17 Facts About Ruth Gemmell

Ruth Katrin Gemmell was born on 1967 and is an English actress.

Ruth Gemmell starred in the film Fever Pitch in 1997 which was followed by supporting roles in television series EastEnders, Casualty, Home Fires, and Penny Dreadful.

Ruth Gemmell has played Carly Beaker, the mother of the title character in the Tracy Beaker franchise since 2004.

Ruth Katrin Gemmell was born in Bristol and grew up in County Durham, first in Barnard Castle before moving to Darlington with her mother upon her parents' divorce.

Ruth Gemmell trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Ruth Gemmell has played roles in both theatre and TV dramas.

Ruth Gemmell played the recurring character of Detective Constable Kerry Cox in the first series of the BBC police procedural Silent Witness, which premiered in 1996.

Ruth Gemmell returned to the series as different characters in 2006 and 2014.

Ruth Gemmell appeared three times in the BBC's police drama Waking the Dead, playing different characters.

Ruth Gemmell next appeared on the show in 2008, as Linda Cummings, an exceptionally intelligent serial killer.

Ruth Gemmell reprised the role of Cummings in "Endgame", the finale of the eighth series.

Ruth Gemmell starred in Episode 8 of Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama Moving On as Joanne, in November 2010.

In November 2011, Ruth Gemmell played Lady Shonagon in the adaptation for BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour of The Pillow Book, by Robert Forrest.

Ruth Gemmell appeared as Jen, the wife of an adulterous civil servant, in Channel 4 drama Utopia, in early 2013.

In 2015, Ruth Gemmell appeared in five episodes of the television series Penny Dreadful as Octavia Putney.

In 2021, Ruth Gemmell reprised her role of Carly Beaker for My Mum Tracy Beaker.

Ruth Gemmell was married in Westminster, London, in 1997 to 2005 to the actor Ray Stevenson, whom she met in 1995 during the filming of TV drama Band of Gold.