Ruby Barker is a British actress, model, TV personality, social media influencer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur who is best known for playing Marina in the Netflix period drama “Bridgerton” (2020–present). After her appearance in the thriller series “Wolf Blood” as ‘Daisie’, she came to fame. She made her debut TV show appearing as Shelley Williams in an episode titled Girls and Boys of the BBC One medical soap opera, “Doctors”, in February 2017. She was awarded Best Actress at the British Urban Film Festival for her starring role in the film “How to Stop a Recurring Dream” in 2020.
What is Ruby Barker Famous For?
- Being an actress, model, and TV personality.
- For her role in How to stop a Recurring Dream Drama as Yakira (2020), in Bridgerton as Marina Thompson (2020-2022), and in Cobra as Georgia Nixon (2020).
Where is Ruby Barker From?
Ruby Barker was born on 23rd December 1996. She is from Islington, England, the UK. Capricorn is her zodiac sign and her religion is Christianity. Barker holds British nationality and she belongs to the African-American ethnicity. She celebrated her 25th birthday as of 2021.
About her parents, she was born to her father, Richard Barker, and her mother, Opal Barker (died). She also has a twin sister namely, Garnet Barker. She joined her sister Harriet in the foster care system just after she was born, and the two were adopted. She spent her early childhood in London and Winchester before growing up in Glasgow until her teen years. After the separation of her parents, she moved to Church Fenton in the village of Selby district of Yorkshire along with her mother and stepmother, Rose.
When it comes to her education, she took dancing lessons at the Elizabeth Murray School of Dance. Her earliest acting experience was in an RBS advertisement. She attended Tadcaster Grammar School. In addition, she planned to study International Relations at the London School of Economics after taking a gap year, but later, she decided to pursue Drama instead. She has also worked at the National Railway Museum in York while participating in local theatre productions.
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Ruby Barker Career Timeline
- Ruby Barker initially played the role of Mercy/ Titiillus in the 2015 National Centre for Early Music production of “Mankind”.
- Then, she was discovered by Royal Shakespeare Company director Phillip Breen, who cast her as Mary in the 2016 “York Mystery Plays”.
- After then, she started making appearances on television. She made her appearance in the role of Daisie in the fifth series of the CBBC teen fantasy series “Wolfblood”.
- In the year 2018, she starred as Private Sarah Findlay in the play “Of Close Quarters” at Sheffield Theatres.
- From the year 2018 to 2019, she was seen in the role of Nina Hobbs in “Doctors” (British medical soap opera).
- In 2020, she played the role of Georgia Nixon in “Cobra” (Drama series). In the same year, she began playing Marina in the Shondaland-produced Netflix period drama “Bridgerton”. She made her feature film debut in the thriller film “How to Stop a Recurring Dream”. For her performance, she was awarded Best Actress at the British Urban Film Festival.
- In the year 2022, she made her London stage debut in “Running with Lions” at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.
- She also has an upcoming role in the horror film “Baghead”.
- Bridgerton season 2 is streaming now on Netflix, and showrunners recently announced that Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington will be the focus of season 3, which is expected to begin filming sometime this summer.
How much is Ruby Barker Net Worth?
Ruby Barker is a talented actress whose net worth is estimated to have $1 Million as of 2022. Her main source of wealth comes from the entertainment industry as she has appeared in several movies and TV shows. Also, she makes a cool amount of money through endorsement deals and a modeling career. She also appeared in the commercial advertisement of Money Sense for the Royal Bank of Scotland’s campaign. She is satisfied with her earnings and she is living a modest lifestyle. Her exact salary is still to get unfold yet but there is no doubt in the minds of her followers that she is making her earnings in thousands of dollars.
Who is Ruby Barker Boyfriend?
Ruby Barker is not married yet and she is still to get married yet. It seems she is currently single as there is no news about her affairs, and relationship with anyone. Ruby is a very secretive lady as she hasn’t revealed any information about her present relationship. At present, she is focusing on her career rather than making a boyfriend. Her sexual orientaiton is lesbian.
How tall is Ruby Barker?
Ruby Barker stands at the height of 5 feet and 7 inches or 1.70 m and his weight consists of 56 Kg or 123.5 lbs. She has beautiful black curly hair with dark brown eyes. Her body build is slim. She also encouraged her supporters to seek out professional help if they are struggling. Her body measurement is 33-25-35 inches. She wears a shoe size of 7(UK). Also, she has inked a beautiful tattoo on her hand.
Recently, she was hospitalized for her mental health condition. She disclosed that she has been hospitalized, sometime in 2022, for her mental health problems stating that she was “really unwell for a really long time” and she has “all this intergenerational trauma bundled up inside” her. On 26th May 2022, she revealed that she has been recovering and is to be discharged from the hospital soon.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to take a break,” said the actress, who plays Marina Thompson Crane on the Netflix hit. “Stop being so hard on yourself,” the 25-year-old actress said. “Sometimes you’ve just got to take a break and you’ve got to say, ‘I just can’t do this right now. I need support.'” She said that she doesn’t want her diagnosis to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. “I want to survive, and I will survive,” she said. “I’m going to. And so are you.”
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