennis, 1879–1968), American modern dance pioneer and Denishawn co-founder with Ted Shawn; creator of Radha (1906), teacher of Graham, Humphrey, and Weidman.

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.

Rutherford Falls

Rutherford Falls is a Peacock sitcom (2021-2022) created by Sierra Teller Ornelas, Ed Helms, and Michael Schur, starring Helms and Jana Schmieding; the first US TV show run by a Native showrunner, canceled after two seasons.

Ruthie Ann Miles

Ruthie Ann Miles (Ruthie Ann Blumenstein), Korean-American stage and TV actress born 1983; Tony winner 2015 as Lady Thiang in The King and I; originated Imelda Marcos in Here Lies Love; 2023 Sweeney Todd Tony nominee.

Ruthie Henshall

Ruthie Henshall (Valentine Ruth Henshall, born 1967) is an English musical theatre actress and Olivier Award winner (She Loves Me, 1995), the only British actress to play all three leading female roles in Chicago, known for Les Misérables, Cats, Billy Elliot, and her memoir The Showgirl and the Prince.

Ruthless (2023 film)

Ruthless (2023 film), also called Acımasız in Turkey, is an Art Camacho action thriller starring Dermot Mulroney as a wrestling coach hunting a sex trafficking ring; released December 15, 2023 by Saban Films, distinct from Tyler Perry's Ruthless series.

Ruthless (TV series)

Tyler Perry's Ruthless: American drama, 2020–present, spinoff of The Oval on BET+ (season 6 moved to Paramount+, June 30, 2026), following Ruth Truesdale inside the Rakudushis cult; 6 seasons, 115 episodes, TV-MA.

Ruthless People

Ruthless People is a 1986 American black comedy film directed by the ZAZ team. It stars Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, and was Disney's highest-grossing movie of that year.

Ruthuragalu

Ruthuragalu is a Telugu daily serial directed by Manjula Naidu on Doordarshan, described as the first Telugu mega daily serial to win audiences beyond the mythologicals.

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.

Rutube

Rutube (Рутуб) is a Russian video-hosting platform founded in November 2006 by Oleg Volobuev and Mikhail Paulkin, owned via LLC Ruform by Gazprom-Media; it hosts user videos, streams, films, and TV, with monetization limited to Russian residents.

Ruy Blas

Ruy Blas is a five-act drama in verse by Victor Hugo, first performed on 8 November 1838 to open the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris, and set in 17th-century Spain.

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (如懿传)

Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (如懿传, Ruyi Zhuan) is an 87-episode 2018 Chinese Qing-court drama on Tencent Video, starring Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo, adapted from Liu Lian Zi's sequel novel to Empresses in the Palace, later hit by a 2024 online backlash.

Ruyue

Ruyue (如月), aka Bingxue Yao/Snowfall, is a 2024 Chinese Republican-era fantasy romance web drama adapted from Ni Luo's novel, directed by Li Muge, starring Gao Weiguang and Ouyang Nana, 24 episodes on Tencent Video.

RV (film)

RV (2006) is a Columbia Pictures family road-trip comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Geoff Rodkey, starring Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, and Kristin Chenoweth; it opened No. 1 with $16.4 million and grossed $87.5 million worldwide but drew poor reviews (23% on Rotten Tomatoes).

RWBY

RWBY (pronounced Ruby) is an American 3D anime-style web series created by Monty Oum at Rooster Teeth, premiering 2013; nine volumes, 117 episodes, now owned by VIZ Media with Volume 10 in production.

RWBY Chibi

RWBY Chibi is a Rooster Teeth animated comedy spin-off of RWBY (2016–2018, plus 2021 Neon Konbini shorts), created by Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross, with chibi-style characters in non-canon 2–4 minute skits.

RWBY: Ice Queendom (RWBY 氷雪帝国)

RWBY: Ice Queendom (RWBY 氷雪帝国) is a 2022 12-episode Japanese TV anime by SHAFT adapting Rooster Teeth's RWBY, directed by Toshimasa Suzuki, with Gen Urobuchi concept, Tow Ubukata scripts, huke designs, airing from July 3, 2022.

RX 100 (film)

RX 100 is a 2018 Telugu romantic action drama directed by Ajay Bhupathi, starring Kartikeya Gummakonda and Payal Rajput, released 12 July 2018, named after the Yamaha RX 100 motorcycle.

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 Atwood

Ryan Atwood (later Ryan Atwood-Cohen) is the fictional protagonist of Fox's teen drama The O.C. (2003-2007), played by Ben McKenzie: a troubled teen from Chino, California taken in by the Cohen family, whose romance with Marissa Cooper and eventual career as an architect anchor the series.

Ryan Bergara

Ryan Bergara (Ryan Steven Bergara), American creator and host of BuzzFeed Unsolved with Shane Madej, co-founder of Watcher Entertainment in 2020; the Unsolved franchise drew over 988 million views.

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.