Portrait of Ruth Gemmell

Ruth Gemmell

Acting

Biography

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.

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Cleaner

as Claire Hume

2023
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

as Lady Violet Bridgerton

2020
Bridgerton

as Lady Violet Bridgerton

2019
Cliffs of Freedom

as Varvara Vakrinos

2017
Ransom

as Laurie

2015
Home Fires

as Sarah Collingborne

2014
Penny Dreadful

as Octavia Putney

2013
Big Girl

as Lynn

2013
Dancing on the Edge

as Lady Winnet

2013
Utopia

as Jen Dugdale

2013
Father Brown

as Martha Quinton

2012
Offender

as Officer Cassie

2012
Storage 24

as Sarah

2012
Inside Men

as Rebecca

2011
The Fades

as Alice

2010
F

as Sarah Balham

2009
Moving On

as Joanne

2008
Good

as Elisabeth

2008
Gone Fishing

as Imogen

2008
Summerhill

as Rose

2007
Lewis

as Robyn Strong

2004
Doc Martin

as Shirley Knott

2003
2002
Spooks

as Miranda

2002
2001
Waking the Dead

as DI Jess Worrall

2001
Waking the Dead

as Linda Cummings

2001
Murder in Mind

as Liz Willis

1999
The Alchemists

as Julia Bannerman

1998
Macbeth

as Lady Macduff

1997
Fever Pitch

as Sarah Hughes

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Diana Carnarvon

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Anne Merrick

1996
Dalziel & Pascoe

as Rachel Waller

1995
Kavanagh Q.C.

as Jenny Norris

1993
Peak Practice

as Christine Higson

1992
A Touch of Frost

as Christine Harris

1991
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Miss Sweetiman

1986
Casualty

as Kate Margolin

1984
The Bill

as Jane Joyce

1984
The Bill

as Rebecca Sands

1984
The Bill

as Sue Latham