Ruth Gemmell Biography: Husband, Children, Siblings, Age, Net Worth, Height, Parents, Movies

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Ruth Katrin Gemmell is an accomplished English actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role in the 1997 film Fever Pitch.

This was followed by supporting roles in several popular television series, including EastEnders, Casualty, Home Fires, and Penny Dreadful.

Since 2004, Gemmell has played the recurring role of Carly Beaker, the title character’s mother in the Tracy Beaker franchise.

This long-running role has solidified her as a beloved figure in British television.

Profile

• Full Name: Ruth Katrin Gemmell
• Stage Name: Ruth Gemmell
• Born: October 1967
• Age: 57 years old
• Birthplace: Bristol, England, United Kingdom
• Nationality: British
• Occupation: English actress
• Height: 1.68 m
• Parent: Mr. and Mrs. Gemmell
• Siblings: 4
• Spouse: Ray Stevenson (m. 1997–2005)
• Children: Unknown
• Relationship: Unknown
• Net Worth: $1 million

Early Life And Education

Ruth Katrin Gemmell was born in October 1967 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gemmell, though their real name is unknown, her parents, who later divorced when she was a child.

After the divorce, Gemmell moved with her mother to Darlington from Barnard Castle. Gemmell has three older brothers and a sister, though their names are unknown. She attended Polam Hall School during her youth.

Gemmell later moved to London, where her father lived, to pursue a career in acting. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to hone her acting skills. Gemmell’s ethnicity is White, and she practices Christianity as her religion.

Career

Ruth Katrin Gemmell began acting in the early 2000s, taking on roles in theatre and television dramas. She had a leading role in the 2005 film Fever Pitch, starring opposite Colin Firth. She also had a leading role in the 2006 comedy/drama 2 January.

Gemmell played the recurring character of Detective Constable Kerry Cox in the first series of the BBC police procedural Silent Witness in 1996 and later returned to the show in different roles in 2006 and 2014. In 2004, she starred as the title character’s mother in the TV movie Tracy Beaker’s Movie of Me.

From 2009 to 2010, Gemmell had a recurring role as Debra Dean, the absentee mother of Whitney Dean, in the long-running soap opera EastEnders. She also appeared in episodes of other British crime dramas like The Bill and Waking the Dead, playing different characters in each appearance.

More recently, Gemmell has had roles in the 2013 Channel 4 drama Utopia, the 2015 series Penny Dreadful, and the Netflix period drama Bridgerton, which she has starred in since 2020 as Lady Violet Bridgerton. In 2021, she reprised her role as Carly Beaker in the TV movie My Mum Tracy Beaker.

Social Media

• Instagram handle:@ruth.gemmell

Personal Life

Ruth Gemmell is an English actress. She was previously married to actor Ray Stevenson. The two met on the set of the TV drama Band of Gold in 1995 and married in 1997. After 8 years of marriage, they divorced in 2005.

Since her divorce from Ray Stevenson in 2005, Ruth Gemmell has kept her personal life private. There is no publicly available information about her current relationship status, and her relationship details after the divorce have not been disclosed.

Filmography

• Bridgerton (2020-present)
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023)  
• My Mum Tracy Beaker (2004-2010)
• The Archers (2021-present)
• Doc Martin (2014-2015)
• Deep State (2018)
• Cliffs of Freedom (2019)
• Doctors (2012)
• Ransom (2017)
• Home Fires (2015)
• Midsomer Murders (2013)
• Casualty (2000)   
• Utopia (2013)

Films

• Fever Pitch (1997)   
• F (2002)
• Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (2004)   
• Storage 24 (2012)   
• The Perfect Blue (2005)
• Offender (2007)
• Good (2008)   
• Poirot: Fermate Il Boia (2004)
• Cliffs of Freedom (2019)   
• Summerhill (1998)
• The Alchemists (2005)   
• Who Needs a Heart (2003)
• Playing for the Ashes (2003)
• Macbeth (2005)
• Gone Fishing (2000)
• Chrysanthemum (2009)
• A Stiff Drink (2008)

Net Worth

Ruth Gemmell, the acclaimed British actress, is estimated to be worth around $1 million.

This figure is based on her successful and fruitful career in the entertainment industry, particularly her standout performances in popular television series such as “Bridgerton” and “Primeval.”

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