Ruth Connell was born on 20 April 1979 and is a Scottish actress and producer.
13 Facts About Ruth Connell
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Ruth Connell was nominated as "Best Leading Actress" in the 2013 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards for her portrayal of Mrs Darling and Captain Hook at the Blank Theatre, Los Angeles in their award-winning production of Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers.
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Ruth Connell was sent to dancing lessons at an early age to keep her cousin company; she showed promise and was accepted onto the Scottish Ballets Vocational Dance Education Scheme.
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Ruth Connell performed many child roles with Scottish Ballet including the lead role of Clara in their Nutcracker.
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Ruth Connell won the titles of Scottish Junior Ballet Champion and Scottish Senior Ballet champion at Stage Festivals in Scotland as a teenager.
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Ruth Connell was picked as the "Critics Choice" by the adjudicator from The Stage newspaper for her graduation showcase.
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Ruth Connell toured the UK in 2005 with the Oxford Stage Company's revival of Men Should Weep in the role of Isa.
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Ruth Connell was cast as a series regular in the ITV sitcom pilot Above Their Stations in 2009, which starred Denis Lawson, Ashley Madekwe, Andrew Brooke and Simon Dudley shown on BBC Three.
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Ruth Connell is credited with producing A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hansel and Gretel at the Avenue Theatre Company based in Greenwich during this time period as well as the short film Sapphire Strange and web series John and Jane.
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Since moving to the United States in 2011, Ruth Connell has had lead roles in the award-winning independent film Folklore as well as in the feature films The Cursed Man, based on the cult novel by Keith Rommel, and Hara Kiri, a punk infused love story of two street skaters, directed by Aitch Alberto.
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Ruth Connell has replaced Kelly Macdonald as the voice of Merida in several productions, such as the video game Disney Infinity 3.0, Disney Dreamlight Valley and the Sofia the First episode "The Secret Library".
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From 2014 to 2020 Connell played Rowena, a powerful witch and the mother of the King of Hell, Crowley, on the TV series Supernatural starting in season 10 up until its fifteenth and final season and has been one of the longest running female characters on the show.
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Ruth Connell is in a relationship with her Supernatural co-star, Rob Benedict.