Acting

Ruth Gemmell

Born 1967-10-01 · Bristol, England, UK

Ruth Katrin Gemmell (born October 1967) is a British actress. She is known for portraying the role of Lady Violet Bridgerton in the Netflix period drama series Bridgerton.

Credits

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Cleaner
as Claire Hume
2025
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
as Lady Violet Bridgerton
2023
My Mum Tracy Beaker
as Carly
2021
Bridgerton
as Lady Violet Bridgerton
2020
Cliffs of Freedom
as Varvara Vakrinos
2019
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
as Marie Schiele
2018
Ransom
as Laurie
2017
Home Fires
as Sarah Collingborne
2015
Penny Dreadful
as Octavia Putney
2014
Big Girl
as Lynn
2013
Dancing on the Edge
as Lady Winnet
2013
Utopia
as Jen Dugdale
2013
Father Brown
as Martha Quinton
2013
Offender
as Officer Cassie
2012
Storage 24
as Sarah
2012
Inside Men
as Rebecca
2012
The Fades
as Alice
2011
F
as Sarah Balham
2010
Moving On
as Joanne
2009
Good
as Elisabeth
2008
Gone Fishing
as Imogen
2008
Summerhill
as Rose
2008
The Imaginary Girl
as Mother
2007
Ela
as Ela's Mum
2007
Lewis
as Robyn Strong
2007
January 2nd
as Claire
2006
Blue Dove
as Jenny Page
2004
Doc Martin
as Shirley Knott
2004
Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me
as Carly Beaker
2004
The Afternoon Play
as Rachel
2003
Spooks
as Miranda
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Jeannie Waring
2002
Waking the Dead
as DI Jess Worrall
2001
Waking the Dead
as Linda Cummings
2001
Murder in Mind
as Liz Willis
2001
The Alchemists
as Julia Bannerman
1999
The Perfect Blue
as Jo
1998
Macbeth
as Lady Macduff
1998
Fever Pitch
as Sarah Hughes
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Diana Carnarvon
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Anne Merrick
1997
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Rachel Waller
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Jenny Norris
1995
Peak Practice
as Christine Higson
1993
A Touch of Frost
as Christine Harris
1992
In Suspicious Circumstances
as Elizabeth Harris
1991
Who Needs a Heart
as Abigail
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Miss Sweetiman
1989
Casualty
as Kate Margolin
1986
The Bill
as Jane Joyce
1984
The Bill
as Rebecca Sands
1984
The Bill
as Sue Latham
1984
Chrysanthemum
as Janet
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Bridgerton spin-off based on the story of young Violet and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton
as Lady Violet Bridgerton
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