Ruth Gemmell

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Bridgerton

Casualty

Father Brown

Peak Practice

Spooks

All Movies (19)

Cleaner2025 · as Claire Hume
Cliffs of Freedom2019 · as Varvara Vakrinos
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires2018 · as Marie Schiele
Big Girl2013 · as Lynn
Offender2012 · as Officer Cassie
Storage 242012 · as Sarah
F2010 · as Sarah Balham
Good2008 · as Elisabeth
Gone Fishing2008 · as Imogen
Summerhill2008 · as Rose
The Imaginary Girl2007 · as Mother
Ela2007 · as Ela's Mum
January 2nd2006 · as Claire
Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me2004 · as Carly Beaker
The Perfect Blue1998 · as Jo
Macbeth1998 · as Lady Macduff
Fever Pitch1997 · as Sarah Hughes
Who Needs a Heart1991 · as Abigail
Chrysanthemum— · as Janet

All TV Shows (32)

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story2023 · as Lady Violet Bridgerton
My Mum Tracy Beaker2021 · as Carly
Bridgerton2020 · as Lady Violet Bridgerton
Ransom2017 · as Laurie
Home Fires2015 · as Sarah Collingborne
Penny Dreadful2014 · as Octavia Putney
Dancing on the Edge2013 · as Lady Winnet
Utopia2013 · as Jen Dugdale
Father Brown2013 · as Martha Quinton
Inside Men2012 · as Rebecca
The Fades2011 · as Alice
Moving On2009 · as Joanne
Lewis2007 · as Robyn Strong
Doc Martin2004 · as Shirley Knott
The Afternoon Play2003 · as Rachel
Spooks2002 · as Miranda
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002 · as Jeannie Waring
Waking the Dead2001 · as Linda Cummings
Waking the Dead2001 · as DI Jess Worrall
Murder in Mind2001 · as Liz Willis
The Alchemists1999 · as Julia Bannerman
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Diana Carnarvon
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Anne Merrick
Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Jenny Norris
Peak Practice1993 · as Christine Higson
A Touch of Frost1992 · as Christine Harris
In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Elizabeth Harris
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Miss Sweetiman
Casualty1986 · as Kate Margolin
The Bill1984 · as Rebecca Sands
The Bill1984 · as Sue Latham
The Bill1984 · as Jane Joyce