Ruby Bentall
Biography
Ruby Bentall is an English actress born on 3 April 1988 in Camden, London. She is the daughter of actors Janine Duvitski and Paul Bentall. Bentall's first professional acting job was an episode of Holby City, which she filmed in 2006. She made her stage debut at the National Theatre in 2008, appearing in productions of DNA and The Miracle. Bentall has also lent her voice to the BBC Radio 4 drama Sister Agnes Investigates. She is known for her roles in Lark Rise to Candleford, Lost in Austen, and the 2015 BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark novels, where she played the character of Verity Poldark.
Career overview
Ruby Bentall is an English actress. Her acting career began with a professional job in 2006, when she was still at Richmond College, in an episode of the television series Holby City. This marked the start of her work in the entertainment industry.
Bentall made her stage debut at the National Theatre in 2008, appearing in productions of DNA and The Miracle. She has also lent her voice to the BBC Radio 4 drama Sister Agnes Investigates. These early roles demonstrate her versatility as an actress, capable of working in different mediums and formats.
Throughout her career, Bentall has appeared in various notable roles, including playing Minnie in Lark Rise to Candleford and Mary Bennet in Lost in Austen. She also portrayed Verity Poldark in the 2015 BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark novels. With a career spanning multiple formats and genres, Bentall has established herself as a talented and accomplished English actress.
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- Firebrand (2024) as Cat
- Hard Truths (2024) as Doctor
- Sweet Sue (2023) as Shelly
- Not A Mourning Person (2023) as Suzie
- The Serpent Queen (2022) as Angelica
- Operation Mincemeat (2022) as Connie Bukes
- Rewind Britain (2021) as Valerie
- Industry (2020) as Lucinda Young
- Misbehaviour (2020) as Sarah
- The Hour (2020) as Herself
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) as Janet
- Absentia (2017) as Lolly
- Absentia (2017) as Molly
- Interlude in Prague (2017) as Barbarina
- Bikini Blue (2017) as Pielęgniarka
- Poldark Revealed (2016) as Self / Verity Poldark
- Poldark (2015) as Verity Blamey
- Poldark (2015) as Verity Blamey
- Poldark (2015) as Verity Poldark
- Mr. Turner (2014) as Unhappy Couple
- Blandings (2013) as Linda
- The Paradise (2012) as Pauline
- Robin Hood (2010) as Margaret Walter's Maid
- Tormented (2009) as Emily
- The Alchemistic Suitcase (2009) as Girl
- Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) as Minnie Mude
- Lost in Austen (2008) as Mary Bennet
- Oliver Twist (2007) as Charlotte
- You Can Choose Your Friends (2007) as Phoebe Snell
- New Tricks (2004) as Heidi
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Stella Starling