Portrait of Ruth Gemmell

Acting

Ruth Gemmell

Career

Active from 1991 to 2023, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Home Fires
Home Fires
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruth Gemmell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum

as Janet

Bridgerton spin-off based on the story of young Violet and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton
Bridgerton spin-off based on the story of young Violet and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton

TV show ยท as Lady Violet Bridgerton

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 65
Cleaner
Cleaner (2025)
GoodWatch score 52

as Claire Hume

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Lady Violet Bridgerton

My Mum Tracy Beaker
My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Carly

Bridgerton
Bridgerton (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Lady Violet Bridgerton

2010s

14 titles ยท average score 69
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires (2018)

as Marie Schiele

Ransom
Ransom (2017)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Laurie

Home Fires
Home Fires (2015)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Sarah Collingborne

Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Octavia Putney

Big Girl
Big Girl (2013)

as Lynn

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Martha Quinton

Utopia
Utopia (2013)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Jen Dugdale

Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Lady Winnet

Offender
Offender (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

as Officer Cassie

Inside Men
Inside Men (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Rebecca

The Fades
The Fades (2011)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Alice

F
F (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sarah Balham

2000s

17 titles ยท average score 71
Moving On
Moving On (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Joanne

Summerhill
Summerhill (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

as Rose

Gone Fishing
Gone Fishing (2008)
GoodWatch score 79

as Imogen

Good
Good (2008)
GoodWatch score 46

as Elisabeth

Ela
Ela (2007)

as Ela's Mum

The Imaginary Girl
The Imaginary Girl (2007)

as Mother

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Robyn Strong

Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me
Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

as Carly Beaker

Doc Martin
Doc Martin (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Shirley Knott

Spooks
Spooks (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Miranda

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Jeannie Waring

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Linda Cummings / DI Jess Worrall

1990s

11 titles ยท average score 67
The Alchemists
The Alchemists (1999)

TV show ยท as Julia Bannerman

The Perfect Blue
The Perfect Blue (1998)

as Jo

Macbeth
Macbeth (1998)

as Lady Macduff

Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch (1997)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sarah Hughes

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Anne Merrick / Diana Carnarvon

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Rachel Waller

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Jenny Norris

Peak Practice
Peak Practice (1993)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Christine Higson

A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (1992)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Christine Harris

Who Needs a Heart
Who Needs a Heart (1991)

as Abigail

In Suspicious Circumstances
In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Harris

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 74
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Miss Sweetiman

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Kate Margolin

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Rebecca Sands / Jane Joyce